Making copies of data so that the copies may be used to restore the original after a data loss event, or for historical retention.
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Tools for compare huge number of files in two different server [closed]
I have question. Have you ever use any tools that can fast compare the identical of huge number of files (let's say thousands files with total size up to 15 GB) in two different windows 2003 server? I ...
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Improving rsync 'pull' backups with LVM snapshots [closed]
I currently backup my server using rsync by having a cron job on an off-site backup system execute:
`rsync -aPHvz --link-dest=../${prev_date} --numeric-ids --delete --exclude-from exclude.txt -e ssh ...
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0answers
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Backing up ZFS samba share fails via Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM)
I have the Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) client running on a Windows 2008 server. It is trying to backup a SMB share from a ZFS storage server. The Windows user running the TSM client is a domain ...
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1answer
35 views
bacula - client choose backup content
I would be interested to deploy bacula as my backup solution. My drawback so far is that I haven't found how/if is possible for a client to determine what he wants to be backed up.
My understanding ...
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0answers
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How much free temp space does Duplicity need to operate?
I am thinking about using duplicity over rsync for doing backups (to a remote host) of various things but I have heard that duplicity requires a good deal of temp space.
Does anyone know how much ...
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1answer
22 views
Not Backing Up Files That Don't Change In A WordPress Install
I have a WordPress install and I'm wonder what is generally best practice when it comes to back up. I'm asking here instead of WordPress.stackexchange as this question is not only a WordPress question ...
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1answer
23 views
move files/directories with similar names, matching rule
We were moving about 4TB of files to a Windows Server08R2 from a Mac Sever. A lot of the filenames wouldn't go because of incompatible characters. We ran a renaming tool to fix the problem and copied ...
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54 views
bacula schedule full backup once, differential daily
I'm trying to make an schedule job with the bacula. My idea is make only one full backup of all documents, and after this make differential backups every day.
I don't want to delete or prune the ...
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4answers
642 views
cron script for scheduled backups
i am looking for a cron script which can do some backups. im mostly a web developer so am kind of newbish with bash/cron stuff.
i want cron will copy all the files or directories in a "filelist.txt" ...
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5answers
114 views
Using RAID1 to assist in offsite backups
I'm trying to set up an offsite, offline backup procedure for my company's critical information. We already have an in-office redundancy backup set up using RSYNC that backs everything up onto two ...
1
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2answers
418 views
How to hot backup/snapshot an ext4 partition (in the absence of LVM)?
I'm currently tasked with bringing up a existing server to (at least more) professional standards - with as little disruption as possible to end-users. To have a proper rollback, I need to backup the ...
1
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1answer
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Does Zmanda support backup Event Scheduler?
I've been digging up the Zmanda Wiki, but cannot find out any option to backup the event scheduler (--events, -E).
Does Zmanda support it?
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2answers
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Mongodump from slave only outputs 101 objects
I have a mongo 1.8.3 master/slave setup. slave replication works and tests (collection sizes, query results, updates) all pass.
when i am trying to dump a collection from the slave that actually has ...
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3answers
610 views
How do I present a very large disk to a windows VM?
Equipment:
- EVA 4400 storage system
- ESXi 4.1 hosts managed via Virtual Centre
- Windows Server 2K3 R2 64bit Enterprise Edition VMs
Goal:
- Have a very large volume that is used for on-disk ...
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0answers
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DR advice, Storage SAN, Veeam, VMware VDR [closed]
I'm in the market for a backup solution.
Pardon my ignorance, but I'm searching for the best solutions to backup my servers. I've inherited a small High School network environment and there is no ...
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4answers
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rsync/ssh/rsnapshot backup — remote script execution
I have the following settings in my configuration file: (/etc/rsnapshot.conf)
Script/Tool: http://www.rsnapshot.org/
backup_script ssh root@host.domain.com "sh /home/user/backup_mysql.sh" ...
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1answer
157 views
Mirroring iSCSI target to slower drive, asynchronous RAID or block-level replication?
