[plug] Back-up via SMB ?

[W.Kenworthy]

something like (all one commandline):

tar -c -p -f - --exclude '/usr/portage/distfiles/*' --exclude
'/var/tmp/*' --exclude '/proc/*' / |ssh Tom.localdomain 'cd /mnt/gentoo
&& tar xvpfi -'

(check the above before using, I am not sure its totally correct, but
should be close)

If you need a compressed transfer (will usually slow things up unless
you have a slow connection) you can stream it via bzip2 as well.

BillK


On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 10:46 +0800, Kai wrote:
> Timothy White wrote:
> >>I wanna fix my server so I'll give it a go asap and post here with feedback.
> > 
> > Just a suggestion. Regardless of what method you end up using to
> > transfer the files. You might want to also do a tar backup, so that
> > you know if they transfer fails, that tar file *should* have
> > everything exactly right, symlinks included.
> > 
> > Remember... Backups never hurt, it only hurts when you don't have them! ;)
> > 
> > You probably also want to do some testing with the temp machine before
> > you wipe the old server to start from scratch!
> > 
> > Tim
> 
> I was thinking about a tar backup too, because sure as eggs if I don't 
> have a backup I'll need it !
> 
> Hehee, the temp machine will be given plenty of testing before I wipe 
> the old one. Once the data's transferred I'll put the temp machine on 
> live for a while (week or two) and see if anything breaks. :)
> 
> Cheers
> Kai
> _______________________________________________
> PLUG discussion list: plug at plug.org.au
> http://www.plug.org.au/mailman/listinfo/plug
> Committee e-mail: committee at plug.linux.org.au