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Originally Posted by Oko
No it is not. That can be accomplished with something as simple as
tar-ing directories you want to back up and transferring them to your
Mac laptop with sftp/scp.
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So I could tar, say, the entire /usr filesystem and use rsync to copy it incrementally to my Mac? It really is that easy; it'll maintain permissions and ownership and such? That's… That's beautiful… I'll do some experimentation and see if that will fill the bill.
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You can use more complicated solutions like rsync, Amanda or Bacula.
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I investigated Bacula briefly, but was quickly scared away by its complexity. I think it does a whole lot more than I need it to do.
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I personally would go with as simple as possible for the specific task I am
trying to accomplish.
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Yep, that's what I'm aiming for…
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Originally Posted by windependence
As Oko mentioned there are tons of different ways to do this. If you were saying that your web server is a VM when you said it was virtual, then you have the best situation you can have for backup. I just move a copy of my entire VM to my SAN and if things go bad, I can move it back on the server, and boot it up in 10 minutes or so.
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Well, we have access to the virtual machine, but we don't have access to the host machine. Otherwise, that would probably be the easiest solution.