hi ya ken...
if you only want to save "weekly incremental backups" to
a second disk.... find and tar is easy/simple
otherwise there is tons of other apps that does it
- there are many issues to backups...
- backup disk is 100% full
- is $50-$xx,000 worth spending or backup sw or is find/tar good
enough
- how long to keep backup files
- how long do you want to spend to restore the system
from backup if the original crashes/dies
( pull the disk out to simulate its failure )
- what if the last incremental file is bad...
- what if the last full backup is bad
- what to save
- whats already on cdrom ( no need to save it )
- whats already on various ftp sites ( no need to save it )
have fun
alvin
Dir = "/root /etc /usr /home"
Exlcude = ".netscape/cache\|.gnome\|^core\|\.swp\$\|~\$\|\.o\$"
find $Dir -mtime -7 -type f -print | egrep -v \"$Exclude\" |
tar zcvf /BACKUP/$Host/$Yr_$Mon_$Day.tgz -T -
change -7 to be -1 for daily incrementals or -32 for monthly incrementals
On Wed, 20 Dec 2000, Ken Weingold wrote:
> I am going to be setting up Linux server at work for something and
> want to do backups, weekly I guess. Any suggestions on software to do
> this? I am not familiar with unix backups.
>
> Thanks.
