On Sat, 2023-12-09 at 11:26 -0500, Tim Evans wrote:
> I mentioned 'rsnapshot' in a previous reply. While this has similar
> snaoshotting capabilities, it's a very old package that doesn't have
> a
> GUI and--most importantly--doesn't incorporate recovery of backed-up
> files; 'backintime' has b
, it
On 12/8/23 12:56, Tim Evans wrote:
Since tine immemorial (I first touched a UNIX system circa 1984), I have
used the venerable 'dump' utility to do automated full and incremental
backups to an NFS-mounted network storage appliance (NAS).
Now, with a brand new laptop, with fresh install us
On Fri, 2023-12-08 at 12:56 -0500, Tim Evans wrote:
> Since tine immemorial (I first touched a UNIX system circa 1984), I
> have
> used the venerable 'dump' utility to do automated full and
> incremental
> backups to an NFS-mounted network storage appliance (NAS).
>
> Now, with a brand new lapto
On 12/8/23 12:12, Joe Zeff wrote:
On 12/08/2023 12:51 PM, Tim Evans wrote:
Thanks, Roger. Actually, I have a dim recollection of having set up
a thing called 'rnsapshot' to a NAS appliance for a client some years
ago. Nothing to do with btrfs filesystems, but IIRC this should be
just what
On 12/8/23 12:25, Richard England wrote:
On 12/8/23 12:12, Joe Zeff wrote:
On 12/08/2023 12:51 PM, Tim Evans wrote:
Thanks, Roger. Actually, I have a dim recollection of having set up
a thing called 'rnsapshot' to a NAS appliance for a client some
years ago. Nothing to do with btrfs file
On 12/08/2023 12:51 PM, Tim Evans wrote:
Thanks, Roger. Actually, I have a dim recollection of having set up a
thing called 'rnsapshot' to a NAS appliance for a client some years ago.
Nothing to do with btrfs filesystems, but IIRC this should be just
what I need. Thanks for refreshing my
On 12/8/23 13:18, John Mellor wrote:
btrfs send? Its very similar in operation to zfs send on Solaris and
Freebsd. The data stream can be pushed over ssh to another machine
running btrfs receive pretty easily. Maybe follow
https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/btrfs-create-snapshot-and-sen
On 12/8/23 13:16, Roger Heflin wrote:
I use rsync with a --backup-dir=/${DIR}/backup/${MONTH}/${DIRDATE}/
and a bunch of --excludes for directories/files that I don't need
backed up.
Thanks, Roger. Actually, I have a dim recollection of having set up a
thing called 'rnsapshot' to a NAS appli
On 2023-12-08 12:56 p.m., Tim Evans wrote:
Since tine immemorial (I first touched a UNIX system circa 1984), I
have used the venerable 'dump' utility to do automated full and
incremental backups to an NFS-mounted network storage appliance (NAS).
Now, with a brand new laptop, with fresh install
I use rsync with a --backup-dir=/${DIR}/backup/${MONTH}/${DIRDATE}/
and a bunch of --excludes for directories/files that I don't need
backed up.
It rsync's and any replaced files get copied into the backup-dir (so
an incremental backup of sorts). And every so often (usually when
low on space) I
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