Tutorials, howtos, and general Linux / Unix tips about Backups. This section guides sys admin with backing up data to enable recovery from data loss. ( rss feed )
I‘d like to configure my Debian box to backup two remote servers using rsnapshot software. It should make incremental snapshots of local and remote filesystems for any number of machines on 2nd hard disk located at /disk1 ( /dev/sdb2).
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How can I keep out certain files when creating a tarball? For example:
/home/me/file1 /home/me/dir1 /home/me/dir2 /home/me/abc /home/me/xyz
How do I execute zyz and abc file while using a tar command?
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Magnetic tape is a non-volatile storage medium consisting of a magnetic coating on a thin plastic strip. Nearly all recording tape is of this type, whether used for video, audio storage or general purpose digital data storage using a computer. How do I make backup using tapes under Linux operating systems?
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