I use the built in dump/restore tools for ufs/ffs. I have never been lead astray there. You can script around it to make sure disks are there (or to push across the network).
On Jun 13, 2017 3:42 AM, "G" <gp...@mailbox.org> wrote: > Hello! > Im trying to take daily and weekly backups of my system rsnapshot. > > I backup > > backup / localhost/ > backup /altroot/ localhost/ > backup /bin/ localhost/ > backup /etc/ localhost/ > backup /home/ localhost/ > backup /root/ localhost/ > backup /sbin localhost/ > backup /usr/ localhost/ > > > and i exclude > > exclude /dev/ > exclude /mnt/usb/ > exclude /mnt/cdrom/ > exclude /tmp/ > exclude /var/ > exclude /home/.snapshot/ > > Im not sure if there is anything in var that i should consider backup > like sysmerge or syspatch. > > Thanks! > > > My full /etc/rsnapshot.conf follows > > > ################################################# > # rsnapshot.conf - rsnapshot configuration file # > ################################################# > # # > # PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE FOLLOWING RULE: # > # # > # This file requires tabs between elements # > # # > ################################################# > > ####################### > # CONFIG FILE VERSION # > ####################### > > config_version 1.2 > > ########################### > # SNAPSHOT ROOT DIRECTORY # > ########################### > > # All snapshots will be stored under this root directory. > # > snapshot_root /home/.snapshots/ > > # If no_create_root is enabled, rsnapshot will not automatically create the > # snapshot_root directory. This is particularly useful if you are backing > # up to removable media, such as a FireWire or USB drive. > # > #no_create_root 1 > > ################################# > # EXTERNAL PROGRAM DEPENDENCIES # > ################################# > > # LINUX USERS: Be sure to uncomment "cmd_cp". This gives you extra > features. > # EVERYONE ELSE: Leave "cmd_cp" commented out for compatibility. > # > # See the README file or the man page for more details. > # > cmd_cp /bin/cp > > # uncomment this to use the rm program instead of the built-in perl > routine. > # > cmd_rm /bin/rm > > # rsync must be enabled for anything to work. This is the only command that > # must be enabled. > # > cmd_rsync /usr/local/bin/rsync > > # Uncomment this to enable remote ssh backups over rsync. > # > #cmd_ssh /usr/bin/ssh > > # Comment this out to disable syslog support. > # > cmd_logger /usr/bin/logger > > # Uncomment this to specify the path to "du" for disk usage checks. > # If you have an older version of "du", you may also want to check the > # "du_args" parameter below. > # > cmd_du /usr/bin/du > > # Uncomment this to specify the path to rsnapshot-diff. > # > cmd_rsnapshot_diff /usr/local/bin/rsnapshot-diff > > # Specify the path to a script (and any optional arguments) to run right > # before rsnapshot syncs files > # > #cmd_preexec /path/to/preexec/script > > # Specify the path to a script (and any optional arguments) to run right > # after rsnapshot syncs files > # > #cmd_postexec /path/to/postexec/script > > # Paths to lvcreate, lvremove, mount and umount commands, for use with > # Linux LVMs. > # > #linux_lvm_cmd_lvcreate /path/to/lvcreate > #linux_lvm_cmd_lvremove /path/to/lvremove > #linux_lvm_cmd_mount /sbin/mount > #linux_lvm_cmd_umount /sbin/umount > > ######################################### > # BACKUP LEVELS / INTERVALS # > # Must be unique and in ascending order # > # e.g. alpha, beta, gamma, etc. # > ######################################### > > retain daily 3 > retain weekly 3 > > #retain delta 3 > > ############################################ > # GLOBAL OPTIONS # > # All are optional, with sensible defaults # > ############################################ > > # Verbose level, 1 through 5. > # 1 Quiet Print fatal errors only > # 2 Default Print errors and warnings only > # 3 Verbose Show equivalent shell commands being executed > # 4 Extra Verbose Show extra verbose information > # 5 Debug mode Everything > # > verbose 2 > > # Same as "verbose" above, but controls the amount of data sent to the > # logfile, if one is being used. The default is 3. > # > loglevel 3 > > # If you enable this, data will be written to the file you specify. The > # amount of data written is controlled by the "loglevel" parameter. > # > #logfile /var/log/rsnapshot > > # If enabled, rsnapshot will write a lockfile to prevent two instances > # from running simultaneously (and messing up the snapshot_root). > # If you enable this, make sure the lockfile directory is not world > # writable. Otherwise anyone can prevent the program from running. > # > lockfile /var/run/rsnapshot.pid > > # By default, rsnapshot check lockfile, check if PID is running > # and if not, consider lockfile as