http://www.lbackup.org/ 2010-03-11T16:53:43+13:00 http://www.lbackup.org/ http://www.lbackup.org/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2010-03-11T16:30:16+13:00 henri http://www.lbackup.org/developer/vmware_fusion_virtual_machine_backup?rev=1268278216&do=diff If you are backing up a VMWare Fusion virtual machine, you should snapshot, shutdown, or suspend the machine, before/during the backup. Then once the backup has finished if you have shutdown or suspended the virtual machine you may start the virtual machine. Below are some helpful commands for doing this on Mac OS X with VMware Fusion v2. text/html 2010-03-05T11:53:00+13:00 henri http://www.lbackup.org/frequently_asked_questions?rev=1267743180&do=diff * Q : What is LBackup? * A : LBackup is a backup wrapper for rsync. LBackup is aimed at system administrators who require reliable backups. * Q : Should I be using LBackup? * A : Maybe. We recommend that you use a backup tool which meets the requirements of your backup policy. * If you questions relating to LBackup then post a message to the discussion mailing list. * If you are looking for an alternative backup tool you may wish to visit the alternatives page. text/html 2010-03-04T10:38:10+13:00 henri http://www.lbackup.org/contribute?rev=1267652290&do=diff The LBackup development process is open to any one. If you are interested in LBackup development or you are a developer then visit the developer page. The LBackup project is a dictatorship. The dictators are the developers who work at Lucid Information Systems. These key developers like to think of themselves as both approachable and reasonable. As such, they believe that it is highly important to listen to suggestions, bug reports, general feedback and future direction for the project. text/html 2010-02-24T23:15:37+13:00 henri http://www.lbackup.org/screencasts?rev=1267006537&do=diff Below are screen casts to help you work with LBackup. [Array] * To view these screen casts QuickTime 7.3.1 or later is required. * If a screen cast is not playing check that you have the latest version of QuickTime installed on your system. * If you have produced an LBackup screen cast(s) then contact us to arrange hosting. * If you have bandwidth to donate to the LBackup project, then please contact us regarding the mirroring of the LBackup screen casts. * You will see a lo… text/html 2010-02-16T09:51:12+13:00 henri http://www.lbackup.org/spotlight?rev=1266267072&do=diff This page provides various information for running Spotlight commands using the Terminal. Spotlight is an indexing search system and is part of Mac OS X. By default spotlight is enabled on Mac OS X 10.4 and later. The load on a backup server with spotlight enabled may be considerable. This is particularly ture if your backup server is backing up multiple servers / clients. If Spotlight is enabled on your backup directories then your backup server will index all files which are being … text/html 2010-02-15T11:47:30+13:00 henri http://www.lbackup.org/encrypted_backups?rev=1266187650&do=diff It is possible to use encryption to protect your data. Data which is encrypted may be more difficult for a third party to recover. However, keep in mind that it will also be equally difficult for you to recover the data if you forget the pass-pharse or lose the encryption key(s) required to decrypt your data. text/html 2010-02-12T12:46:25+13:00 henri http://www.lbackup.org/developer/migrating_backup_sets?rev=1265931985&do=diff This page is part of the developer section. As such there may be problems with this information. This page is intended to be the basis for yet to be developed backupset a migration tool, which will assist with migrating / moving backups between volumes. This tool would then be included with LBackup. In the mean time this page contains information regarding migrating a backupset from one volume to another. The steps involved with migration will probably be different depending upon how … text/html 2010-02-11T16:32:58+13:00 henri http://www.lbackup.org/developer/email_reporting?rev=1265859178&do=diff When are Emails Sent Currently there a variety of situations when emails are not sent. With the default LBackup example configuration emails are only sent out if the backup has actually started. If a machine is not available for backup then this will not generate an email report. For automated notifications regarding these situations you should schedule the lmail program at a specific interval to report the status of the backups. Another possibility is to enable more verbose email reporting wit… text/html 2010-02-11T15:22:26+13:00 henri http://www.lbackup.org/rsync_tips?rev=1265854946&do=diff Additional tips and information regarding rsync is available from the official rsync web page. Compiling Rsync In order for rsync to operate as required it may be necessary to compile rsync specifically for your system(s). When you compile rsync there are are a variety of patches and options available. The links below provide additional information