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#1 2010-05-20 00:16:24
- Cheifchimp
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Tape backup software
I'm looking for backup software to backup my server that will allow me to easily perfom automatic backups - monthly full backup, weekly incremental backups and occaisional adhoc backup.
the automatic backups can be done with a cli tool, the adhoc I'd prefer a GUI prog.
Hardware:
IBM eServer x345 with 130GB disks (average around 40% full ~50GB)
Dell PowerVault 110T LTO - 100GB native
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#2 2010-05-20 00:22:58
- n0dix
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Re: Tape backup software
Maybe this link can give you an idea.
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#3 2010-05-20 01:49:53
- fukawi2
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Re: Tape backup software
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#4 2010-06-20 06:25:23
- Cheifchimp
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Re: Tape backup software
both links point to numerous backup to disk or dvd choices but only AMANDA and bacula for backing up to tape both complex to set up and bacula segfaulted on me.
I've tried Kdat in the past and if I only backup 1 file at a time and restore it, if I did any more files per session I was only able to restore the file names - all restored files were zero length.
I did manage to backup and recover file using tar but include/exclude is labourious.
the search continues.
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#5 2010-06-20 09:02:42
- gazj
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Re: Tape backup software
I just use a script of my own and just call it using cron. All though I don't hold enough data to warrant incremental backups. Here it is.
gary@reddwarf ~ $ cat /usr/local/bin/backup
#!/bin/bash
#backup script for $1
rm $2/backup*.txt
FN="$2/backup-`date +%d-%m-%y`.txt"
STIME=`date +%s`
export FN STIME
echo Setting backup options > $FN
#mt -f /dev/st0 compression 1
mt -f /dev/st0 drvbuffer 1
mt -f /dev/st0 stoptions buffer-writes
echo - >> $FN
echo Starting backup of $1 on `date` >> $FN
echo - >> $FN
tar cvpPWf /dev/st0 $1 -X $1/exclude >> $FN ## -X does not work on this version of tar
#tar cvpPWf /dev/st0 $1 >> $FN
ETIME=`date +%s`
export ETIME
BTIME=`expr $ETIME / 60 - $STIME / 60`
export BTIME
echo Backup of $1 complete and verified in $BTIME minuites>> $FN
#mt -f /dev/st0 offline.
There are some incremental backup scripts floating round the fourms.
There are plenty other examples in this thread http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=56646
You should be able to coble something together from these. You will have a much finer control writing a little script 
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