[olug] offsite backups

Phil Brutsche phil at brutsche.us
Wed Apr 20 17:07:18 UTC 2005


Jaymz Ringler wrote:
> I've got two Centos 4 servers, one in each office.   In each
> location, most of the desktops are Windows 2k/XP and are using
> nasbackup to backup to their local Centos server.   What I want to do
> is have the local backups from the nasbackup sessions sent offsite to
> the other location's Centos server.
> 
> I'm reading up on hostdump.sh and am wondering if anybody else has
> used it in this situation?   Does it allow the target device to be a
> mounted drive on a remote server?
> 
> I'm open to other alternatives if anyone has any suggestions..

I am not familiar with nasbackup or hostdump.sh but rsync can be made to
do what you seek:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=rsync+backups

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Phil Brutsche
phil at brutsche.us



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