automated back up with redhat 9.0

[sabbathunter]

i have a linux box that i am setting up as a Samba file server for a client of mine. I want to do an automatted backup everynight.
how would i configure redhat 9.0 to do this or to i need outside software (like veritas)

cost is a concern here as funds for this client are limited to a degree.


david

 

[sabbathunter]

*kick*

 

[LGTObug]

you could use tar or cpio within a crone you. Simply create an find string which looks for files, which has been modified since the last 24hour's or XXhours and pipe it into a tar or cpio command.

 

[flubbard]

I've been able to back up small amounts by adding a tar command to the crontab. In my case, it runs nightly to back up an entire directory. It's kind of brute force but it's cheap and works if you have a reasonably small amount of data and a device to back up to.

 

[aixmurderer]

Look at Storix (

http://www.storix.com),

a limited function version is free.

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