Greetings all,
I have now finished the arduous task of unifying files from a plurality of computers onto a central server and have made a backup to a backup server. I would like to automate the backups, which until now I have been doing manually.
As I want to take an advantage of snapshots, I have concentrated on such applications. It is rather difficult, at least for me, to make sense from the descriptions, but without any experience and with my limited understanding, I concluded that:
1. I would prefer an application written in sh(1). I am by no means an experienced shell script programmer, but with a help of search I can muddle through, so if the developer gets run over by a truck, I can maintain the application and/or modify it for my needs.
2. I would prefer a separate application for creating the snapshots and for transferring the snapshots between the central server and the backup server. I think that it simplifies the scripts and thus understanding. Furthermore, for less critical or infrequently changing data I can create several snapshots and transfer them in bulk with the -I option.
3. I would like to use pull from the backup server, that way there can be only a one-way (ssh) connection from the backup server to the central server.
If anyone can comment on the above and/or recommend such scripts, I would appreciate it.
Kindest regards,
M
I have now finished the arduous task of unifying files from a plurality of computers onto a central server and have made a backup to a backup server. I would like to automate the backups, which until now I have been doing manually.
As I want to take an advantage of snapshots, I have concentrated on such applications. It is rather difficult, at least for me, to make sense from the descriptions, but without any experience and with my limited understanding, I concluded that:
1. I would prefer an application written in sh(1). I am by no means an experienced shell script programmer, but with a help of search I can muddle through, so if the developer gets run over by a truck, I can maintain the application and/or modify it for my needs.
2. I would prefer a separate application for creating the snapshots and for transferring the snapshots between the central server and the backup server. I think that it simplifies the scripts and thus understanding. Furthermore, for less critical or infrequently changing data I can create several snapshots and transfer them in bulk with the -I option.
3. I would like to use pull from the backup server, that way there can be only a one-way (ssh) connection from the backup server to the central server.
If anyone can comment on the above and/or recommend such scripts, I would appreciate it.
Kindest regards,
M