From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 25 16:56:26 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97CA716A41F for ; Sun, 25 Dec 2005 16:56:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from teoheras@gmail.com) Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B040A43D5D for ; Sun, 25 Dec 2005 16:56:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from teoheras@gmail.com) Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 8so991186nzo for ; Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:56:25 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=GD/Ycs5LNaDUJhlEEoreKK8QbCKcDinRSes9JJgR6W11c6MBdSlGZbhHJRvJ4m5U+nu0SIk1bikrjXvD6NSXBfKcEgDVWbaqJo6MqchkpuRhPv1/dWy8rLT6XghTup4HzsT/XPBxrjB2wsQgB2Sa3EkN8ejkFSPz4peCOepJFLc= Received: by 10.37.20.55 with SMTP id x55mr2342795nzi; Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:56:25 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.36.147.15 with HTTP; Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:56:24 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 11:56:24 -0500 From: Teo De Las Heras To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <44oe37mua2.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <43ac46b2.4bf45e95.738e.3216@mx.gmail.com> <44oe37mua2.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: Quick, simple backup solution 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: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 16:56:26 -0000 Lowell, Great Site!! Thanks... http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/systuff On 23 Dec 2005 15:29:41 -0500, Lowell Gilbert < freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> wrote: > > "Joe Wood" writes: > > > I am looking for a quick backup solution for my freebsd machine. > Currently I > > backup to a DDS-4 DAT drive using the following while in "/": > > > > > > > > tar -cf /dev/sa0 -I /root/includes -X /root/excludes . > > > > > > > > I am aware of bacula, Amanda, cpio, and dump but to me tar is the ideal > > method so if anyone had a simple script to automate this process I woul= d > > greatly appreciate some help in making my own. > > Since we have no idea *why* you consider tar ideal, we can't really > tell what would help your particular needs. > > On my page of FreeBSD tricks (http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/systuff/), > I have a brief essay on what to consider when designing a backup > strategy (http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/systuff/backup-strategy.txt), > as well as some script I use for backups via both tar and dump > (http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/systuff/scripts/systemTarBackup and > http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/systuff/scripts/systemDumpBackup). > > Make what you can out of these hints. > > Be well. > -- > Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area > http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >