On 11/03/14 09:43, Claude wrote:
> Hi,
>
> As I'm using BackupPC since many years for all my computers and laptop I'm
> wondering if it is possible to setup an automated backup system to catch my
> many usb dongle as I'm comming back to the office.
>
> I want to insert these in a usb bay until next morning so backuppc will
> detect them and make a backup
>
> How to proceed. Is it possible to format these usb dongle to give them a
> unique name so backuppc will recognise them as they are plugged into the bay
You didn't specify what OS this is on, but if it is on Linux, then you
can set a Label on the filesystem, and then it can be automounted on
/media/Label. If you set each stick with a unique label, then they will
be mounted in a unique location.
Then depending on your xfer type (rsync, tar, etc) then you may need to
ensure you do not use the options to only backup a single
filesystem/mountpoint.
Finally, the issue you have is that some backups will include a copy of
your USB (if it was connected at the time the backup was done) while
other backups will not. You don't have a good method of easily finding
the most recent backup which includes the USB backup, nor can you
prevent the last USB backup from being expired.
Another option (if you have a small number of such USB sticks) would be
to configure each USB as a "host", use the hostalias to redirect back to
your real host, ensure your real host does use the single filesystem
options so the USB doesn't get backed up there. Then each USB alias will
only backup it's own directory where the usb has been automounted.
Finally, set the option to fail the backup if no files are successfully
backed up, so that empty backups will not replace / expire good backups.
Finally, one last option is to use a prebackup script within the alias,
which will mount the USB or prepare things for you as needed.
Hope this provides some ideas which help.
Regards,
Adam
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