Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Windows backup to Linux Server

[Dominic Ferard]

Remus,

I think there have been reports here of problems both with using 
rdiff-backup via samba (smb) and, independently, to a Windows 
destination. By contrast, backup from Windows to Linux via ssh is well 
tested and reliable - except perhaps (others may know better) when 
restoring Windows ACLs.

You might like to look at my TimeDicer project 
http://www.timedicer.co.uk, this uses rdiff-backup and is designed for 
local network data backup from Windows with an option for secondary 
offsite backup. It uses a special-purpose server based on Ubuntu and 
communication is by ssh. (For offsite backup of the server it uses rsync 
with ssh and --link-dest.) For file recovery it includes rdiffWeb.

An alternative is JBackpack http://www.nongnu.org/jbackpack/, this has 
options to use ssh or smb for communication.

Dominic

On 06/08/2014 06:01, Stephen Butler wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've just started experimenting with rdiff-backup and have it working 
> fine in the following way.
>
> local backup
> rdiff-backup c:\source c:\dest
>
> network backup using mapped network drive on windows 7 to our 
> networked backup server.
> rdiff-backup c:\source z:\dest
>
> The network computer is microcore linux, running samba shares for our 
> backups.
>
> I'm wondering if there is advantages in sending the rdiff backup from 
> windows to the linux server via ssh ?
>
> I had hopped that I would find information about this at this page.
> http://wiki.rdiff-backup.org/wiki/index.php/BackupFromWindowsToLinux
>
> But the page is deleted, Can anyone perhaps refer me to a page that 
> explains the advantages if any and how to set this up ?
>
> Thanks,
> Remus.