Topic: automated backup to 2nd drive

[Hub]

I've searched through the forums, and have found many different topics relating to backup, but none concerning how i want to perform backup.

I have the server installed on a 15GB drive, I have an 80GB drive I want to setup so that the server will automatically backup to this drive, but i also want this drive available to my windows workgroup/domain so i can backup my different machines to it. I'm kinda new to linux, but am not afraid to try things--as there is no data on my server yet--i want to get the backup working before i put data on it.

Any suggestions on how to do this would be greatly apreciated.

[Arkman]

Search the forums and internet for information on rsynch. There are also a couple of how-to's kicking around for using rsynch to do backups from one computer to another, or from drive to drive.
You will need to moount the drive and then create a share with samba to allow access to your Windows clients. There are also how-to's kicking around to help you get on the right track here as well.
It's all 'doable' and should be a good learning experience.

[Arkman]

Sorry...rsync not rsynch

[Andrew]

Thank you-- I have found a couple things about Rsync, and will look into it further. I'll keep you posted--as i'm bound to run into problems when I actually go about doing it.

[Hub]

Thank you-- I have found a couple things about Rsync, and will look into it further. I'll keep you posted--as i'm bound to run into problems when I actually go about doing it.

[Hub]

Sorry for the double post. I originally posted my question using my laptop, and when i used my desktop for the reply I noticed it had different contact details--after i hit the submit button, I thought i had hit stop soon enough to change the details but evidently not.

[Hub]

im attempting to do this using the flexbackup howto

http://myezserver.com/downloads/mitel/howto/flexbackup-to-disk-howto.html

if i already have the drive mounting at bootup at /bootup do i need to follow steps 2 and 3? also it is a local drive not a network share

[Des Dougan]

You'll still need to do step 2 - otherwise, it will issue tape drive commands. If you already have the share mounted, then you should be OK bypassing step 3.

Des Dougan

[Hub]

I was able to get flexbackup to work, however discovered this is not the right solution for me, as i want to be able to easily restore individual files, I have been looking into rsync, but have not found any howto's i can understand. I just want to backup to another local drives, all the howto's i find tell you how to backup and keep different servers in sync with each other. Is there a simple howto out there that i have missed?

[Boris]

Try TapeWare and uncomment option to backup to disk device in the tapeware.ini file. You will be able to backup (and restore any file) to second drive. If you mount second drive as an ibay it will also be available to backup workstations. Eval (30 days) is good enough to test and like it. Program well worth money.
Good luck.

[Arkman]

If time is more important than money you might want to have a look at purchasing something. Dungog (www.dungog.net) has a SME add-on package that adds a bunch of panels to the server-manager for backing up and rsyncing. Price is reasonable.

[Hub]

I will look into these programs. However I was hopeing to find a free solution as this is a small home server, and I am only 18 years old, I really dont want to spend any money on it.