On Mon, 2008-09-22 at 15:56 +0200, Jende, Niels wrote: > I haven't used rsync as yet but today I have to. Basically I need to > backup all datas from one Server to another machine with the whole > structure. Here is what I have on mind and I am wondering if that might > be a way to go... > > Connect the 2 machines - they shouldn't be at that time in the LAN - via > a CrossOver Cable > > Then start rsync on the machine that should putt he datas to the new > machine like this: > > rsync --verbose --progress -r -u -Hav /from/the_old_machine/ > /to_the/new_machine > > > Ist the technically way okay and mor important is: Is the rsync command > I wrote correct?
The approach sounds reasonable. However, unless you are using a network filesystem, the destination "/to_the/new_machine" is on the old machine. You probably mean to use a remote destination that points to the new machine, like this (remote shell): rsync --verbose --progress -r -u -Hav /from/the_old_machine/ newhost:/to_the/new_machine or this (rsync daemon): rsync --verbose --progress -r -u -Hav /from/the_old_machine/ newhost::modulename/to_the/new_machine See the first few sections of the rsync man page for more information. Matt -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
