Topic: Backup to usb

[Troels]

Hi All,

I would like to backup my sme server to a USB harddrive insted af my old DAT drives, because there is not nearly enough space on the old dat drives any longer. So my question is, how do i configure the server to do that, I would also like to receive a job report (e-mail) after the backup job has "complete". I have been browsing the forum, but was not able to finde any detailed guide. I am quite new to linux, so please provide lots of comments on what you are doing, and why!. Any help would be much appreciated.

Info:
SME Server Ver 6.0

on:
Compaq Proliant 1600 Dual PII 500 (USB)
The server has 1 GB memory
The harddisks are configured in a hardware raid 5.

Regards Troels.

[arthurhanlon]

Hi there,

I think it IS possible to backup direct to a USB hard disk from the SME Server but am not sure how, I did stumble onto something a while back but can't remember where.

Another approach would be to use Darrel May's contrib Backup2ws which will allow you to backup to a shared drive of a network attached computer. You could quite easily set it up to backup directly to a USB attached device therefore backing up directly to the USB drive through the use of the other machine. You would also get the email confirmation that you rquire. A long winded way I agree but it would work. I use this as my backup method and have done a full backup and restore to another machine and it works great.

Hope that helps,

Arthur

[Troels]

Hi Again,

I have sucessfully installed a redhat 9.0 server, running a samba server, so now Darrel May's contrib Backup2ws comes in handy, but it stops backing up after 2,097,152 mb. Strange ?? has anyone got any ideas?.

Regards Troels

[Brenno]

Troels,

Check out this thread: http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=27473.0

The interesting part is that arne has managed to backup his server to a USB drive, so you might want to contact him for info.

[Troels]

Hi,

Where do I get in contact with Arne?. The problem I had yesterday is almost solved. I configured the file size to 2,096,152, so now it is spanning the backup into small files. The next problem I have is on my DMZ interface there's only 10 mbps bandwidth due to an old hub, that one has got to go!.

40960000 / 1000 /3600 = aprox. 11 hours

That I didn't think about before i started out on this little project. hmmm )

[Brenno]

Troels,

I'd try clicking on the "PM" button under one of his posts.  Never done it, but in theory it should send him a private message that he'll get next time he logs into the forums here.