Backing up Ubuntu

[Little Girl]

Hey there,

Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users wrote:
>On Mon, 1 Jul 2019 11:25:14 -0400, Little Girl wrote:

>>I scripted my own backups for years, but eventually ended up
>>choosing Grsync as my tool of choice for backups. Easy to use and
>>fully extensible. It's one of those "set it and forget it" tools.  

>Good point, this IMO is the ultimate solution for the OP. I've
>written backup scripts for my preferred way to backup without rsync,
>too.

My preference, for years, was maintaining a script that created
individual zips of specific files and directories, putting them into
a temporary directory, testing their integrity, copying them to a
local backup directory, verifying that the local backup directory was
identical to the temporary directory, deleting the temporary
directory, and using Mirrordir to mirror the local backup directory
to a remote backup directory.

That process took quite a hit when Mirrordir was done away with. It's
a shame, too. I found it to be rock-solid and the reports were a dream
to read - unlike any of the other reports I've seen before or since.

I then went on the hunt for alternatives. I'd always avoided rsync
because it's anything but intuitive to learn how to use. If you go
all over the Internet, you'll see all kinds of advice from all sorts
of people with a wide variety of recommended options for this or that
reason. Each of them is convinced their approach is best and a
newcomer to rsync can quickly become overwhelmed or at least confused
as to which approach might be best for their particular
circumstances. The man page isn't always an easy read, either, and I
felt the need to do extensive tests before I trusted rsync with my
backups.

As part of all that exploration, I decided that manually updating my
script was becoming a bit of a chore since you have to micro-manage
all the little parts of it whenever anything changes. That inspired a
search for an automated solution. The result of that was Grsync, which
currently does everything I need and then some.

>If I were the OP, I would write a script or scripts using rsync.

He's done that already and is looking for a more automated way of
doing things.

>Why do I have concerns regarding grsync, while I don't have any
>experiences using it?

No idea. Give it a whirl. I'm going to be trying out Back In Time and
luckyBackup later today because both look interesting and I'd like to
compare their features, ease of use, and reports with those in Grsync.

-- 
Little Girl

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