I'm planning on setting up a test iSCSI export on my NAS which will be used by a KVM virtualisation host to store all guest volumes and data. My NAS box is a self-build running CentOS.
The device ...
0
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1answer
115 views
Backup and Recovery Strategy for a VPS
I have several small virtual private servers running ubuntu 11.04. I currently have VirtualMin managing the backups for the server, however, it only backs up the users' home folders and the ...
1
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1answer
77 views
Backing up multiple git repos of the same project (deduplication)
I use a central git server (a gitlab instance). Developers clone projects to a samba share on another server. At the moment, I make backups of the gitlab server and all of the developers directorys on ...
2
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0answers
23 views
Mercurial storing metadata on OS X
I was searching for convenient incremental snapshot & rollback & show-what-changed solution for my OS X boxes, and ended with simple yet powerful idea — why not create Mercurial repository at ...
1
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1answer
257 views
Backing up HyperV VMs on a dedicated server
I have a dedicated server, and just started installing some VMs on to the box using HyperV. I am currently backing up the VMs using a HyperV backup tool, which seems to work quite well, and then the ...
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53 views
Differential backup missing moved folders (flawed archive attribute logic)
Recently I've discovered that my backup system it flawed: there are situation where various files/folders are missed.
I do my backup from local disk to a network NAS.
I use Cobian backup, and I have ...
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5answers
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duplicity can't find remote backup directory?
Using my private key to do so, this command allows me to connect to /home/backupUser/backup just fine:
$ sudo sftp -oPort=7843 backupUser@192.168.x.x:backup
However when I run duplicity, I get ...
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1answer
35 views
Restoring my Backup [closed]
Is it possible to copy all the data in the C drive of a machine to the C drive of another machine (which has totally different hardware) and then boot the new machine with it?
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1answer
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Mysql incremental backup and point in time recovery
I have a requirement for doing Incremental backup of MySQL database. For which I'm writing a shell script using the concept of binary logs.
Now, the scenario is such that a full-backup will happen ...
0
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3answers
270 views
Linux backup using tar
Im new to linux backup.
Im thinking of full system backup of my linux server using tar.
I came up with the following code:
tar -zcvpf /archive/fullbackup.tar.gz
--exclude=/archive
--exclude=/mnt
...
3
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5answers
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Incremental MySQL Backup using Subversion
Our MySQL database servers host several dozens of databases, with dump file size ranging from 1 to ~100 MB.
Currently, our backup approach is mysqldump, wrapped in a shell script, and run from a ...
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2answers
112 views
How to make differential backup without using archive attribute? [closed]
Plain and simple: I need to make differential backup of my files without using the typical file attribute logic.
Possibly with a free software.
So the software I need should rely on it's own indexing ...
0
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1answer
117 views
How can I write Bacula's bootstrap files on a remote machine?
Have this in configuration of jobs:
JobDefs {
Name = "DefaultJob"
Type = Backup
Level = Incremental
Client = "SERVER_1"
FileSet = "Full Set"
Schedule = "Month-each-day cycle at 21:00"
...
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1answer
102 views
Create and manage backups on Windows Server 2008 R2
I have a Windows Server 2008 R2 server with partition size larger than 2TB that I have to backup.
Since WBAdmin doesn't work on partition size larger than 2TB, do you have any tool, idea or ...
0
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1answer
168 views
Permission issue with SQL Server backup via Mintenance Plan
I am using SQL Server 2012 and have created a Maintenance Plan to backup user databases nightly to a folder on the hard drive. However, when this plan is executed it fails with an "Access is denied" ...
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2answers
87 views
Win 7 Explorer backup and long paths
I use Explorer to do backups because Win 7's backup program asks me to take backups previously done and to put them back in the drive. I am opposed to that idea since I believe backups should remain ...
0
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1answer
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Which SBS 2008 files are worth backing up with the highest level of redundancy?
I've just had a bad experience with SBS2008 backup which failed to backup and restore the Active Directory (the NTDIS.dit file wasn't restored). Given the importance of this file, I now regret not ...
