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backup [2021/03/20 15:55]
dwheele created
backup [2022/02/08 18:01] (current)
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 ====== Backup Scheme ====== ====== Backup Scheme ======
 +
 +^Linux Drive^Partition^Usage^
 +|/dev/sda|sda1|unknown|
 +|/dev/sdb|sdb1|Linux OS|
 +|/dev/sdc|sdc1|/var/nas|
 +|/dev/sdd|sdd1|/var/archive (750Gb Hard Drive)|
  
 Backups are done from my main PC (and possibly other places) to ''/var/nas/backup''. Periodically, this is copied to an offsite backup drive, which is mounted: Backups are done from my main PC (and possibly other places) to ''/var/nas/backup''. Periodically, this is copied to an offsite backup drive, which is mounted:
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 </code> </code>
  
-Then we rsync like this:+There is also **archive** content at /var/archive, which is sole copies of things that are only nice-to-have. They aren't backup up to offsite because it is not vital that these be retained.
  
-<code bash> +Then we rsync like this, available as rsyncToOffsiteMedia in /home/dwheele on Joshua (it won't run from /var/nas because execute is not included in /etc/fstab):
-rsync+
  
 +<code bash>
 +#!/bin/bash
 +rsync -a /var/nas/backup/ /mnt/offsitebackup/backup
 </code> </code>
 +
 +Note the source directory has a trailing slash. This means to copy the contents of this directory, and to not create a backup directory inside of the source directory.
 +
 +
 +To disconnect:
 +
 <code bash> <code bash>
 sudo umount /dev/sdd1 sudo umount /dev/sdd1
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