Re: Backups work!

I use rsnapshot on every workstation and server under my control. I
can rewind a whole system to 7 days or up to 4 weekly intervals easily
and selectively. I used it the other day to rewind (stupid phrase) my
workstation after I did a ton of funky changes to my workstation while
testing some software. Hardlinks are Key.

I am attempting to write a similar freeware app for XP/2003 using
Volume Shadow services and librsync or similar. Its such a freaking
pain, good news is NTFS supports hard links. I want this because
Veritas makes me cry.

Anyways Damien you are very fortunate to have found that data. If you
are like most geeks you can't remember where you placed your left
foot, much less data.

On 1/30/07, Greg Madden <pabi@gci.net> wrote:
> On Tuesday 30 January 2007 21:56, Adam bultman wrote:
> > At work, most people probably have backup solutions already.
> >
> > Good 'home use' backup programs (which also work for businesses):
> > 1. Arkeia (older versions have a server limit, and not a gig limit. I
> > think only registered versions support libraries)
> > 2. Rsnapshot (Uses rsync and hard links to create a netapp-style
> > snapshot of filesystems)
> > 3. TAR (not as useful, since there's not error recovery)
> > 4. BRU (I cannot remember if there's still a free version)
> >
> > Other:
> > 1. Veritas is really, really cool, although it is expensive. Bonus:
> > You can use remote tape drives as if they were local, and back up to a
> > remote drive!
> >
> > Damien Hull wrote:
> > > I write this because I know most people don't backup their data.
> > > Here's proof that they not only work but can save you time and
> > > effort.
> > >
> > > I was recently asked for a resume. I new I had one somewhere. After
> > > searching the server, workstation and laptop I found nothing. I got
> > > all the backups from the safe deposit box. I started with the oldest
> > > and worked my way up. The second DVD had what I was looking for.
> > >
> > > The backup was from September 2 2005.
>
> My box has multiple hd's. I use rsync to backup my home dir, done as a
> cron job seveal times a week, to backup to a separate hd. Not
> a 'traditional' backup scenario, but one that keeps a soho office
> data 'safe enough'. Every once in awhile I rsync my home dir to another
> machine. that is a clone of my current box.
>
> Be careful of the rsync --delete option, I have lost data this way :-) my
> fault of course.
>
> I think the bottom line is knowing what a 'backup plan' entails , and
> being able to duplicate that with the many tools that GNU/Linux provides.
> --
> Greg Madden
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