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1answer
35 views
Take mirror copy of my server to another in scheduled manner as back up [closed]
I want to save a mirror copy of my Windows VPS on another server. With these capabilities:
When I change anything on my real server the same change happens on my backup server (simultaneously or in ...
4
votes
1answer
186 views
Backup root partition with dd without downtime
Is there a way to remount / as read-only and buffer new writes in RAM, so can backup the / media with dd?
I want to create a bootable image from my SoHo-Server (Debian 6) without a live cd or any ...
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3answers
163 views
rsync over ssh server to server backup
I have a server that holds all my backups and I would like to back them up to another server. I was just wondering the best way to do this.
do I setup rsync or use scp? I would also like to keep ...
2
votes
2answers
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Robocopy with local catalog of remote data for incremental backup
I am currently using robocopy to an extremely slow destination. The compare between source and destination files can take a while to run through.
Since the destination will never change (apart from ...
0
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2answers
233 views
How can I restore a microsoft sql server database backup to postgres?
I need to take a Microsoft SQL Server database backup (dump) file and import/restore into a PostgreSQL database. Does anybody have some sort of transform script (maybe a perl/sed/awk script) that ...
0
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1answer
109 views
Exchange DAG fails over during backup
It seems like every night during our backup process, the Exchange DAG fails over. Is it possible to change a tolerance setting to prevent the DAG from unnecessarily failing over during backup times?
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2answers
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Bacula & Multiple Tape Devices, and so on
Bacula won't make use of 2 tape devices simultaneously. (Search for #-#-# for the TL;DR)
A little background, perhaps.
In the process of trying to get a decent working backup solution (backing up ...
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votes
5answers
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Encrypted offsite backups - where to store the encryption key?
In addition to regular onsite backups (kept in a fire resistant safe), we also send tapes offsite once a month, encrypted with AES. So if our site is one day vaporised by an alien heat ray, we should ...
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2answers
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Suggested list of backup excludes
I am backing up a server installation of Debian 6.0.6 "Squeeze".
My question is, what is a good starting list of places that do NOT need to be backed up. Some examples of things that, to my knowledge ...
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5answers
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What's needed for a complete backup system? [closed]
For my new server, I want to setup a proper backup solution. I've found a great setup that will do twice-daily incremental backups via Dropbox. I plan on backing up my various databases, the webroot ...
4
votes
1answer
540 views
backupexec 12.5 not following symlinks on linux agent
Ok, we are at a loss here trying to backup a linux box to a backupexec server...
we got a backupexec 12.5 server and a "backupexec for windows servers linux agent" (sigh) running on one of our linux ...
0
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1answer
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windows 7 - sql server 2012 - Maintenanace Cleanup Task
My Team Foundation Server creates backups. I want to clear backups that are older than 5 days. Create Maintenanace Cleanup Task in Maintenance Plans of Management of Sql Server 2012. Point there ...
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1answer
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FTP Backup Site minus one directory
I am backing up a site including a huge cache folder use SFTP (FileZilla).I do not really need to backup the wp-cache directory, but do not want to get rid off it either atm.
Is there a way to use ...
2
votes
2answers
163 views
PGP decryption fails with error for one file
We store database backups encrypted with PGP Command Line 9.7.0. Files look like 2009.bak.pgp
Here's command line used to backup these files:
pgp --encrypt F:\2009.bak --recipient admin@company.mail ...
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1answer
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Server Backup Options? [closed]
I currently have a dedicated server running Apache (I can supply more specs if needed), but I'm trying to setup automatic full backups to run every night. Preferably I'd like to be able to put them on ...
0
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0answers
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Does `riak-admin restore` wipe out old data?
Riak documentation on backup restoration (http://docs.basho.com/riak/1.2.1/references/Command-Line-Tools---riak-admin/#restore) is rather succinct. It does not tell whether Riak removes the data that ...
0
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1answer
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Setting up a cloud “backup” system [closed]
So, here's my situation:
We have a file server here at the office that is used to store all of our documents, with nothing being stored on the local machines. Pretty standard, and for the most part, ...
