From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 23 08:00:04 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56F081065675 for ; Sat, 23 Jun 2012 08:00:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBF238FC15 for ; Sat, 23 Jun 2012 08:00:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from slackbox.erewhon.net (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id q5N7xTPX019799; Sat, 23 Jun 2012 09:59:29 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.erewhon.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id D58E112356; Sat, 23 Jun 2012 09:59:28 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 09:59:28 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20120623075928.GA19093@slackbox.erewhon.net> References: <20120622160903.GE24912@hemlock.hydra> <20120622184740.GA67847@slackbox.erewhon.net> <20120623003717.GD7876@hemlock.hydra> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="jRHKVT23PllUwdXP" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120623003717.GD7876@hemlock.hydra> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: Chad Perrin 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 08:00:04 -0000 --jRHKVT23PllUwdXP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 06:37:17PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 08:47:40PM +0200, Roland Smith wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 10:09:03AM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > > > I'm setting up a "new" backup server using FreeBSD. It will be used = for > > > backing up laptops, which will not be connected to the network by any > > > kind of schedule, so backups will be initiated manually rather than by > > > cron or other scheduled procedures. > >=20 > > What are the laptops running? >=20 > FreeBSD, Debian, and/or Ubuntu. There's at least one of each. I > apologize for not mentioning that sooner. I had a feeling I'd overlook > something. Hmm, I'm not sure that there is _anything_ that meets _all_ your criteria! For backing up complete systems (including boot blocks) I've used Clonezilla Live to good effect. On the several standalone systems I tried it on, it managed around 1 GiB/minute, backing up to a USB HDD. It can also back-up t= o a ssh, samba or nfs server. Of course this doesn't do incremental backups, and it is GPL. If you don't care about the OS, and just want to back up the user's data, I guess rsync would be the way to go. This in turn will not save the boot blo= ck, although you could use dd for that I guess. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://rsmith.home.xs4all.nl/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --jRHKVT23PllUwdXP Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk/ld2AACgkQEnfvsMMhpyUsTQCeNWYbhNsVnQ7RnPhJiokf6LSH HY4AmgPxElrUMc0W/kdYiatzqXTr0qhm =0dNk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --jRHKVT23PllUwdXP--