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Linux to windows ssh/scp/sftp differential backup solutions?

Here is the setup: Large amounts of large files (many over 4gb, multiple TBs in total) in a simple tree structure that need to be backed up without compression from a handful of linux boxes to a ...
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Why my scp is working one side only? “Lost connection” SCP transfer

I'm trying to transfer a file via ssh but it works only from PC1 to PC2 but it doesn't work backwards. I've checked my ssh_config files and both are the same. Which is basic: Host * SendEnv LANG ...
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SCP and backing up data

I have a user on my Linux NAS box running barebones and I want to setup SCP but without Shell access and I ONLY want it to access one folder. Is this possible?
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Recommend practice for checking if files where copied using SCP

I'm trying to create simple backup script that copies some files to timestamped directory on the remote machine - this part is working quite OK, because I didn't run into issues like e.g network ...
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Bandwidth throttle with duplicity

As I've read, bandwidth throttling in duplicity is only available when using SCP backend. So I've tried following command: duplicity full --volsize 1024 --ssh-askpass --scp-command='scp' /etc ...
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rsync or scp only if there's a difference

How do i figure out if there's a difference between an backupfile and the current used one. The Filename of the Backup is named like: filename_date.conf and the currend used one is name like: ...
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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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Back up Linux environment

I'm currently in the process of installing a bunch of stuff I need and getting setup my Linode that I recently purchased. Being a Linux newbie, I'm doing pretty well - but one small mistake can screw ...
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SCP - Is a checksum required?

I'm backing up and transferring files automatically each night via scp. I realize I get packet-level checksums via the protocol itself, but I'm wondering what the best practice is to ensure that a ...
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scp/sftp backup script

I'm looking for a simple backup solution. My hoster has provided some backup space on remote server over scp/sftp. They have supplied me a username and a password. The option of auth with a RSA/DSA ...
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How do you backup your site? [closed]

How do you backup your site? I am especially interested when you have a large site (20GB+) with thousands of files? Is there anything clever than the usual tar -zcvf backup2010.tar.gz ./public_html/ ...
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Variable directory names over SCP

We have a backup routine that previously ran from one disk to another on the same server, but have recently moved the source data to a remote server and are trying to replicate the job via scp. We ...
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include/exclude files for “scp -r”

Supposed local folder as below: /test/subfolder /test/subfolder/file1.txt /test/subfolder/page1.htm /test/subfolder/page2.htm /test/.hiddenfolder /test/./hidenfolder/file2 How to exclude ...