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paulm
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 Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 10:35 pm Post subject: Anyone running CentOS 4.xx or 5.xx? |
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I have a small problem, hoping someone running CentOS might be able to help.....
I look after a number of server/gateways for small business, all of which run SME Server 7.5.1 (based on CentOS 4.8 ). For backup purposes, I've been using Synbak (http://www.initzero.it/products/opensource/synbak/). Works well, and is a good deal more flexible than the backup routines provided by SME.
I need to upgrade to a recent version of Synbak, since the 1.2.2 version I have on the SME machines doesn't support DAR, which I need for a couple of them.
When I tried to install the latest version, I ended up with a couple of problems. First were dependancies which I really didn't need, so I tired using rpm with the --no-deps argument, and hit a second problem - an error from CPIO - Bad Magic.
After a bit of hunting, I've discovered that the problem is that the latest Synbak rpms are all built for Fedora, and use LZMA packing, which is not supported by CentOS. So I need to rebuild the rpms on a CentOS system.
Small problem with that - the only machine I can install CentOS on has a number of ext4 partitions, and CentOS blows up every time I try to run the live CD or install it - doesn't like ext4 one little bit.
So I'm wondering if someone running CentOS could run rpm --rebuild on the latest Synbak source and email me the rebuilt package? Or suggest a way that I can force a Fedora install (I have Fedora 12 running on one machine) to rebuild the rpm without using LZMA compression?
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paulm
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| LeeNukes wrote: | | Where shall I send it? |
 I guess I should have specified....
Got it. Many thanks - works fine. I guess eventually I'm going to have to free up some hardware to install CentOS on (need to build some other bits for SME fairly soon), but this certainly helped alot.
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LeeNukes
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Cool, I'll remove it when I next ssh into my webserver.
Might check out this synbak, it good then?
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paulm
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| Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 9:19 am Post subject: |
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| LeeNukes wrote: | | Cool, I'll remove it when I next ssh into my webserver. |
Thanks again. I've now upgraded all my SME boxen, though I'm only using DAR on two of them. Still, the new version is a bit more flexible than the older 1.2.2 version was.
| Quote: | | Might check out this synbak, it good then? |
I use it on my own machines at home (so if anyone wants a Slackware-compatible package, let me know....), as well as the SME machines. Its very flexilbe, supports rsync, wget, can now dump MySQL databases, and can write to a number of different media types. It is also modular, and consists pretty well entirely of scripts, so it can be added-to and modified quite easily.
I mainly use it to do gzipped tar archives over network connections, but have also used it with wget to bacup web sites. I was intending to write my own module for optical media (the one provide is only set for RW media), but none of the backups I use it for will fit on a DVD any more, so I've never quite got that far...
It also has good reporting facilities - it generates html reports and will report via email as well - see below for a sample of an email report:
| Code: | System: goldie
Method: tar
Option: gz
Type: local
Source: /etc/e-smith /etc/samba /etc/ssh /etc/group /etc/gshadow /etc/passwd /etc/shadow /etc/sudoers /home/e-smith /root /opt/egroupware/backup
Destination: /mnt/smb/files/backup-goldie-20110305-023014.tar.gz
Exclusion: /var/backup *.swp *.tmp .junkmail/* .Trash/* /home-esmith/files/ibays/yackup/*
Method cmd options:
Erase after: 7 backups
Synbak server: goldie
O.S. Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-194.32.1.el5
Synbak version: 1.3.2
Technical support: MCS
Backup begin: 2011-03-05 02:30:14 GMT
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Backing up: '/etc/e-smith /etc/samba /etc/ssh /etc/group /etc/gshadow /etc/passwd /etc/shadow /etc/sudoers /home/e-smith /root /opt/egroupware/backup' Size:[1.73 GB] Speed:[4.51 MB/Sec] Duration:[00:06:24] Status:[OK]
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Keeping backups: 'backup-goldie-20110228-023016.tar.gz backup-goldie-20110301-023016.tar.gz backup-goldie-20110301-072702.tar.gz backup-goldie-20110302-023015.tar.gz backup-goldie-20110303-023014.tar.gz backup-goldie-20110304-023015.tar.gz backup-goldie-20110305-023014.tar.gz'
Erasing backups: 'backup-goldie-20110227-023016.tar.gz' Duration:[00:00:01] Status:[OK]
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Backup informations:
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Directory list of '/mnt/smb/files':
-rwxrwSrwx 1 root root 916063484 Feb 28 02:28 backup-goldie-20110228-023016.tar.gz
-rwxrwSrwx 1 root root 917712982 Mar 1 02:28 backup-goldie-20110301-023016.tar.gz
-rwxrwSrwx 1 root root 919422906 Mar 1 07:25 backup-goldie-20110301-072702.tar.gz
-rwxrwSrwx 1 root root 919492950 Mar 2 02:28 backup-goldie-20110302-023015.tar.gz
-rwxrwSrwx 1 root root 921227033 Mar 3 02:28 backup-goldie-20110303-023014.tar.gz
-rwxrwSrwx 1 root root 921660101 Mar 4 02:25 backup-goldie-20110304-023015.tar.gz
-rwxrwSrwx 1 root root 923069302 Mar 5 02:25 backup-goldie-20110305-023014.tar.gz
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Active mount points:
Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda2 ext3 72G 3.5G 65G 6% /
/dev/hda1 ext3 99M 17M 78M 18% /boot
//10.1.0.10/backup
cifs 228G 20G 208G 9% /mnt/smb
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Backup end: 2011-03-05 02:36:41 GMT
Backup size: 1.73 GB
Backup speed: 4.48 MB/Sec
Destination size: 901.43 MB
Backup duration: 00:06:27
Backup result: OK
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I do both daily and monthly backups with it, just set a different number of geneations for different purposes.
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LeeNukes
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| Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:29 am Post subject: |
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Sounds good, I'll have to check it out. I'm always after an easier way to do backups. I run CentOS at home which is what I used to generate that package.
I'm pretty sure I left it installed too as I tested it before uploading it.
Thanks
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