using rsync for incremental raw disk backup?

2012-01-01 Thread Daniel Pocock
I use off-site replication (rsync), but having backups on tape is also important The tape backup software offers a very thorough incremental and differential backup solution for UNIX filesystems, but for Windows filesystems that must be recoverable to a bootable state, I feel that only raw file

Re: securing rsync backup solutions?

2011-12-27 Thread Daniel Pocock
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 27/12/11 19:54, Kevin Korb wrote: > > On 12/27/11 13:26, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > >> For full system backup, rsync obviously needs to run as root on >> the machine being backed up > >> For preservation of u

securing rsync backup solutions?

2011-12-27 Thread Daniel Pocock
For full system backup, rsync obviously needs to run as root on the machine being backed up For preservation of user/group/permissions info, rsync also typically needs to be run as root on the machine storing the backup - although there appear to be various ways to avoid this (e.g. using fakeroo