Automated incremntal backup

[zaqavis]

I have Enterprise linux 4. i want to know what utilitiy or script should i do for automated incremntal ... daily ... weekly backup on it.

[sjau]

rSync and Hardlinks (if diskspace is a problem) can do that:

http://www.howtoforge.com/rsync_incremental_snapshot_backups

That howto features more... it'll enable you to do remote backups over SSH... depending on your needs you may not need the SSH part...

[b2c3]

Have a look at this link: http://troy.jdmz.net/rsync/ It explains exactly how to setup rsync and ssh.

If you have another computer (with a tape drive installed) on your network then I suggest that you look at Bacula (http://www.bacula.org/). The initial setup is a bit tricky but it is worth the effort.

[falko]

Another option is rdiff-backup: http://www.howtoforge.com/linux_rdiff_backup