[TriLUG] question about backups

[jt]

On 3/4/2011 3:59 PM, Brian Weaver wrote:
> I would definitely recommend rsnapshot. I used it on a server at home. As part of the backup operation it dumps the currently running mysql database to a flat file in a specific directory. Those database backups are rotated and I ignore the "live" directories mysql is using. This way I get a consistent database backup that is saved as part of the system backup on a daily, weekly, monthly rotation on an external drive.
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> It effectively duplicates TimeMachine functionality with regards to backing up data.
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> -- Brian
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I use rsnapshot, too.  It's great.  I back up all the laptops in the 
house to a central server and use rsnapshot to make incremental backups 
of that drive onto a second drive then use rsync to back the incremental 
backups to a Truecrypt-encrypted USB drive I keep at work.