[ale] Versioned backups are simple now.

[DJ-Pfulio]

Sorry.  Didn't mean to say or imply that you weren't handling backups.
I know you've handled huge, huge, backups and restores at work well
beyond my expertise.  Life gets in the way.

My intention was to help people new to Linux, who get overwhelmed by all
the choices around backups, to see how very simple it could be.


On 1/19/19 9:40 AM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> The how is easy. The where is the issue.
> 	
> The vast pile of junk I use is literally junk at this point. No spinning
> rust storage younger than 5 (maybe 8?) years old. Tape system is (was)
> 1st gen LTO 3 dell rackmount model. Racked gear designed for SATA1.
> Current drives match the design speeds.
> 
> Only storage under warranty is nvme drive in my laptop. First gear I've
> bought new in 10 years.
> 
> Current external drives are USB v2 at best and of similar vintage to
> everything else.
> 
> On January 19, 2019 9:27:46 AM EST, DJ-Pfulio via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
> 
>     TL;DR - do this every day:
> 
>     $ sudo rdiff-backup --exclude-special-files --include /  \
>                       --exclude /Backups /Backups
>     $ sudo rdiff-backup  --force --remove-older-than 60D /Backups
> 
> 
>     Be happy. It really is that simple to have daily, automatic, versioned backups.
> 
> 
> 
>     On 1/19/19 8:39 AM, Boris Borisov via Ale wrote:
> 
>         Just make sure that setting is included:
> 
>         rantallowed=yes
> 
>         Have a good day and good luck.
> 
>         On Sat, Jan 19, 2019, 8:28 AM Jim Kinney via Ale <ale at ale.org
>         <mailto:ale at ale.org> wrote:
> 
>         Thanks, Robert.
> 
>         My backup system failed mechanically a while back. I'll see if I
>         can at
>         least set up something to make critical file recover possible.
> 
>         On January 18, 2019 10:00:10 PM EST, Robert Tweedy via Ale
>         <ale at ale.org
>         <mailto:ale at ale.org>> wrote:
> 
>         Hi all,
> 
>         The ALE mailing list's "config.pck" file corrupted over the
>         weekend and wasn't noticed until this evening. This file
>         contains basically everything about the list (subscribers,
>         settings, etc.), and unfortunately the latest backup copy on
>         hand was from June 24, 2017 which means any changes since then
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