From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 166F115838C for ; Tue, 30 Jan 2024 18:48:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 38097E2AFE; Tue, 30 Jan 2024 18:47:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail101c7.megamailservers.com (mail731.megamailservers.com [69.49.98.41]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B7674E2AF7 for ; Tue, 30 Jan 2024 18:47:56 +0000 (UTC) X-Authenticated-User: admin@sys-concept.com DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=megamailservers.com; s=mailtor; t=1706640476; bh=fogGg/VQhLpNBp2MJWV+P98KZKjUUBTynUYOzUytOYQ=; h=Date:Subject:To:References:From:In-Reply-To:From; b=Y3pY29v4qT2lqewmGUu07aN1J7bd3xZl6YaBN67LLvmQ3cUF9lPuzdW+Au9esmTgz XpTllfLD02CSaG3bfS5Bl4f9XD/kCrcXK+9MeTlH33rvIL8CcfvBd+TJhiYmDE7tDl 5WBBcXmQ+wM1dy+JLWzD0rMRwXFqkBmnBFqISP+M= Feedback-ID:thelma@sys-conc Authentication-Results: MTA-69.49.101.233; auth=pass smtp.auth=admin@sys-concept.com smtp.mailfrom=thelma@sys-concept.com Received: from [10.0.0.109] ([184.69.242.18]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail101c7.megamailservers.com (8.14.9/8.13.1) with ESMTP id 40UIlogQ109549 for ; Tue, 30 Jan 2024 13:47:52 -0500 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2024 11:47:49 -0700 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Suggestions for backup scheme? Content-Language: en-CA To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: From: Thelma In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-VADE-SPAMSTATE: clean X-VADE-SPAMSCORE: 0 X-VADE-SPAMCAUSE: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvkedrfedtjedghedtucetufdoteggodetrfdotffvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecujffquffvqffrkfetpdfqfgfvpdfgpfggqdevjeenuceurghilhhouhhtmecufedtudenucenucfjughrpefkffggfgfuvfhfhfgjtgfgsehtjeertddtvdejnecuhfhrohhmpefvhhgvlhhmrgcuoehthhgvlhhmrgesshihshdqtghonhgtvghpthdrtghomheqnecuggftrfgrthhtvghrnhepfeduueejtdfgvdeujefhudettdfhvdejffejfeelleekjeegledtheeftdfgkeeknecuffhomhgrihhnpehsvghrvhgvrhhfrghulhhtrdgtohhmnecukfhppedukeegrdeiledrvdegvddrudeknecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehinhgvthepudekgedrieelrddvgedvrddukedphhgvlhhopegluddtrddtrddtrddutdelngdpmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpehthhgvlhhmrgesshihshdqtghonhgtvghpthdrtghomhdpnhgspghrtghpthhtohepuddprhgtphhtthhopehgvghnthhoohdquhhsvghrsehlihhsthhsrdhgvghnthhoohdrohhrgh X-Rspamd-Status: No, score=0.91 X-Rspamd-Result: default: False [0.91 / 6.00]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; XM_UA_NO_VERSION(0.01)[]; RCVD_COUNT_ZERO(0.00)[0]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:6327, ipnet:184.69.224.0/19, country:CA]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM(0.00)[0.855] X-Origin-Country: CA X-Archives-Salt: e60d7c2e-a555-4419-9726-2826546fbd86 X-Archives-Hash: 65d8b135c8f938964be46cc877e70bd9 On 1/30/24 11:15, Grant Edwards wrote: > I need to set up some sort of automated backup on a couple Gentoo > machines (typical desktop software development and home use). One of > them used rsnapshot in the past but the crontab entries that drove > that have vanished :/ (presumably during a reinstall or upgrade -- > IIRC, it took a fair bit of trial and error to get the crontab entries > figured out). > > I believe rsnapshot ran nightly and kept daily snapshots for a week, > weekly snapshots for a month, and monthly snapshots for a couple > years. > > Are there other backup solutions that people would like to suggest I > look at to replace rsnapshot? I was happy enough with rsnapshot (when > it was running), but perhaps there's something else I should consider? > > -- > Grant I backup, periodically: - corontab (user, root) - etc - hylafax daily: - data It all depend what you want you backup, how large is your data. For backup standard "rsync" over the network does the job OK I customized this rsync-bacup script: https://serverfault.com/questions/271527/explain-this-rsync-script-for-me-linux-backups # This script does personal backups to a rsync backup server. You will end up # with a 7 day rotating incremental backup. The incrementals will go # into subdirectories named after the day of the week, and the current # full backup goes into a directory called "current" # tridge@linuxcare.com