[rdiff-backup-users] Safe to mirror backup dir with rsync?

[Engel Sanchez]

Hello. I tried searching for this in the mailing list, but could not find a 
definitive answer to my question, so...  I am using rdiff-backup to backup to a 
local directory.  I would like to have this backup mirrored to another server 
(and potentially mirrored a third time to another server with a portable hard 
drive attached). Is it safe (and recommended) to just use rsync for the mirror 
of the backup directory? What if rsync fails to finish a session? Will the 
mirror of the backup directory end up in a consistent state such that I can 
restore from it if necessary?  If this is not feasible, then I might try to 
simply run rdiff-backup from the remote server from the original files and not 
the local backup. But I would prefer to mirror the first backup if possible. 
Thanks in advance for any help/advice.

 Engel A. Sanchez


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