From 2450ee02ad2db6ae4f0afd39cf7b09b584190fe2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan-Erik Rediger Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:23:39 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] new post: irregular backups with rsnapshot (and rsnapshot_ii) --- ...ps-with-rsnapshotand-rsnapshot-ii.markdown | 33 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+) create mode 100644 _posts/2013-01-22-irregular-backups-with-rsnapshotand-rsnapshot-ii.markdown diff --git a/_posts/2013-01-22-irregular-backups-with-rsnapshotand-rsnapshot-ii.markdown b/_posts/2013-01-22-irregular-backups-with-rsnapshotand-rsnapshot-ii.markdown new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6c8d2b4 --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2013-01-22-irregular-backups-with-rsnapshotand-rsnapshot-ii.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: irregular backups with rsnapshot (and rsnapshot_ii) +date: 22.01.2013 19:08 +--- + +As stated in the last post I bought a big 2TB HDD for backups. My only +computer right now is a Laptop so regular backups are not possible (due to not +having the hdd with me all the time) + +I needed another way for easy full and incremental backups without relying to much on specific intervals. + +I came across [rsnapshot][], which - well - does depend on regular intervals. +But here comes [rsnapshot_ii][], a small wrapper script for rsnapshot. + +It "fixes" these two problems the author (and I) had: + +* Backups with irregular intervals. +* Missed backups. + +I uploaded my config here ([gist][]): + +* [rsnapshot.conf][] +* [exclude][] + +And as promised in the last post the script I use to mount the HDD: [mount-backup][] + +[rsnapshot]: http://www.rsnapshot.org/ +[rsnapshot_ii]: https://non7top.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/scripts/rsnapshot/rsnapshot_ii +[gist]: https://gist.github.com/4596749#file-rsnapshot-conf +[exclude]: https://gist.github.com/4596749#file-exclude +[mount-backup]: https://gist.github.com/4596749#file-mount-backup-sh +[rsnapshot.conf]: https://gist.github.com/4596749#file-rsnapshot-conf