backup methods

Backup methods

1. tar

• Faster than cp or rsync for large number of small files.

	tar cf - . | (cd /some/destdir ; tar xf -)

• With progress information. Install pv from sbopkg

	tar cf - . | pv | (cd /some/destdir ; tar xf -)

• To a remote host.

	tar cf - . | ssh host "(cd /some/destdir ; tar xf -)"

• Disadvantage: It does not work if you use tcsh as a shell.

2. nc with tar copy. This requires netcat on both servers.

• Destination box:

nc -l -p 2342 | tar -C /target/dir -xzf -

• Source box:

tar -cz /source/dir | nc Target_Box 2342

3. gcp copy

• install gcp from sbopkg

gcp -rv srcdir dstdir

4. vcp copy

• install vcp from sbopkg. copy with verbose output.

vcp srcdir dstdir

5. luckybackup. Install from sbopkg

• GUI based.
• CLI based for running from terminal

sudo luckybackup -c /root/.luckyBackup/profiles/default.profile