Backup program?

[Jos Vos]

On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 09:16:15AM -0500, jlrcon at netzero.com wrote:

> I recommend the old way of tar
> Tar has been around for a long time and just basically works.  Your can set
> it up to run in the background at night
> and which nights of the week you want to run.
> 
> tar cvf /dev/st0 /*    will backup complete system to scsi dat tape drive
> tar xvf /dev/st0    will restore
> This is not gui, but it will run with no one logged in.

Well, this is a highly oversimplified example.  Some comments:

-  Do *not* use "/*" as it will also try to backup /proc etc.

-  Do use a bigger blocksize for efficient tape use.

-  I personally prefer "find ... -xdev -depth ... | cpio" for various
   reasons.

Cheers,

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