Ken Weingold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am going to be setting up Linux server at work for something and > want to do backups, weekly I guess. Any suggestions on software to do > this? I am not familiar with unix backups.
Maybe not as sophisticated as the other suggested solutions, but I was always most satisfied with simply using 'mirrordir' and a removable device (a MO in my case). You can write a simple batch script to backup the important directories, i.e. /home, /etc and maybe some other, defining excludes (e.g. $HOME/.netscape/cache) via mirrordir's commandline options. The benefit with this simple solution is easy access to the data via cp; the drawback is that you have to install Debian from scratch when the harddrive gets broken (you need a working system to restore your data) -- but this can be an advantage, too. O course, you should use a rotating set of disks, not simply trust on a single one. Greetings, joachim
