Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 04:04:47 +0000 From: "John" <lists@reiteration.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Backing up server to Windows box Message-ID: <20050303034555.M96656@reiteration.net> In-Reply-To: <200503022140370229.01D910C3@filarescue.org> References: <200503022140370229.01D910C3@filarescue.org>
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On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 21:40:37 -0600, Chris wrote > Hello, > > Does anyone know a good way to completely back up a FreeBSD server > (running things like Apache, a mail server, sshd, etc) to my home > WinXP box? [I don't do windows. This backs up one freebsd box to another via dump] I'm doing this with some bash scripting. > a) schedule a program on my WinXP box that ssh's to the server to > retrieve the files; or b) use cron to cause the server to ssh to my > WinXP box to push the files to me. > > Option 'b' seems more secure to me for some reason ... is there a > FreeBSD port/package that can handle that, if I were to run a ssh > server on my home computer? I do have a static IP address, but if > that were to ever change, I suppose option 'a' might be easier. It depends. Are you going to do this once or twice a year or do you also want to do differential (daily) backups? Have you got enough space to back up to a partition on the server then to sftp it down? My situation was a tad more complex. I run dump to standard output then pipe it to ssh using pubkey authentication to my home server into a directory on an external hard drive. This is easily scriptable, but tailor-made. If you want a package that will do it, take a look at sysutils/dar in the ports. There is also a windows port of it which may be more suitable for your needs. -- lists@reiteration.net
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