shorvath <backuppc-forum AT backupcentral DOT com> wrote:

>Hi Timothy,
>
>Thanks for your comments, unfortunately however I think you're missing
>my point.
>I very much like the way Backuppc handles backup, dedupe etc. and to
>use this on the local site to handle the backups of each individual
>client would be preferred,  plus it gives the client an interface to
>browse backups and do restores. (One of the main reasons I want to use
>it)
>However for remote backups (eg offsite) I want to be able to have and
>rsync style "snapshot" of the most recent backup.
>I do not want to have to pull backups from my remote site to each
>individual server for this purpose because 
>A) I'm already backing them up from the local site backup server and I
>don't want to back them up twice (more io/cpu and it'll take longer)
>These servers are production and heavily used with a lot of daily
>changes. 
>Keep in mind that the backup server is used just for backups so it can
>spend the whole day getting thrashed for all I care.
>and to be honest that just seems silly and more  than a solution.
>B) I don't like having multiple entry points .....  actually no other
>points are needed. Point A is enough reason not to do it.
>I already achieve my needs currently by simply using rsync for both
>local and remote but as mentioned earlier I want a more elegant
>solution and I like backuppc and how it handles the local backups.
>If there is no way of exposing the latest  backup of each host from the
>backuppc server either via a fuse module (that works) or other means
>then my solution to either stick to my current solution. eg rsync but
>spend some time refining it.
>or
>use something like rdiff-backup or rsnapshot.
>rdiff-backup will allow me to see the most recent "snapshot" but has
>it's caveats/pitfalls/complexities.
>Rsnapshot will do everything I need but maybe not the most efficient on
>space.
>Of course there are other...
>Bandwidth, not a problem, I can limit/shape that several ways.
>

I think the best solution that fits your currently stated requirements has 
already been given to you ... (for free).

Simply setup a new "host" (this is the remote host where the offsite backup 
will live), configure it as rsync or rsyncd etc, and then use a cron job to 
trigger a restore of the most recent backup to this virtual host, in the path 
/some/path/hostname

If you absolutely must pull this archive rather than pushing it, then setup 
this host as a virtual local host, it just means you end up with one additional 
copy of the locally backed up machines.

Regards,
Adam



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