Remote

This option enables the possibility of configuring scheduled backups to a NAS^3.6 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. You will have the following fields:

Backup definitions:

• Backup Name: It's the backup 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;

Figure 3.50: Backup task insertion

Destination Data Definitions:

• Data Location: The only option is remote. It will always be a remote machine.
• Backup Device: NAS:
  • IP address: Backup device's IP address
  • Login: Username that has access to the share
  • Password
  • Share Name: Name of the share created in the NAS
• Backup Device: Rsync Server:
  • IP address: The rsync server's IP address

When a backup task is inserted, clicking in the Backup Name you will have access to these options:

• Back: Go to backups list;
• Modify: Modify the current backup task;
• Delete: Delete the current backup task;
• Schedule: Can define the backup task to be scheduled. These are the options when you click Insert (Figure 3.53)
  • Periodicity: Daily, weekly or monthly;
  • Description: Schedule description;
  • Day of Month/Day of Week or Hour. It depends on the choosen periodicity.

Figure 3.51: Backup task options

Figure 3.52: Backup tasks list

Figure 3.53: Scheduling a task

Footnotes

... NAS^3.6

Network Attached Storage