Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 11:41:01 +0200 From: Eduardo Morras <nec556@retena.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: backup tools Message-ID: <4FA8827200C1EDC7@> (added by postmaster@resmaa13.ono.com) In-Reply-To: <20120623003717.GD7876@hemlock.hydra> References: <20120622160903.GE24912@hemlock.hydra> <20120622184740.GA67847@slackbox.erewhon.net> <20120623003717.GD7876@hemlock.hydra>
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At 02:37 23/06/2012, 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. > > > > What are the laptops running? > >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. If it must work with all OS and you have no restrictions on network you can: a) activate PXE/WOL on bios b) start the laptop via PXE using a freebsd/linux/whatever_os_you_want_to_use c) use dd piped to rsync to make the backups This way you don't need to install anything on your freebsd ubuntu debian.
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