Looking to make a "time machine" style backup system, how to do it, rsync with scripts or some package? Options

[B82R3S]

Hey all,

ive got another server at home so i was thining of using it for backups

Anyway i was thinking of setting up some sort of time machine style backup system (without fancy GUI((if there is one it would be sweet))). ATM my pc just rsync's to a samba share hourly and then hourly on the server a script to make hard links or symbolic links whatever it is to do a form of hourly backups.

if there is a better script/app to do that on the server (nix) (the sym/hard links thing) that would be great.


im really looking for an app that just runs on the client and uses the samba share to do all the work.

cheers

[Master_Scythe]

from a quick google of 'time macine', it looks like it basically images your HDD's so you can restore said images...

in that case:

http://www.runtime.org/driveimage-xml.htm

thats what you're looking for. Supports batch\scheduled backups, and you could always run it in low priority etc.

Make your PC image itself once a week or so.

[TheSecret]

Time machine is not just a drive image system, it makes incremental backups and allows for selective restoration from multiple points.

Rsync is exactly what you want.

[B82R3S]

yeh but see with rsync, i have to on the server run scripts hourly to make hardlinks and shift directories and it gets kind of messy, just seeing a bunch of directories.

if i can have a windows application that uses the share as a volume (like time machine) it will be alot cleaner + i will get a nice gui.


**edit** actually i can see the flaw in that i probably wont be able to do symlinks or hardlinks over smb, might have to use NFS.

[B82R3S]

rm -rf /mnt/raid5/rflbkup/myob.7

mv /mnt/raid5/rflbkup/myob.6 /mnt/raid5/rflbkup/myob.7
mv /mnt/raid5/rflbkup/myob.5 /mnt/raid5/rflbkup/myob.6
mv /mnt/raid5/rflbkup/myob.4 /mnt/raid5/rflbkup/myob.5
mv /mnt/raid5/rflbkup/myob.3 /mnt/raid5/rflbkup/myob.4
mv /mnt/raid5/rflbkup/myob.2 /mnt/raid5/rflbkup/myob.3
mv /mnt/raid5/rflbkup/myob.1 /mnt/raid5/rflbkup/myob.2
( cd /mnt/raid5/rflbkup/myob.0 && cp -al /mnt/raid5/rflbkup/myob.0 /mnt/raid5/rflbkup/myob.1 )
rm -rf /mnt/raid5/rflbkup/rfldoc.7

mv /mnt/raid5/rflbkup/rfldoc.6 /mnt/raid5/rflbkup/rfldoc.7

mv /mnt/raid5/rflbkup/rfldoc.5 /mnt/raid5/rflbkup/rfldoc.6
mv /mnt/raid5/rflbkup/rfldoc.4 /mnt/raid5/rflbkup/rfldoc.5
mv /mnt/raid5/rflbkup/rfldoc.3 /mnt/raid5/rflbkup/rfldoc.4
mv /mnt/raid5/rflbkup/rfldoc.2 /mnt/raid5/rflbkup/rfldoc.3
mv /mnt/raid5/rflbkup/rfldoc.1 /mnt/raid5/rflbkup/rfldoc.2
( cd /mnt/raid5/rflbkup/rfldoc.0 && cp -al /mnt/raid5/rflbkup/rfldoc.0 /mnt/raid5/rflbkup/rfldoc.1 )


thats the kind of script id be using, its lame in the sense i gotta manually add the directories and all that. If i could get some app to do it on the windows side or on the server side that would be great



************edit*****************

nvm, i just bothered to read the rsync man and realised it does do what i need :)

This post has been edited by B82R3S: May 1 2009, 12:21 AM