Recommendation for backup program?
I'm looking for recommendations for a backup program that meets these criteria:
* Backup a running system * GUI or at least interactive interface * Use TAR or other mechanism to preserve attributes when saving to NTFS drive * Primary usage: full/incremental backups * Compatible with/available for Debian Optional features: * Ability to restore individual files * Ability to create image backup (could be another program) * Ability to save as an iso I'm having trouble identifying a program that meets even the first two criteria. Any suggestions? |
Hi,
I think backuppc meets all your criteria (if web interface counts as a gui), and the first of your optional features. For more information: Code:
apt-cache show backuppc |
Thanks. I had looked at backuppc and may not have understood what I was looking at (plus the setup is a little out of my depth, particularly using a USB-connected drive rather than a network drive, and I didn't find any documentation that addressed the ability to self-backup a running system). I'll have to look at it again and dig deeper.
EDIT: The documentation says it won't work with NTFS and requires a network server. And just when I thought I would be forced to hunker down and learn something new. |
Hi,
network server is not required, you can backup to a local file system (I know this for a fact because I do it). I didn't know about NTFS. Can you point me to where you got this information? Evo2. |
I went to the backuppc online documentation: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/...l#Requirements
"BackupPC requires:.... A linux, solaris, or unix based server", etc. "But windows based FAT and NTFS file systems will not work." I didn't read through the entire manual. Are there instructions for setting up with a local drive? Will it backup a running system (without excluding everything that is in use)? So far, this is the only program anyone has mentioned. If NTFS is the only problem, I could probably create a partition somewhere and format that to something else. Thanks. |
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Thanks for all the info. |
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