[OCLUG-Tech] rsnapshot
Has anybody got any experience with rsnapshot. I've been trying it out,
but it seems very touchy and I haven't got it to work yet. This is under
Ubuntu Feisty with the package that is supplied by Ubuntu repository.
Eventually I want to use it under WinXP. For information, the
application is to back up 3 servers that run Linux for the Telfer
School. One is my "production" server for homework and related services,
one is my "research" server on which I am trying out some more
experimental things, and the third is the Telfer main website (runs Red
Hat). The backup software is Symantec (Veritas) for which the "Linux
client" looks to be about 8 years old and a 1 day hack to be able to
advertise that they covered all platforms. I have been told it is
unreliable by folk who tried it. So I plan to back up to a WinXP virtual
machine using Cygwin rsync and/or rsnapshot, hopefully with cron --
though postings suggest cron under Cygwin can be tricky -- then have the
Telfer staff run standard backups to tape from that. Ugly, but likely
less work than trying to make a proprietary tool work that may never
actually have been functional.
And before I get "Why don't you use ....": Whoever decided to use
Symantec has had money spent, so they will stick with that decision no
matter how wrong it is. I'm not part of that decision making.
Suggest that anyone with experience get in touch off-line and I'll post
a summary in a couple of weeks.
JN