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=== multiple folders ===
=== multiple folders ===
=== clean old backups ===
=== clean old backups ===
=== rsync backups to other server ===
=== rsync backup files to other server ===
<pre>
rsync -avz -e ssh $BACKUPDIR username@hostnameoftarget:/srv/backup-data/targetfolder
</pre>

Revision as of 17:13, 3 June 2016

default folder structure

/srv
    /backup
           /backupmanager.sh
           /01_daily-jobs
           /02_weekly-jobs
           /03_monthly-jobs
           /templates
           /tmp

    /backup-data
           /01_daily
           /02_weekly
           /03_monthly

backupmanager.sh


example jobs

  • each job file needs to be located in one of the job folders (01_daily-jobs, 02_weekly-jobs, 03_monthly-jobs)
  • each job file needs to end in .job
  • the following variables are passed on from the main script
    • BACKUPDIR -> path where the backupfile should be placed (e.g. /srv/backup-data/01_daily/2016-05-23)
    • FILEDESC -> datecode to be used in the filename
    • TEMPDIR -> can optionally be used for temp files

single folder

weak compression

ARCHIV="$BACKUPDIR/${FILEDESC}_server_srv_www.tar.gz"
tar -c /srv/www | pigz --best > $ARCHIV

strong compression

ARCHIV="$BACKUPDIR/${FILEDESC}_server_srv_www.tar.7z"
tar -c /srv/www | 7z a -m0=lzma2 -mx9 -si $ARCHIV

multiple folders

clean old backups

rsync backup files to other server

rsync -avz -e ssh $BACKUPDIR username@hostnameoftarget:/srv/backup-data/targetfolder