incremental local backups on ext. hdd ?

[bran]

Hello,
i am looking for script or plugin and howto for backup of some folders on the freenas to local usb hard drive. I need script or plugin for incremental backups of some data stored on my freenas server. And howto for it. It don´t must be encrypted.

 

[pirateghost]

Rsync. Tons of instructions available and FreeNAS supports it natively.

 

[bran]

Is rsync not only for backup in lan? I read this one -> http://doc.freenas.org/index.php/Rsync_Tasks

But i see at "Figure 4.4a: Adding an Rsync Task" only the field for local path and remote host. "Remote host" and "remote module name" must be other NAS or PC in the LAN ?! So i understand it.

 

[pirateghost]

Is rsync not only for backup in lan? I read this one -> http://doc.freenas.org/index.php/Rsync_Tasks

But i see at "Figure 4.4a: Adding an Rsync Task" only the field for local path and remote host. "Remote host" must be other NAS or PC in the LAN ?! So i understand it.

You can also use localhost as the address...
Or
You can set up a cron job that runs an rsync command

 

[bran]

In the german translation the "remote module name" is "entfernter Rechnername" (remote host name). Its this my localhost too? Where i can define the destination directory?

 

[pirateghost]

Remote host can use a localhost name. The machine looks up localhost and the IP that comes back is itself on 127.0.0.1

 

[Robert Smith]

How is one supposed to format the 'USB hard drive' in this scenario?

 

[pirateghost]

How is one supposed to format the 'USB hard drive' in this scenario?

Localhost:/path/to/mounted/drive/folder

 

[Robert Smith]

I mean, with what file system?

 

[bran]

Ok, it works. But how options i have to use rsync backup incrementaly?

 

[gpsguy]

I mean, with what file system?

Either UFS or ZFS. The latter is preferred since future versions of FreeNAS won't support UFS.


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