Posts by AndyHamp

AndyHamp · General matters

I've been investigating the extra features of Pro that I purchased a few weeks ago, over those of the free version that I've used for years and was wondering if there is a better option to my current setup.

My config is very simple: 1 ESX (free) server, that hosts 5 small VM's. Backup data is held on a Buffalo NAS.

My VM's all run on a pair of SSD drives. I perform backups to a local HDD and then use rsync to copy the files to the NAS,

ie,

./Rsync -av /vmfs/volumes/553ba167-f1387487-4010-6c0b8404f313/Backups rsync://192.168.1.222/array1_Backup/VMS

This works fine but is very slow.

Is there a better way to do this ? Could xsidiff help me ?

Thanks ... Andy

AndyHamp · Rsync

I'm trying to backup to a NAS (Buffalo Terastation).

I can use rsync from local linux machines via:

rsync -av /home/xxx rsync://192.168.1.222/array1_Backup/test

or by giving a user name

rsync -av /home/tibco rsync://admin@192.168.1.222/array1_Backup/test

but with the xsi-backup and using

./xsibackup --backup-prog=rsync --backup-point="192.168.1.222:22:/array1_Backup/test/" --backup-type=custom

How do i configure the backup-point to use a named user, rather than try and use root who i'm logged onto on the esx machine ?

Thanks ... Andy

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#1 General matters » Is there a better way with Pro ? » 2019-03-19 11:36:34

#2 Rsync » Setting the remote user on a rsync backup ? » 2017-08-19 13:53:08

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