@@ -82,47 +82,47 @@ check to make sure everything is ready to go:
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rsnapshot configtest
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If this works, you can see essentially what will happen when you run it for
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- real by executing the following command (where interval is hourly, daily , etc):
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+ real by executing the following command (where interval is alpha, beta , etc):
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rsnapshot -t [interval]
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Once you are happy with everything, the final step is to setup a cron job to
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automate your backups. Here is a quick example which makes backups every four
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- hours, and daily backups for a week:
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+ hours, and beta backups for a week:
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- 0 */4 * * * /usr/local/bin/rsnapshot hourly
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- 50 23 * * * /usr/local/bin/rsnapshot daily
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+ 0 */4 * * * /usr/local/bin/rsnapshot alpha
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+ 50 23 * * * /usr/local/bin/rsnapshot beta
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- In the previous example, there will be six "hourly " snapshots
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+ In the previous example, there will be six "alpha " snapshots
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taken each day (at 0,4,8,12,16, and 20 hours). There will also
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- be daily snapshots taken every night at 11:50PM. The number of
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+ be beta snapshots taken every night at 11:50PM. The number of
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snapshots that are saved depends on the "interval" settings in
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/etc/rsnapshot.conf.
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For example:
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- interval hourly 6
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+ interval alpha 6
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- This means that every time "rsnapshot hourly " is run, it will make a
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+ This means that every time "rsnapshot alpha " is run, it will make a
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new snapshot, rotate the old ones, and retain the most recent six
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- (hourly .0 - hourly .5).
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+ (alpha .0 - alpha .5).
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- If you prefer instead to have daily, weekly and monthly backups,
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+ If you prefer instead to have beta, gamma and delta backups,
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you might set up cron like this:
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- 00 00 * * * /usr/local/bin/rsnapshot daily
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- 00 23 * * 6 /usr/local/bin/rsnapshot weekly
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- 00 22 1 * * /usr/local/bin/rsnapshot monthly
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+ 00 00 * * * /usr/local/bin/rsnapshot beta
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+ 00 23 * * 6 /usr/local/bin/rsnapshot gamma
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+ 00 22 1 * * /usr/local/bin/rsnapshot delta
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- This specifies a daily rsnapshot at midnight, a weekly snapshot
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- on Saturdays at 11:00pm and a monthly rsnapshot at 10pm on the
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+ This specifies a beta rsnapshot at midnight, a gamma snapshot
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+ on Saturdays at 11:00pm and a delta rsnapshot at 10pm on the
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first day of each month.
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Note that the backups are done from the highest interval first
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- (in this case monthly ) and go down to the lowest interval. If
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- you are not having cron invoke the "hourly " snapshot interval,
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- then you must also ensure that hourly is not listed as one of
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- your intervals in rsnapshot.conf (for example, comment out hourly ,
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- so that "daily " becomes the lowest interval).
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+ (in this case delta ) and go down to the lowest interval. If
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+ you are not having cron invoke the "alpha " snapshot interval,
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+ then you must also ensure that alpha is not listed as one of
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+ your intervals in rsnapshot.conf (for example, comment out alpha ,
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+ so that "beta " becomes the lowest interval).
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Remember that it is only the lowest interval which actually does
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the rsync to back up the relevant source directories, the higher
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