Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup-users Digest, Vol 112, Issue 2

[Willem Buitendyk]

Thanks for the ideas.  I think after doing some more reading that
using Rsync is a more reliable call.  I will break up my files into
smaller manageable pieces for Rsync handle.

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> Subject: [rdiff-backup-users] how to push rdiff-backup
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> I'm a little perplexed.  My scenario is that I have data loggers in the 
> field, each with a 3g usb modem on board.  I want to have the data loggers 
> rdiff back to my server on amazon ec2 - or to push the backup.  My data 
> loggers have dynamic ip addresses and the telco company keeps them hidden.  
> In other words I can't have my backup amazon ec2 server poll my data logger.  
> Again, the need to push the backup.  I'm not really finding any information 
> on how to accomplish this.
>
> I tried something like:
>
> rdiff-backup --remote-schema 'ssh -i /home/ubuntu/id_rsa.pem %s rdiff-backup 
> ?-server? /home/ubuntu/data/ address@hidden::/home/fielddata/data/
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> This won't work as it complains about incorrect switches.
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> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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> Thanks
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> Willem
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> Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 09:00:29 +0100
> From: Nicolas Jungers <address@hidden>
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> On 2012-03-10 04:07, Willem Buitendyk wrote:
>> I'm a little perplexed.  My scenario is that I have data loggers in the 
>> field, each with a 3g usb modem on board.  I want to have the data loggers 
>> rdiff back to my server on amazon ec2 - or to push the backup.  My data 
>> loggers have dynamic ip addresses and the telco company keeps them hidden.  
>> In other words I can't have my backup amazon ec2 server poll my data logger. 
>>  Again, the need to push the backup.  I'm not really finding any information 
>> on how to accomplish this.
>>
>> I tried something like:
>>
>> rdiff-backup --remote-schema 'ssh -i /home/ubuntu/id_rsa.pem %s rdiff-backup 
>> ?-server? /home/ubuntu/data/ address@hidden::/home/fielddata/data/
>>
>> This won't work as it complains about incorrect switches.
>>
>> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> The way I do it is to establish an openVPN tunnel. Beware that
> rdiff-backup is very sensitive to the link quality.
>
> Regards,
> Nicolas
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>> Thanks
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>> Willem
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> Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 11:06:24 +0100
> From: Jernej Simon?i?    <address@hidden>
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> On Saturday, March 10, 2012, 4:07:32, Willem Buitendyk wrote:
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>> rdiff-backup --remote-schema 'ssh -i /home/ubuntu/id_rsa.pem %s
>> rdiff-backup ?-server? /home/ubuntu/data/
>> address@hidden::/home/fielddata/data/
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>> This won't work as it complains about incorrect switches.
>
> Try putting a = between --remote-schema and 'ssh.
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> Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 11:08:30 +0000
> From: Dominic Raferd <address@hidden>
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> On 10/03/12 08:00, Nicolas Jungers wrote:
>> On 2012-03-10 04:07, Willem Buitendyk wrote:
>>> I'm a little perplexed.  My scenario is that I have data loggers in
>>> the field, each with a 3g usb modem on board.  I want to have the
>>> data loggers rdiff back to my server on amazon ec2 - or to push the
>>> backup.  My data loggers have dynamic ip addresses and the telco
>>> company keeps them hidden.  In other words I can't have my backup
>>> amazon ec2 server poll my data logger.  Again, the need to push the
>>> backup.  I'm not really finding any information on how to accomplish
>>> this.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> The way I do it is to establish an openVPN tunnel. Beware that
>> rdiff-backup is very sensitive to the link quality.
>
> Agreed about the link quality, and so I would suggest that rather than
> try to run rdiff-backup over a 3g connection, you run rsync, which is
> much better at recovering from broken connections, especially with the
> --partial and --link-dest switches (and, occasionally, --checksum). Each
> machine in the field could rsync back to their dedicated folder on the
> backup machine and then the backup machine can run rdiff-backup locally.
> By combining the 2 programs in this way you can still get the benefit of
> rdiff-backup's versioning '4D' backup.
>
> I also recommend creating a snapshot on the source machine and backing
> up from this rather than from the original data (which might change
> while the backup is in progress). For this you want LVM (for Linux) or
> VSS (for Windows) - I don't know what the equivalent is for Apples.
>
> Dominic
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