Remote

This option enables the possibility of configuring scheduled backups to a NAS^3.7 device or to a rsync server. Rsync is a powerful backup tool included in IPBrick, that does incremental copies of files/directories to another rsync server.

To add a backup task you must click Insert (Figure 3.63). You will have the following fields:

Backup definitions:

• Backup Name: It's the backup's name.
• Notification E-mail: Recipient that will receive all the backup notifications;
• Job to do: There are two options:
  • Copy: It will copy all work areas to the backup device(/home1, /home2, /home3...);
  • Restore: It will restore all work areas from the backup device;
• Periodicity: The backup is always made daily;
• Time to start: Time when the 'Copy' will start;

Figure 3.63: Backup - Task insertion

Destination Data Definitions:

• Data Location: The only option is remote. It will always be to a remote machine.
• Backup Device
  • NAS (SMB): The backup device is a NAS^3.8 with a SMB share created. The backup method is done using the archiving utility tar. Options available:
    • IP address: Backup device's IP address;
    • Login: Username that has access to the share;
    • Password: Share password;
    • Share Name: Name of the share created in the NAS.
  • NAS (NFS): The backup device is a NAS^3.9 with a NFS share created. The backup method is done using the incremental backup utility rsync. Options available:
    • IP address: Backup device's IP address:
    • Share Name: Name of the share created in the NAS.
  • Rsync Server: The backup device is a machine running a rsync server. You can see an example of a rsync server configuration in the next section;
    • IP address: The rsync server's IP address.

When a backup task is inserted, we have a Backups List with the following options (Figure 3.64):

• Name: Clicking on the Backup Name you will have access to these options:
  • Back: Go to backups list;
  • Modify: Modify the current backup task definitions;
  • Delete: Delete the current backup task;
• Start copy: Starts the backup immediately;
• Statistics: Backup statistics;
• LOG: Backup log messages.

Note: If using the NAS(SMB) backup, the restore option will restore all the files included, but from the beggining. Note: If using NAS(NFS) or rsync server, the remote filesystem should be the same that IPBrick is using (Ex: ext3);

Figure 3.64: Backup - Task list

Footnotes

... NAS^3.7

Network Attached Storage

... NAS^3.8

Network-attached Storage

... NAS^3.9

Network-attached Storage