How to rsync to an external HDD with TCP/IP ?

[Karl Larsen]

SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux wrote:
> On Sat, 2008-06-14 at 10:01 -0400, Brian McKee wrote:
>   
>> On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 8:42 AM, SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux
>> <i-ubux at synass.net> wrote:
>>     
>>> It has a 200GB HDD and is FAT32 formatted and provides access with FTP
>>> and Samba.
>>>
>>> How do we rsync the backups to the existing Backup folder from my / our
>>> notebook/s to this TCP/IP connected unit ?
>>>       
>> mount the folders and rsync to the mount point.
>>
>> I'm not certain of all the implications of backing up ext3 to fat32
>> over samba - it could be some metadata is lost - I'd want to research
>> that first.
>>
>> Brian
>>     
>
>
> Hi Brian
> Thanks for your feedback and concerns !
>
> I have absolutely no idea how to get the TCP/IP unit visible nor do I
> know how to mount without any more specific data !!
>
> Have tried a few net commands without fortune ;-(
>  
> Sorry ;-|
>
>
> Regarding the implication of backing up ext3 to fat 32:
> Well I am interested to hear and learn about but don't worry about it !
> My primary backup/s will be a rsync from ext3 to ext3 to an external USB
> HDD !!
> An additional backup will be tar to the same unit also ext3 to ext3 !!!
>
> Cheers, svobi
>
>
>   
    Hi Svobi, for ext3 to ext3 rsynch I do this. I first make certain 
that the things I am going to rsynch from and to are attached to this 
computer. You do that with a terminal in which you write $sudo mount -t 
ext3 /dev/sda? /mnt and that gets it like it is part of this computer. 
Another is if the thing has a USB cable then you plug it in and find it 
in the /media/ directory.

    Now your ready to use rsync. Here is what I am using with nothing 
but success. I have mine in exacutable files. The one for backup is:
karl at karl-hardy:~$ cat /root/bin/rsync-media
# This file is designed to backup my Ubuntu to the USB Hard Drive using 
rsync
# Karl Larsen, 8 june 08
# rsync -vaHz --exclude '/proc' --exclude '/sys' --exclude '/media' /.
# /media/disk
# This is what works on my computer
# rsync -vaH --exclude '/proc' --exclude 'sys' --exclude 'home' 
--exclude '/mnt' --exclude '/media' /. /mnt
# This goes to the USB hard drive
rsync -vaH --exclude '/proc' --exclude 'sys' --exclude 'home' --exclude 
'/mnt' --exclude '/media' /. /media/disk

I have two that go to /mnt or /media/disk and even the first one sent to 
me by a good guy on the list.

So have fun and it sure works good.

Karl



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