Backup tool maybe with GUIForum: Other Help Topics Topic: Backup tool maybe with GUI started by: icpeanuts Posted by icpeanuts on Feb. 15 2006,01:12
Are there any Backup tool for DSL for automatically backup of Windows/Samba shares. Possibility with a gui interface for creating Normal, incremental,differential backup with scheduling?Are there any myDSL package that handles backup schemes with scheduling? thanks. Posted by icpeanuts on Feb. 18 2006,23:31
Does sbackup work with DSL? Anyone try it? Thanks.
Posted by newOldUser on Feb. 19 2006,14:32
I guess backup software isn't very popular...I don't use anything special. For very important files, I keep copies on multiple machines. For everything else I back it up to dvd's once in a while. Posted by larkl on Feb. 19 2006,18:55
You could write a script around smbclient to do the backups. I haven't run across any GUI that'll pull stuff off a windows box, except some file manager thing in KNOPPIX (name escapes me). Let us know if you find something. I used to use a smbclient script that I ran with cron. Now I'm using NASServer and a dos shell script on the windows box that works pretty well. The NAS software runs on a headless P166Mhz. Of course, the NAS box isn't good for anything else, so this isn't that atttractive unless you have an old POS laying around.
Posted by cbagger01 on Feb. 20 2006,03:32
Maybe this one will work:< http://sourceforge.net/projects/personalbackup > I haven't used it, so I cannot vouch for it. Posted by icpeanuts on Feb. 21 2006,08:13
Thanks, PersonalBackup works only under a Redhat install. I guess backup is not a feature for DSL distro. I have been playing with ubuntu and various backup tools available. sbackup and KDar is pretty good. All this is helping me to learn Linux being a Linux Newbie from the dark Microsoft world. Posted by mikshaw on Feb. 21 2006,15:43
Not that this helps, but DSL is sort of a semi-serious, general-purpose kinda distro...it wouldn't really be sufficient, as is, for a serious production environment. So yeah, backup isn't really a part of it. Since it is Linux, you can of course make DSL what you want it to be. However, it may not be as easy to accomplish as with other distros due to the lack of many programs and libraries that are standard with the "big guys". I can only speak from my own experiences, but from what I've seen DSL is great to use from an enduser or developer's point of view, but not so much from an admin's point of view. You're probably correct in thinking ubuntu might be more appropriate, unless you enjoy tinkering. Posted by roberts on Feb. 21 2006,17:31
I promote DSL in its various compressed installs.As such, backup is quite different than a traditionally hard drive installed system. Take for example the additional applications that we call extensions. You would not want to include them in your backup. They are large and static, ie., not changing. They therefore are are stored separately from the backup using the mydsl boot option or they are stored in the root of the boot device. Think write once read many. If they were included in the backup then it would only slow down the backup and make it quite large. The backup that DSL provides is really meant for home and opt. which is easily done. To make a GUI that traverses all over the filesystem would not be very useful. Besides we already have the file manager emelfm with a button "add to filetool" which provides this functionality. Posted by icpeanuts on Feb. 22 2006,03:24
I am looking for a backup extension where I can use it to backup Windows shares. I was planning to add a 200 GB HD, mount and use it as a backup storage for Windows shares. Maybe a normal backup every 7 days and the rest, incremental. I want to build DSL as general purpose server (ie FTP), backup tool provide normal, incremental backup on a scheduled basis. Since DSL is so small, powerful, flexable and stable, it would be nice to use it to do backup jobs. I think it would be a great additional to DSL extension set to provide simple server, backup and other robust services using DSL as compare to the bigger brothers. Posted by cbagger01 on Feb. 22 2006,17:17
I bet if they were persistent, someone could force-fit PersonalBackup to work as a MyDSL extension.It could take some work, though... Posted by icpeanuts on Feb. 24 2006,08:39
I am going to spend some time and see if I can get sbackup to work with DSL.
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