I'd suggest you proceed with caution. I had implemented rsync as a backup solution until I found out that it dies if you try to backup files that get moved. (So if a user moves/deletes a file while your backup is running, it'll fail.) It is, however, great for static files.
> I would like to get some opinions on a backup method using rsync. I > already have a script written to mirror the data over to a backup > script from a cron that is run every night. I've also been tempted to > use the "--delete" option to keep everything up to date on the backup > server. However, this is probably a bad idea in the event my data is > deleted from the "/home" directory (just as an example) before the cron > runs. When the cron runs and this isn't noticed before hand, the > "/home" directory on the backup server will probably be whiped out as > well, correct? So, do all you that use rsync as a backup method not > use the "--delete" option, or do you keep maybe a separate weekly > backup safe somewhere else. Of course, we do have our data center > making tape backups of the backup server as well, but let's assume we > didn't. Thank you! -- John Madden UNIX Systems Engineer Ivy Tech State College [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
