backup options in rhel flavour

yashvanth · 03-26-2012, 12:22 AM

i am very new to linux world.
what are the backup utilies or tools available for rhel flavour?
any documentation on the same will be highly helpful
thank you

EricTRA · 03-26-2012, 12:34 AM

Hello,

On what level do you want to perform a backup? Personal (from one computer to for example an external disk), professional level (multiple computers / servers connecting to a centralized backup server with tape / disk / ...), or something in between? You could have a look at Amanda, Zmanda, Bacula and many others for an enterprise level solution. On a personal level you can use tools like rsync, BackupPC, ... Look at Google for more available solutions.

Kind regards,

Eric

yashvanth · 03-26-2012, 12:37 AM

thank you for the reply .
i need to backup the directories from my personnel system to remote system . planning to use rsync tool only.....any reviews on it like feasibility of rsync tool for taking the remote backup ?

EricTRA · 03-26-2012, 12:57 AM

Hi,

There's a lot of documentation on the subject. You can start by reading the man page and figure it out or you can use one of the many guides available on the internet, for example this one gives you several examples on how to use rsync.

Kind regards,

Eric

johnewing · 03-27-2012, 06:20 AM

While rsync is a good option, to keep more than one days backup
requires a bit of coding.

rdiff-backup uses rsync and lets you keep multi-day
backups without using much disk space.

http://www.nongnu.org/rdiff-backup/

Hope this helps

J.