How do you guys backup your linux machines to a NAS?

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  • ZBackup

    ZBackup, a versatile deduplicating backup tool

  • I use zbackup which is quite similar in concept to Borg (doesn't offer mountable images tho) with cron jobs such as the bash script below which backs up all the root folders except for selected things like /dev

  • BorgBackup

    Deduplicating archiver with compression and authenticated encryption.

  • I would use Borg. The tool offers versioning, deduplication, encryption by default, uses ssh and so on.

  • InfluxDB

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  • Rsnapshot

    a tool for backing up your data using rsync (if you want to get help, use https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rsnapshot-discuss)

  • > smb://truenas.local/mnt/VaulThat wont work, you need to mount the share.I use rsync, well a script based on this: http://www.mikerubel.org/computers/rsync\_snapshots/To backup certain things to a NFS share I mount beforehand on the NAS.I actually use the script to backup to external HDD's, I then use scripts to backup those HDD's to the NAS seeing as a NAS by itself isnt a backup.I also burn the very latest snapshot of my home directory to a BD-RW to have a copy that is not only airgapped but essentially read only. Ok, being an RW disc its not read only but malware would have to do a lot of work to modify it!This process isn't perfect. I'd like my snapshots to be read only on the HDD and NAS but I haven't implemented it yet. It also is not automated. I change very little data so snaphots are made on an ad-hoc basis.https://github.com/rsnapshot/rsnapshotThat is also based on the same page I used and basically does the same thing. Bear in mind it has not been worked on for a bit and there are a couple of issues some people have in certain situations and configurations so YMMV.https://backintime.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.htmlMay be what you need. Remember, you have to mount the share. UNC paths wont work. Also as stated in the documentation you need to enable links in smb.comf as Samba has hard and symbolic links disabled by default.I'm not using this to backup the entire system and OS. Just my data. I will re-install if I need to.

  • Examples

    Public Example Scripts (by captainstormy)

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