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Status smeserver-affa 2.0.0, usage with SME 8.1; concepts for automatic backups

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stephdl:

--- Quote from: turandot on August 19, 2014, 09:22:16 PM ---Just wanted to let you know that Affa 3 works on SME 8.1 as expected in general, see http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7633 , as well as using an SME server to backup another SME server. See http://forums.contribs.org/index.php/topic,51040.0.html for more details how I did that.

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Then you ought to convince the developer to bring out his baby to the light and set up a  wiki page on this topic. If it is not yet possible, then you should help arnaud to finish that contrib (test, development, ....)

turandot:

--- Quote from: janet on August 19, 2014, 09:39:06 PM ---What is wrong with using the built in backup (to workstation) in server manager
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Nothing at all, except one thing: manual intervention is required.

--- Quote from: janet on August 19, 2014, 09:39:06 PM ---I realise it does not have the same feature set as Affa (eg rise feature, & ability to quickly rise a backup server to production status).
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Right, this is very attractive. I have used it in the past, e.g. to migrate to new hardware. Workstation backups should work perfectly for that.

--- Quote from: janet on August 19, 2014, 09:39:06 PM ---For an alternative that is used by sme server professional support personnel, & can backup locally or remotely via ssh, see http://wiki.contribs.org/Rdiff-backup
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I simply wasn't aware of Rdiff-backup up to now. I have used Affa since a long time... Keep also in mind that I started this thread asking for recommendations  :-)

A 'must have' for me was to have a second machine making fully automated remote backups each and every day without any manual intervention over a VPN network connection, using hard links for rolling backups. Affa is capable for all that. Rdiff-backup probably too...


--- Quote from: stephdl on August 19, 2014, 09:48:23 PM ---Then you ought to convince the developer to bring out his baby to the light and set up a wiki page on this topic. If it is not yet possible, then you should help arnaud to finish that contrib (test, development, ....)

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Absolutely. I have been in touch with Arnaud directly, but I guess he is currently out on holidays. (So I will be in a few days.) I have tested Affa 3 quite a bit, and I posted my experiences and detailed steps in the bug tracker. Unfortunately I am not capable to build RPM packages, so this needs to be left e.g. to Arnaud. I would be happy to transfer my steps from the bug tracker e.g. into the Wiki. I have never done this before in the SME forum (I have used Wikis elsewhere), but why not start with a HowTo on Affa 3!?

Regards, turandot

stephdl:

--- Quote from: turandot on August 19, 2014, 10:10:09 PM --- why not start with a HowTo on Affa 3!?

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Go but in the header let a warning for test purpose, backups are a sensitive topic.
If you lack of experience on how to write with wiki, either you can edit other pages to see how it works (what I did sometime ago) or you can start and other will come to help.

Alone you can walk faster, but numerous we can go much far than alone....

turandot:
As I said: I will be out on holidays in a few days, so please be patient with me.

Please let me know how to create an account for the Contribs Wiki (I couldn't find a 'create account' button), as well as how to create a new Wiki page.

Would you recommend to modify the existing description http://wiki.contribs.org/Affa , or should I start with a new one? There are substantial differences between earlier versions and Affa 3, therefore I would vote for a new one...

Thanks, turandot

stephdl:
see http://wiki.contribs.org/Help:Contents#How_to_get_a_wiki_account.3F

Yes you should start to create a new page.

On the main page of the wiki you have a wiki search box (below one of google) simply search affa3 and if nothing exists then it proposes to create the page affa3.

Here you have the wiki help http://wiki.contribs.org/Help:Contents

Take your laptop and an internet connexion in holidays :)

Keep us (me) in touch if you have issue on the granting of wiki edit permissions.

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