Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 23:10:52 -0400 From: "Ralph M. Los" <Ralph@boundariez.com> To: "mailing lists at MacTutor" <lists@mactutor.biz>, "John Lee" <john@allservers.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: data backup software for freebsd Message-ID: <B06CC0370BBC0F4EA588FD6952A939251A2F68@tenacious.boundariez.com>
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Sorry to throw this in - but does anyone have any experience with commercial, Win32-based backup software backing up Samba shares on FreeBSD? I have BackupExec running, on a tape library Win2k box, and I have my file-server a FreeBSD 5.2.1 machine running Samba 2.2.8a. I'm still learning BSD so please bear with my possibly stupid question... Why does the Win2k box always backup the full share, even though I have differential backup selected? Ralph ::-----Original Message----- ::From: mailing lists at MacTutor [mailto:lists@mactutor.biz]=20 ::Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 7:37 PM ::To: John Lee ::Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org ::Subject: Re: data backup software for freebsd :: :: ::John, :: ::By the nature of your questions I'll respond that it would not be=20 ::unreasonable (nor uncommon) to do this: :: :: tar czf /usr/local/archives/etc.tar.gz -C / etc usr/local/etc :: ::where 'c' means create, 'z' means compress (using gzip), and=20 ::'f' is the=20 ::name of the archive file to write on. '-C' means change to this=20 ::directory before performing the archive. 'etc usr/local/etc' are the=20 ::directories that are to be included in the archive. :: ::I prefer to date my archives in the filename and do this (I also like=20 ::long options): :: :: tar --create --verbose --gzip --directory=3D/ \ :: --file=3D/usr/local/archives/etc-2004.09.06-archive.tgz \ :: etc > /usr/local/archives/etc-2004.09.06-archive.log :: :: tar --create --verbose --gzip --directory=3D/ \ :: =20 ::--file=3D/usr/local/archives/usr.local.etc-2004.09.06-archive.tgz \ :: usr/local/etc > \ :: /usr/local/archives/usr.local.etc-2004.09.06-archive.log :: ::I then diff the log files against the archives as a check. :: :: tar tzf /usr/local/archives/etc-2004.09.06-archive.tgz | \ :: diff -s - /usr/local/archives/etc-2004.09.06-archive.log :: ::U can use scp (or some ftp agent) to shoot the archives and logs to=20 ::your ftp server as you wish. :: ::Also, consider doing the following: :: :: man tar :: man gzip :: man diff :: ::Happy Tarring, ::Alex :: :: ::On Sep 6, 2004, at 6:39 PM, John Lee wrote: :: ::> hmm, are there any popular free data backup software ::> for freebsd? ::> ::> i hope to backup my /etc and important files to another server via=20 ::> ftp. ::> ::> --john. ::> _______________________________________________ ::> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list=20 ::> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions ::> To unsubscribe, send any mail to ::> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" ::> ::> :: ::- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - :: Alexander Sendzimir (owner) 802 863 5502 :: MacTutor: Apple Mac OS X Consulting info@mactutor.biz :: ::_______________________________________________ ::freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list=20 ::http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/free::bsd-questions :: ::To unsubscribe, send any mail to=20 ::"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" ::
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