From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 23 06:09:40 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10A5E106564A for ; Sat, 23 Jun 2012 06:09:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl [89.206.35.99]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7209C8FC0A for ; Sat, 23 Jun 2012 06:09:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q5N69YJQ030784; Sat, 23 Jun 2012 08:09:34 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from localhost (wojtek@localhost) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) with ESMTP id q5N69Y7C030781; Sat, 23 Jun 2012 08:09:34 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 08:09:33 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar To: Chad Perrin In-Reply-To: <20120622160903.GE24912@hemlock.hydra> Message-ID: References: <20120622160903.GE24912@hemlock.hydra> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender passed SPF test, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl [127.0.0.1]); Sat, 23 Jun 2012 08:09:34 +0200 (CEST) Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: backup tools X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 06:09:40 -0000 > > My criteria for procedures are: > > 1. They should minimize the need for additional software beyond the base > system as much as reasonably possible. This means not only that I do not good idea. > 3. They should provide for incremental backups. do backed up laptops use FreeBSD or have another filesystem. > > 4. They should provide for the ability to quickly and easily test backup > integrity without restoring the backups anywhere, which most likely means > some kind of checksum comparisons akin to what rsync provides. > > 5. They should allow for transferring data from the system to be backed > up to the backup server via SSH. there is precisely one tool you need. /usr/ports/net/rsync there is many "distros" of rsync for windoze if laptops run it. Not sure what actually works but i can check if you wish. i use rsync for backup server, just config is different: my server is behind NAT, and it connects to backed up server with rsync man rsync and read carefully, don't forget -b option it's very useful