Back Up Techniques

[Mario Vukelic]

On Sun, 2008-04-20 at 15:16 -0600, Ted Hilts wrote:
> There is some kind of backup running on Ubuntu (or supposed to be) but I 
> have no indication when and what it is backing up.  Apparently it was 
> installed as part of the initial installation.

No backup software is running in the default installation. How did you
get the idea?

> I need some input on this whole issue.  I would like to be able to work 
> on Ubuntu (involving heavy CPU usage) and have the backup solution work 
> when CPU usage tapers off.    Also, I would like the backup routine to 
> feed the backup directly to a DVD.  And I would like some kind of 
> verification that I have a legitimate backup on DVD and some way of 
> proving that is the case.  Also, if Ubuntu dies I would like a process 
> that allows me to reinstall based directly on the DVD contents.

Several backup strategies are discussed here, I hope you can find what
you need: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BackupYourSystem

I doubt that any backup application takes CPU usage into account by
itself, but you can always renice the backup application:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nice_(Unix)