Topic: Excludes in backup

[rk]

After running e-smith for almost a year, I have decided I need to start cosidering doing backups .  I've been reading the threads, and I am going to try setting up a cdr burner and backup that way.  One question I have is: Is there a way to exclude specific ibays from the backup?  I have a couple of user forums on my system, and a large file sharing ibay, that don't need to be backed up on a normal schedule.  Plus they are huge.  If I can exclude them, I am sure I can fit the entire backup on a single cd.  Is there a flag I can set, or a file marker, to exclude specific directories?

I have these ibays actually on another physical disk, so I could do a umount before I back up, but I thought I would try to find another way.

rk

[Bill Talcott]

dungog.net has a HowTo on customizing the backup. I don't know anything about how the CD-R backup works though, so I'm not sure if this will help you...

[Ray Mitchell]

backup2ws may also be useful, it can specify CD sized backup files and exclude certain folders etc.
http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/contribs/dmay/mitel/contrib/Backup2ws/

There is also a contrib specifically for what you want to do.

http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=20003.msg78639#msg78639
Module for backup to CD
Author: haydn (haydn_AT_ozemail.com.au)
Date:   10-11-02 02:04
I've written a Module which I use to backup to a CD burner - it plugs into the server manager interface, and can run scheduled backups.
The module also lets you burn audio and data CD's from the server manager web page.
http://cd-utils.sourceforge.net
Obviously your user data needs to be small enough to fit onto a CD (when compressed) - which will depend on number of users, and how much / what type of data they have.
cheers
Haydn
 
Hope these help
Regards
Ray Mitchell