Automatic Backup software

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Markus Kolb wrote:

> 
> 
> Thanks Dave,
> 
> BackupPC seems to be only a web/cgi frontend and management tool to 
> different unix console tools.
> Maybe I am wrong but I think you have to know the right archive for the 
> right file to restore.
> I have to backup only a single server and so I don't see any advantages 
> in BackupPC over my scripted tools. Maybe the point'n'click web thingy 
> can be an advantage but I would prefer something console based.
> Do I have a wrong imagination of BackupPC now?
> 
> Markus
> 

There's a bit more to backuppc than that -- it's a suite of perl scripts 
to manage various aspects of backing up. Yes, these do make use of 
standard unix archiving tools (tar, rsync etc), but there's plenty of 
logic in the suite. For example, they don't store multiple copies of 
identical files across backups but maintain a common pool of files. It 
also has a daemon that handles scheduling, emailing of status, etc.

I've never run the restore script manually (only from the cgi), but I 
think you only have to know the hostname and path to restore a file.

The cgi interface is essentially just a front-end to these scripts. But 
is does add a couple of nice things, for example if you browse an 
incremental backup it transparently fills it so it appears to include 
files from the relevant full backup.

I obviously can't tell if it's any more use to you than your own 
scripts, but I think it might be a bit more sophisticated than you're
thinking. Check out http://backuppc.sourceforge.net