[ale] Versioned backups are simple now.

[Jim Kinney]

No offense taken. 

Back up strategy is always a good topic. Restore strategy is an even better topic!

Scale really impacts the backup planning. 

On January 19, 2019 10:25:08 AM EST, DJ-Pfulio <DJPfulio at jdpfu.com> wrote:
>
>Sorry.  Didn't mean to say or imply that you weren't handling backups.
>I know you've handled huge, huge, backups and restores at work well
>beyond my expertise.  Life gets in the way.
>
>My intention was to help people new to Linux, who get overwhelmed by
>all
>the choices around backups, to see how very simple it could be.
>
>
>On 1/19/19 9:40 AM, Jim Kinney wrote:
>> The how is easy. The where is the issue.
>> 	
>> The vast pile of junk I use is literally junk at this point. No
>spinning
>> rust storage younger than 5 (maybe 8?) years old. Tape system is
>(was)
>> 1st gen LTO 3 dell rackmount model. Racked gear designed for SATA1.
>> Current drives match the design speeds.
>> 
>> Only storage under warranty is nvme drive in my laptop. First gear
>I've
>> bought new in 10 years.
>> 
>> Current external drives are USB v2 at best and of similar vintage to
>> everything else.
>> 
>> On January 19, 2019 9:27:46 AM EST, DJ-Pfulio via Ale <ale at ale.org>
>wrote:
>> 
>>     TL;DR - do this every day:
>> 
>>     $ sudo rdiff-backup --exclude-special-files --include /  \
>>                       --exclude /Backups /Backups
>>     $ sudo rdiff-backup  --force --remove-older-than 60D /Backups
>> 
>> 
>>     Be happy. It really is that simple to have daily, automatic,
>versioned backups.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>     On 1/19/19 8:39 AM, Boris Borisov via Ale wrote:
>> 
>>         Just make sure that setting is included:
>> 
>>         rantallowed=yes
>> 
>>         Have a good day and good luck.
>> 
>>         On Sat, Jan 19, 2019, 8:28 AM Jim Kinney via Ale <ale at ale.org
>>         <mailto:ale at ale.org> wrote:
>> 
>>         Thanks, Robert.
>> 
>>         My backup system failed mechanically a while back. I'll see
>if I
>>         can at
>>         least set up something to make critical file recover
>possible.
>> 
>>         On January 18, 2019 10:00:10 PM EST, Robert Tweedy via Ale
>>         <ale at ale.org
>>         <mailto:ale at ale.org>> wrote:
>> 
>>         Hi all,
>> 
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