Questions tagged [rsnapshot]
31 questions
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rsnapshot push TO the server FROM the client
I have found out that rsnapshot is great tool for backing up my stuffs for local file system.
Now I need to do rsnapshot_push.conf file where I give params to rsync server.
What is the right way to do this? Can I use rsync to…
user13123
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What does snapshot_root do?
I want to use rsnapshot for remote backups of my websites.
It is not clear this line in rsnapshot.conf:
snapshot_root /.snapshots/
In the documentation, it says snapshots are stored in this directory, but I actually want them to be stored on a…
aneuryzm
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rsnapshot for remote backups?
I want to use rsnapshot to make backups from my production server to a remote backups server.
Should I install rsnapshot on the remote backup server and not the production one, right ?
rsnapshot is going to pull the files to backup from the…
aneuryzm
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Should I comment out these lines in the default rsnapshot configuration?
I'm setting up the rsnapshot for backups. I've seen in the configuration file, the following backup lines are not commented by default. Should I leave them uncommented or not ?
I'm not interested in backing up my system, just specific…
aneuryzm
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Can I use rsnapshot without a schedule?
I installed rsnapshot and would like to use a command to perform a backup without a schedule.
I tried to find the information on its official website but I was only able to find information about scheduled backups. I couldn't find a simple command…
user965347
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rsnapshot - Differential/incrimental
I've just set up rsnapshot to backup some files to my FS and it seems to be working well. I was wondering if the system does differential/incremental backups by default or do i need to configure it?
I'm backup up a nextcloud install so I would…
Stephen Pefanis
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