How best to make daily routine backups from netbook to 2 external HD's?

[Joep L. Blom]

On 05-02-12 23:20, Bas Roufs wrote:
> /Dear Mark and Everybody Else/
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>     /ark and Everybody Else/
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>         As the developer of TARDIS ( :) ) I can say yes it probably is.
>         I refrained from recommending it to you since it won't quite do
>         what you want because it won't back up to 2 different discs - it
>         wasn't ever intended to do that.
>
>     As the developer of TARDIS ( :) ) I can say yes it probably is. I
>     refrained from recommending it to you since it won't quite do what
>     you want because it won't back up to 2 different discs - it wasn't
>     ever intended to do that.
>
>
> /This is exactly the reason I hesitate about TARDIS.
> On the other hand: backing up and syncing I do with one external HD at a
> time only anyway.
> /
>
>
>     The basic idea of it though is probably what you need; you could use
>     rsync and a couple of bash scripts to do manual incremental backups
>     in the style of TARDIS, but without the automatic ageing. I'd be
>     happy to advise if you like.
>
>
> /In the meantime, I have been experimenting with "L/uckyBackup" - /which
> has RSync and some other scripts under the hood. It works both
> graphically and with command line. It is in the repo as well. More info: /
>
> http://luckybackup.sourceforge.net/
>
>
> /My experiences so far can be summarised as follows./
>
> http://luckybackup.sourceforge.net/
>
> /I successfully managed to make a complete backup of the WHOLE home
> directory to the biggest external HD: "WD Elements" , 2 Terabytes. The
> strange aspect of this experience is the way in which that HD has been
> formatted: NTFS. But there was not one single error report. //
> /
>
> /My question is: what best to do with the big external HD? Leaving it as
> it is now while continuing to use it? Or is it better to reformat it
> into EXT4 and making a new backup afterwords?/
>
>
> /With respect to the other external HD: that one is a "ADATA NH 92" of
> 500 GB. Although I did format that one as FAT32, more than 800 error
> reports have been mentioned with respect to my attempt to backup my HOME
> directory there. The error reports mainly refer to the KMAIL e-mail
> directories in .kde/share. An attempt to synchronise the HOME directory
> at the netbook and the NH92 ended up in a similar result. /
>
> /On the other hand, I DID manage to successfully backup all the
> datafiles, images, etc. to the NH92. Even eg. software and iso images
> could be transferred without problems./ /The problem is limited to the
> e-mail directory .kde/share.
> /
>
>
> /My question is: do I need to reformat the NH92? if I need EXT4 for the
> backup, is it possible to leave 50 or 100 GB as FAT32 by means of
> partitioning?
> /
>
>
> /Thanks for your replies. Respectfully yours,/
>
> /Bas Roufs.
> /
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>     Nice to see someone recommending it though :)
>
>     Mark
>
>
>>     Respectfully yours,
>>     Bas.
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BAs,
Maybe you had thought about it yourself and perhaps thought it is 
overkill but I use for > 2 years Backuppc (it's in the repositories) 
which is browser oriented. You have to read somewhat in the manual 
(organized as a wiki) but I find it reasonably user-friendly and I us a 
1 TB external disk for the backups. I use it to backup 3 desktops and 1 
laptop and it is completely stand-alone. It is my life-saver as I had a 
complete disk-crash 6 month ago and I lost nothing. It is also 
invaluable if you upgrade your system (or change for a completely new 
one). Just be careful with permissions as that can sometimes give you 
unexpected surprises.
Joep