[plug] backups

[W.Kenworthy]

Hi Peter, this is the way I decided to go: been running for awhile.  I
see you have niced the bzip, I'll do that next time as it certainly pegs
out the processor.

BillK

On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 11:53 +0800, Peter F Bradshaw wrote:
> Hi Bill;
> 
> On Fri, 21 Apr 2006, W.Kenworthy wrote:
> 
> > Whats a good way to do a whole disk backup ready for a partial restore
> > (hunt and pick).  My thoughts are to scp / down a pipe into a tar.bz2 on
> > a server with room.  Or alternatively, dd it into a compressed loop
> > mounted file (how to create such a beast?).  This might be more
> > convenient.
> 
> For my regular backups I run a script which uses constructs like:
> 
> tar -cvpf - -X backup.exclude / | nice bzip2 -cv | ssh backup-machine " cat > full-system.backup.tar.bz2"
> 
> This script runs in a "signed enviroment" (see ssh-agent, ssh-add) but
> that's not necessary if you do not mind typing the pass phase every time
> ssh is run.
> 
> >
> > My laptop is dying looks like being replaced, and rather than the
> > config/work area backups I am running with on a day to day basis, I am
> > looking to do a full one 'just in case' I have missed something
> > important.
> >
> > BillK
> >
> 
> Cheers
>