with regards the setup and compilation of rsync. text/html 2010-02-11T14:28:51+13:00 henri http://www.lbackup.org/backup_devices?rev=1265851731&do=diff Post a message to the LBackup discussion mailing list and share which storage system you are using with LBackup. Among all of the storage systems tested with LBackup, the multi-award winning DataRobotics Drobo storage devices offer superior flexibility over other solutions. If your backup sets are not going to keep expanding then there are a variety of other solutions may meet your requirements such traditional RIAD devices or even single hard disk enclosures. Provided your indivi… text/html 2010-02-09T14:16:03+13:00 henri http://www.lbackup.org/alternatives?rev=1265678163&do=diff * If you are interested in performing a bootable backup of Mac OS X system have a look at Carbon Copy Cloner, SuperDuper, or the Full System Backup page. * If you are looking for an enterprise grade (costs money, supports tape and ACL backup out of the box) backup solution then consider NetVault or Bru. Alternatively, if you are on a tight budget or would prefer an open source backup solution consider BackupPC, Bacula or Amanda. text/html 2010-01-31T22:49:06+13:00 henri http://www.lbackup.org/developer/debian_build_notes?rev=1264931346&do=diff About this page This page provides notes for building LBackup .deb packages. The process is currently quite manual. As the process becomes more automated then this page should be updated to reflect the process for building the lbackup .deb package. text/html 2010-01-29T13:10:30+13:00 henri http://www.lbackup.org/backup_other_operating_systems_to_linux?rev=1264723830&do=diff Helpful Links * Backup LINUX to Mac OS X Overview Backup Mac OS X data to a LINUX system while preserving various Mac OS X meta data is a possibility. Setup Advice * Setup a local backup on Mac OS X into a sparsebundel. * Configure rsync to synchronize or LBackup to backup this sparsebundle onto the LINUX system. text/html 2010-01-29T12:35:54+13:00 henri http://www.lbackup.org/documentation?rev=1264721754&do=diff * About LBackup * About this Documentation * Command line tools (overview) * Features * License * Contributors * Requirements * Mailing Lists * FAQ * Download * Install * Permissions * Access Control Lists * Source and Destination * Spotlight Indexing * Recommended Rsync Version text/html 2010-01-28T16:43:29+13:00 henri http://www.lbackup.org/developer/ignore_vanished_file_warnings?rev=1264650209&do=diff This is a solution listed on the rsync FAQ page : <http://www.samba.org/rsync/FAQ.html> ignore “vanished files” warning Some folks would like to ignore the “vanished files” warning, which manifests as an exit-code 24. The easiest way to do this is to create a shell script wrapper. For instance, name this something like “rsync-no24”: text/html 2010-01-25T09:29:04+13:00 henri http://www.lbackup.org/mailing_lists?rev=1264364944&do=diff Below are various links to LBackup related mailing lists. * Tips for posting questions. * Effective email techniques. Official LBakckup Mailing Lists * LBackup Announce (LBackup releases and related tools notifications) * LBackup Discussion (General discussion regarding LBackup. If you are unsure of which mailing list to join then pick this one.) text/html 2010-01-21T13:38:35+13:00 henri http://www.lbackup.org/developer/sort_term_road_map?rev=1264034315&do=diff 0.9.8r1 Released Monday 14th September 2009 * Improve the defaults so that a basic configuration file will be simpler to setup * Look at a locking system for when the backup is taking place * Bundle a post hook script which will generate accurate date and time symbolic links to backup sections. text/html 2010-01-21T10:05:01+13:00 henri http://www.lbackup.org/release_notes?rev=1264021501&do=diff Version 0.9.8r3 * Includes a post action which makes archiving of the sync session logs easy. If enabled this log may be used as a trip wire. It is possible to compare session logs to exactly which files in your backup have been modified, added or deleted. * Initial implementation of custom per backup configuration mail template system. * Improvements to reliability of backups by adding a snap shot integrity check prior to commencing backup snapshot rotations. * Added errors if the spec… text/html 2010-01-20T09:06:19+13:00 henri http://www.lbackup.org/backup_server_tips?rev=1263931579&do=diff Power Supply Any server of any kind should be feed power from a quality UPS. Ensure that you invest some money into a good UPS for your server. In addition, if your system supports redundant power supplies it is worth while configuring both of these and attaching them to different power loops. text/html 2010-01-17T02:25:06+13:00 henri http://www.lbackup.org/trip_wire?rev=1263648306&do=diff It is possible to monitor what is being backed up by enabling the LBackup rsync session log. There is post action script bundled with LBackup to archive the rsync session log. This means that LBackup may used to backup and monitor changes to a file system.