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Rsnapshot is a filesystem snapshot utility for making backups of local and remote systems.

Rsnapshot is a filesystem snapshot utility for making backups of local and remote systems.

Using rsync and hard links, it is possible to keep multiple, full backups instantly available. The disk space required is just a little more than the space of one full backup, plus incrementals.

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Why is rsnapshot claiming source directory doesn't exist?

I'm trying to set up a backup system using rsnapshot which will copy files from a remote location into a local one. I've got rsnapshot set up, as far as I can see correctly, but when I run rsnapshot configtest it says 'backup web3:backups/ web3/…
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Unable to use rsnapshot to sync non-owned files but able to do it with plain rsync command

I am trying to use rsnapshot to sync remote file to my own computer. However, I have some trouble when I need to access files which are not owned by user who is SSH-ing to the remote machine. My /etc/rsnapshot.conf looks like this: config_version …
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rsnapshot: WARNING: Some files and/or directories in / vanished during rsync operation

I once in a while get this message in my rsnapshot log, and an identical message in /var/log/messages. Unfortunately, there is no other deviation from normal output, despite loglevel 5 in /etc/rsnapshot.conf, besides a summary warning at the…
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Mount point not working well

We have an automated rsnapshot job every day that writes on a mounted disk. Lately, instead of writing on the mounted disk it did it on the main filesystem, slowly filling the space available. Is there an option that I can use in the mount…
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rsync won't delete file that was deleted on source

I'm using rsnapshot to back up some servers of mine. It works fine, except it won't delete files that have been deleted on the source server. Here is where I give rsnapshot the options to pass along to rsync: rsync_long_args --stats --delete …
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rsync / rsnapshot

I am using rsnapshot and my config is as follows: config_version 1.2 snapshot_root /home/user/.snapshots/ cmd_cp /bin/cp cmd_rm /bin/rm cmd_rsync /usr/bin/rsync cmd_ssh /usr/bin/ssh cmd_logger /usr/bin/logger cmd_du …
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How to check rsnapshot backups?

I have about twenty servers with different webapps. Every 4 hours runs rsnapshot task and backs up all of them to a backup server. Accidentally today I discovered that backup failed last 4 days due to input/output failure in file system. fsck fixed…
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rsync filter file rules for subpath

I have a big problem in understanding rsync filter rules for sub path. I have this directory tree: |-- index.php |-- other-file-php.php |-- filesource.php | |-- album1 | | |-- firstphoto.jpg | | |-- second.jpg | | |-- index.php | | …
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Bacula vs. BackupPC

I have been googling about the differences between them. Bacula has lots of roles BackupPC is easier to configure Bacula works with agent, not rsync (great for Windows backups) It seems that Bacula is most often compared to Amanda though, while…
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Optimal file system type and mount options for an rsnapshot dedicated drive

We have an external USB 2 drive that we are using as a backup drive for our configuration. We use rsnapshot for the backups. It uses a few standard commands for managing snapshots: rm -rf: deletes expired snapshots mv: moves older snapshots down a…
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Rsnapshot to multiple destinations (or maintain hard links structure)

I'm doing a backup of multiple external servers on a local machine using rsnapshot and it's working beautifully. Now, I'd like to clone the destination snapshots on an external disk that will be rotated. The thing is, I'd like to maintain the hard…
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How rsnapshot manages moved and/or renamed files and folders

I consider using rsnapshot for backuping large amount of data and I wonder how rsnapshot manage when a folder at the source is moved or rename, is it detected it and edit associated hard links or it creates "duplicate" of all the files tree under?
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Why is rsnapshot with sync_first not working properly?

I had been using rsnapshot successfully for years to backup my Ubuntu notebook computers to my Ubuntu server. I recently decided to switch to using the sync_first option on the server and an anacron job on my notebook to get more consistent backups…
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Safely deleting rsnapshot _delete folders

I have been using rsnapshot to backup a computer's / for approximately a year. The destination drive has filled up unexpectedly quickly within the last week or so, and the rsync command has failed, leading to lots of _delete.22400 folders created in…
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Configuring rsnapshot to only daily backups with sync_first

I want to create only daily backups in my server using sync_first option. How do I have to setup my server to backup once a day?
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