Backup of Dedicated Server

Raakh · 12-28-2007, 02:35 PM

How can I make an auto/manual backup of some specific folders of dedicated server?

thanks & best regards

harry edwards · 12-28-2007, 02:39 PM

I been meaning to evaluate Backula; it sounds good!

http://www.bacula.org/

choogendyk · 12-28-2007, 04:14 PM

There are many ways. You could check out the links on http://www.linuxquestions.org/bookmarks/tags/backup , or hop over and take a look at http://www.backupcentral.com/ , or get a copy of the O'Reilly book "Backup & Recovery" by W. Curtis Preston at http://www.amazon.com/dp/0596102461/backupcentral

However, your needs may be met more simply by posting a few more details about what your setup is, what you want to do, and what resources you have (external drive space, tape drives, NAS, SAN, etc.) Then there will be plenty of people here with suggestions for how to accomplish what you want.

JimBass · 12-28-2007, 04:42 PM

The best backup solution in the world, courtesy of absolutely brilliant perl programming:

http://backuppc.sourceforge.net

Peace,
JimBass

choogendyk · 12-28-2007, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by JimBass

The best backup solution in the world, courtesy of absolutely brilliant perl programming

I find comments like that pretty funny.

Absent the requirements, which the OP has yet to post, who can say what the best solution is? It may be that BackupPC is the best solution for this person, but it also may not be. It all depends.

Raakh · 12-29-2007, 10:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by choogendyk

I find comments like that pretty funny.

Absent the requirements, which the OP has yet to post, who can say what the best solution is? It may be that BackupPC is the best solution for this person, but it also may not be. It all depends.

I have dedicated server. I have two hard drives one is 134GB and other is 300GB & OS=RHE. all the files are on 134GB including RHE and 300GB is totally free.

I want to take backup/incremental backup of some specific folders or the whole system on the empty drive i.e. 300GB

thanks & best regards

trickykid · 12-29-2007, 08:41 PM

Rsync, bacula, amanda and even that crap backuppc might work.. try them all out and see which one works best for you.

choogendyk · 12-30-2007, 05:23 PM

I kind of like rsync with snapshots for that situation. Some detail and links were described in another thread here http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...9/#post2990468 . There was a bit of confusion and discussion in the thread leading up to that post, but there were some critical links in some of the earlier posts in the thread. Should give you what you want.

palaniappan · 12-30-2007, 07:29 PM

Hi,
U can try Amanda,becaz the backup can be taken in Vtapes and in DLT also depends upon our convenient.Then moreover lot of bugs has cleared in amanda forums.
Regds
Palani

trickykid · 12-30-2007, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by palaniappan

Hi,
U can try Amanda,becaz the backup can be taken in Vtapes and in DLT also depends upon our convenient.Then moreover lot of bugs has cleared in amanda forums.
Regds
Palani

Almost all backup solutions have vtapes as an option when performing backups to disk or at least something similar. And if your DLT tape drive works in Linux or the OS, most likely the backup software can use it or will recognize it. Oh and most other solutions that are still maintained fix bugs on a regular basis as well.

choogendyk · 12-31-2007, 10:51 AM

hmm. DLT out of the blue. Raakh didn't specify any tape drive or any networked computers, otherwise I might have suggested Amanda. If all you are doing is copying files from one disk to another on the same computer, then you don't really need all that infrastructure ... unless, of course, you are interested in learning about the software and expanding your skills.