Hello Im planing on doing an open source software that handels backups. The purpose is to backup clients in an nt domain. I know that there are comercial software out there but i want to do it the right way "open source :)". Oki here is my plan 1. On every client i have a user that has read access to the whole system drive. That user and password is stored on the backup server aswell. 2. The user will use a web interface and from that request a backup of the system. 3. The backup server will store the request and later that night it will use samba to mount the client drive and make the backup. Im planing on using gzip or bzip on every file in the system so that you easily could recover files. The files will be stored on cheap ide harddrives. You will also be able to filter out files that you dont need to backup "word.exe, swapfile etc" Now i wounder if there are any other people out there that already has done it. Is it a great ide or not? /Alexander
Its not the server i want to backup. Its the clients /Alexander ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rodr?guez Ronald" <rrodriguez@ocp-ec.com> To: "ACEAlex" <alex@saers.com>; <samba@lists.samba.org> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 7:34 PM Subject: RE: [Samba] Backup software> > Why dont you simpe use the rsync command?? I have scripts that can backupyour whole> Linux server...and when ever you it can boot using the syncing server.. > > regards > Ronald > -----Original Message----- > From: ACEAlex [mailto:alex@saers.com] > Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 12:09 PM > To: samba@lists.samba.org > Subject: [Samba] Backup software > > > Hello > > Im planing on doing an open source software that handels backups. The > purpose is to backup clients in an nt domain. I know that there are > comercial software out there but i want to do it the right way "opensource> :)". Oki here is my plan > > 1. On every client i have a user that has read access to the whole system > drive. That user and password is stored on the backup server aswell. > 2. The user will use a web interface and from that request a backup of the > system. > 3. The backup server will store the request and later that night it willuse> samba to mount the client drive and make the backup. Im planing on using > gzip or bzip on every file in the system so that you easily could recover > files. The files will be stored on cheap ide harddrives. You will also be > able to filter out files that you dont need to backup "word.exe, swapfile > etc" > > > Now i wounder if there are any other people out there that already hasdone> it. Is it a great ide or not? > > /Alexander > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba >
Why dont you simpe use the rsync command?? I have scripts that can backup your whole Linux server...and when ever you it can boot using the syncing server.. regards Ronald -----Original Message----- From: ACEAlex [mailto:alex@saers.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 12:09 PM To: samba@lists.samba.org Subject: [Samba] Backup software Hello Im planing on doing an open source software that handels backups. The purpose is to backup clients in an nt domain. I know that there are comercial software out there but i want to do it the right way "open source :)". Oki here is my plan 1. On every client i have a user that has read access to the whole system drive. That user and password is stored on the backup server aswell. 2. The user will use a web interface and from that request a backup of the system. 3. The backup server will store the request and later that night it will use samba to mount the client drive and make the backup. Im planing on using gzip or bzip on every file in the system so that you easily could recover files. The files will be stored on cheap ide harddrives. You will also be able to filter out files that you dont need to backup "word.exe, swapfile etc" Now i wounder if there are any other people out there that already has done it. Is it a great ide or not? /Alexander -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
maybe you should take a look at http://backuppc.sourceforge.net ACEAlex wrote:> Hello > > Im planing on doing an open source software that handels backups. The > purpose is to backup clients in an nt domain. I know that there are > comercial software out there but i want to do it the right way "open source > :)". Oki here is my plan > > 1. On every client i have a user that has read access to the whole system > drive. That user and password is stored on the backup server aswell. > 2. The user will use a web interface and from that request a backup of the > system. > 3. The backup server will store the request and later that night it will use > samba to mount the client drive and make the backup. Im planing on using > gzip or bzip on every file in the system so that you easily could recover > files. The files will be stored on cheap ide harddrives. You will also be > able to filter out files that you dont need to backup "word.exe, swapfile > etc" > > > Now i wounder if there are any other people out there that already has done > it. Is it a great ide or not? > > /Alexander > > > > >
To the best of my knowledge their is not an OpenSource backup method that will backup the ACLs on the client. If your clients are using FAT, then you have no problems. If they are running NTFS on the clients, then you have ACLs to worry about, and you will have to decide if you need the ACLs backed up up or not. i.e. ACLs are the NTFS security info. =20 Note: Samba ACLs can be backed up if you ensure you are running the right backup software like star or xfsdump. >> Hello >> Im planing on doing an open source software that handels backups. The >> purpose is to backup clients in an nt domain. I know that there are >> comercial software out there but i want to do it the right way "open >> source >> :)". Oki here is my plan >> 1. On every client i have a user that has read access to the whole system >> drive. That user and password is stored on the backup server aswell. >> 2. The user will use a web interface and from that request a backup of the >> system. >> 3. The backup server will store the request and later that night it will >> use >> samba to mount the client drive and make the backup. Im planing on using >> gzip or bzip on every file in the system so that you easily could recover >> files. The files will be stored on cheap ide harddrives. You will also be >> able to filter out files that you dont need to backup "word.exe, swapfile >> etc" >> Now i wounder if there are any other people out there that already has >> done >> it. Is it a great ide or not? >> /Alexander >> --=20 >> To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the >> instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba Greg Freemyer Internet Engineer Deployment and Integration Specialist The Norcross Group www.NorcrossGroup.com
I think XFSdump does on XFS filesystems...but I could be wrong. Charles> -----Original Message----- > From: samba-admin@lists.samba.org > [mailto:samba-admin@lists.samba.org]On > Behalf Of Greg Freemyer > Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 2:20 PM > To: ACEAlex; samba@lists.samba.org > Subject: re: [Samba] Backup software > > > > To the best of my knowledge their is not an OpenSource backup > method that will backup the ACLs on the client. > > If your clients are using FAT, then you have no problems. > > If they are running NTFS on the clients, then you have ACLs > to worry about, and you will have to decide if you need the > ACLs backed up up or not. > > i.e. ACLs are the NTFS security info. > > Note: Samba ACLs can be backed up if you ensure you are > running the right backup software like star or xfsdump. > > >> Hello > > >> Im planing on doing an open source software that handels > backups. The > >> purpose is to backup clients in an nt domain. I know > that there are > >> comercial software out there but i want to do it the > right way "open > >> source > >> :)". Oki here is my plan > > >> 1. On every client i have a user that has read access to > the whole system > >> drive. That user and password is stored on the backup > server aswell. > >> 2. The user will use a web interface and from that > request a backup of the > >> system. > >> 3. The backup server will store the request and later > that night it will > >> use > >> samba to mount the client drive and make the backup. Im > planing on using > >> gzip or bzip on every file in the system so that you > easily could recover > >> files. The files will be stored on cheap ide harddrives. > You will also be > >> able to filter out files that you dont need to backup > "word.exe, swapfile > >> etc" > > > >> Now i wounder if there are any other people out there > that already has > >> done > >> it. Is it a great ide or not? > > >> /Alexander > > > > > >> -- > >> To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL > and read the > >> instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > > > > > > Greg Freemyer > Internet Engineer > Deployment and Integration Specialist > The Norcross Group > www.NorcrossGroup.com > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Charles, I'm not a Samba expert, but I have been researching how best to back up Samba shares, especially as it relates to ACLs. To use ACLs with Samba, I believe it is best to have a Filesystem that supports ACLs. I only know of 2 that do: "ext2/ext3 with the ACL patch" and XFS.