I would like to set up a cron job to backup the repositories on an svn server to a Synology NAS.
The repositories reside in /var/lib/svn and comprise about 6 Gb worth of files in 12 different directories. These are svnsync:ed nightly from our main SVN server in the main office across the world as a backup of the development activities there. The main svn server is VisualSvn on Windows Server 16 if that matters. The svnsync has worked fine for 2+ years since I set it up. The backup SVN server runs on an Ubuntu 18.4 LTS server in my home network and on that network I also have a Synology NAS, which I want to use as a 3rd level backup for the SVN repositories in case the Ubuntu server here crashes. I got a problem with it a few days ago when we had a power outage and the Ubuntu box did not boot properly when power returned. Now fixed but it raised the concern over backup security. I have now set up an NFS connection between the Ubuntu server and the Synology NAS so I have a target dir in Ubuntu in /nfs/backup where I can write the files. So what I had in mind is to somehow keep a copy of the repository files on the nfs share but I am not sure what command would be suitable to perform this action. I could use tar but that would be complex since there are certainly not many files that change from one day to the other. Only changed files should be copied to reduce the time of backup. Or else perhaps rsync, provided it knows which files have changed and which have not etc. I am a user of Ubuntu Linux for some of my work and have had to learn the basics of managing Linux, but I am not versed in these actions. Daily I am a Windows user. I don't know if some actions should be done towards svn on the ubuntu server in order to safely copy the files either... Please advice... -- Bo Berglund Developer in Sweden
