suggestions to sync partitions

[Karl Larsen]

SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux wrote:
> Hello Ubuntu  experts and users
> I am preparing my backup / restore strategy and would like to 
> hear your suggestions how to get an comfortable/easy/fast way to 
> have 2 partitons, i.e. original HOME and its backup on an USB HDD
> sync'ed !
>
> Is "rsync" a (good) solution too do or are you having other
> recommendations ?
>
> The best would be a script to have it sync'ed every time before shutdown
> automatically 
> or called when needed !?
>
> Glad to hear and learn from you. :-)
>
> TIA and cheers, svobi
>
>
>   
    I do my backup with rsynch and a USB connected hard drive.  Remember 
that your backup hard drive is at /media so you can't back up /media or 
you will never complete :-)

    Here is my backup file:

karl at karl-desktop:~$ cat /root/bin/backup
# This file is designed to backup my Ubuntu to the USB Hard Drive using 
rsync
# Karl Larsen, 26 Feb 08
rsync -avz /boot /media/disk/
rsync -avg /bin  /media/disk/
rsync -avg /dev  /media/disk/
rsync -avg /etc  /media/disk/
rsync -avg /home /media/disk/
rsync -avg /lib  /media/disk/
rsync -avg /opt  /media/disk/
rsync -avg /root /media/disk/
rsync -avg /sbin /media/disk/
rsync -avg /srv  /media/disk/
rsync -avg /sys  /media/disk/
rsync -avg /tmp /media/disk/
rsync -avg /usr /media/disk/
rsync -avg /var /media/disk/
rsync -avg /initrd /media/disk/

    This is a complete backup and I redo it every week or so.


Karl


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