stale, then start > # Enabling this stop rsnapshot if PID in lockfile is not running > # > #stop_on_stale_lockfile 0 > > # Default rsync args. All rsync commands have at least these options set. > # > #rsync_short_args -a > #rsync_long_args --delete --numeric-ids --relative --delete-excluded > > # ssh has no args passed by default, but you can specify some here. > # > #ssh_args -p 22 > > # Default arguments for the "du" program (for disk space reporting). > # The GNU version of "du" is preferred. See the man page for more details. > # If your version of "du" doesn't support the -h flag, try -k flag instead. > # > #du_args -csh > > # If this is enabled, rsync won't span filesystem partitions within a > # backup point. This essentially passes the -x option to rsync. > # The default is 0 (off). > # > #one_fs 0 > > # The include and exclude parameters, if enabled, simply get passed > directly > # to rsync. If you have multiple include/exclude patterns, put each one on > a > # separate line. Please look up the --include and --exclude options in the > # rsync man page for more details on how to specify file name patterns. > # > #include ??? > #include ??? > #exclude ??? > > > exclude /dev/ > exclude /mnt/usb/ > exclude /mnt/cdrom/ > exclude /tmp/ > exclude /var/ > exclude /home/.snapshot/ > > > > > # The include_file and exclude_file parameters, if enabled, simply get > # passed directly to rsync. Please look up the --include-from and > # --exclude-from options in the rsync man page for more details. > # > #include_file /path/to/include/file > #exclude_file /path/to/exclude/file > > # If your version of rsync supports --link-dest, consider enabling this. > # This is the best way to support special files (FIFOs, etc) > cross-platform. > # The default is 0 (off). > # > link_dest 1 > > # When sync_first is enabled, it changes the default behaviour of > rsnapshot. > # Normally, when rsnapshot is called with its lowest interval > # (i.e.: "rsnapshot alpha"), it will sync files AND rotate the lowest > # intervals. With sync_first enabled, "rsnapshot sync" handles the file > sync, > # and all interval calls simply rotate files. See the man page for more > # details. The default is 0 (off). > # > sync_first 0 > > # If enabled, rsnapshot will move the oldest directory for each interval > # to [interval_name].delete, then it will remove the lockfile and delete > # that directory just before it exits. The default is 0 (off). > # > #use_lazy_deletes 0 > > # Number of rsync re-tries. If you experience any network problems or > # network card issues that tend to cause ssh to fail with errors like > # "Corrupted MAC on input", for example, set this to a non-zero value > # to have the rsync operation re-tried. > # > #rsync_numtries 0 > > # LVM parameters. Used to backup with creating lvm snapshot before backup > # and removing it after. This should ensure consistency of data in some > special > # cases > # > # LVM snapshot(s) size (lvcreate --size option). > # > #linux_lvm_snapshotsize 100M > > # Name to be used when creating the LVM logical volume snapshot(s). > # > #linux_lvm_snapshotname rsnapshot > > # Path to the LVM Volume Groups. > # > #linux_lvm_vgpath /dev > > # Mount point to use to temporarily mount the snapshot(s). > # > #linux_lvm_mountpath /path/to/mount/lvm/snapshot/during/backup > > ############################### > ### BACKUP POINTS / SCRIPTS ### > ############################### > > # LOCALHOST > #backup /home/ localhost/ > #backup /etc/ localhost/ > #backup /usr/local/ localhost/ > #backup /var/log/rsnapshot localhost/ > #backup /etc/passwd localhost/ > #backup /home/foo/My Documents/ localhost/ > #backup /foo/bar/ localhost/ one_fs=1, > rsync_short_args=-urltvpog > #backup_script /usr/local/bin/backup_pgsql.sh localhost/postgres/ > # You must set linux_lvm_* parameters below before using lvm snapshots > #backup lvm://vg0/xen-home/ lvm-vg0/xen-home/ > > > backup / localhost/ > backup /altroot/ localhost/ > backup /bin/ localhost/ > backup /etc/ localhost/ > backup /home/ localhost/ > backup /root/ localhost/ > backup /sbin localhost/ > backup /usr/ localhost/ > > > > > # EXAMPLE.COM > #backup_exec /bin/date "+ backup of example.com started at %c" > #backup r...@example.com:/home/ example.com/ > +rsync_long_args=--bwlimit=16,exclude=core > #backup r...@example.com:/etc/ example.com/ exclude=mtab,exclude=core > #backup_exec ssh r...@example.com "mysqldump -A > > /var/db/dump/mysql.sql" > #backup r...@example.com:/var/db/dump/ example.com/ > #backup_exec /bin/date "+ backup of example.com ended at %c" > > # CVS.SOURCEFORGE.NET > #backup_script /usr/local/bin/backup_rsnapshot_cvsroot.sh > rsnapshot.cvs.sourceforge.net/ > > # RSYNC.SAMBA.ORG > #backup rsync://rsync.samba.org/rsyncftp/ rsync.samba.org/rsyncftp/ > > >
