tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088979.post113622900588120726..comments2023-10-16T06:06:25.012-04:00Comments on TaoSecurity Blog: Simple Backups with rdiff-backupRichard Bejtlichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13512184196416665417noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088979.post-1137772854963187482006-01-20T11:00:00.000-05:002006-01-20T11:00:00.000-05:00I've been using rdiff-backup for the last couple o...I've been using rdiff-backup for the last couple of months for my thesis. It's flexibility has allowed for me to recover from all sorts of slip ups.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088979.post-1136585488685525852006-01-06T17:11:00.000-05:002006-01-06T17:11:00.000-05:00Richard:If you want an incremental backup done sec...Richard:<BR/><BR/>If you want an incremental backup done securely, you can simply do a level 1 dump piped into ssh. No imagination needed (that's what I use it!). Similarly for the find/cpio combination. I think the Solaris man page for cpio even has an example.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088979.post-1136303927951199472006-01-03T10:58:00.000-05:002006-01-03T10:58:00.000-05:00Anonymous,It's the ability to do incremental backu...Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>It's the ability to do incremental backups securely over the network that I like. I couldn't imagine doing it another way.Richard Bejtlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13512184196416665417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088979.post-1136302888358735962006-01-03T10:41:00.000-05:002006-01-03T10:41:00.000-05:00It's interesting that people seem to prefer rsync ...It's interesting that people seem to prefer rsync and such, compared to old school rdump, find/cpio, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088979.post-1136244682922916912006-01-02T18:31:00.000-05:002006-01-02T18:31:00.000-05:00I use rsnapshot, a Perl wrapper around rsync. It i...I use rsnapshot, a Perl wrapper around rsync. It is very easy to configure and uses hardlinks and scheduled backups for filesystem snapshots.<BR/><BR/>I've written a tutorial <A HREF="http://blog.innerewut.de/articles/2005/05/25/remote-filesystem-snapshots-with-rsnapshot" REL="nofollow">here</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088979.post-1136236745876090212006-01-02T16:19:00.000-05:002006-01-02T16:19:00.000-05:00I had written about something similar using "cp" ...I had <A HREF="http://www.royans.net/blog/2005/08/Rsync-For-Incremental-backup.shtml" REL="nofollow">written </A> about something similar using "cp" and "rsync" commands.<BR/><BR/>Its interesting how complex backup and recovery could be.Flagthishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16268344104057191288noreply@blogger.com