Backing up Ubuntu

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On 7/7/19 1:28 AM, Jared Norris wrote:

> Timeshift (https://teejeetech.in/timeshift/) - this actually looks 
> pretty neat and close to what I was looking for. It uses either RSYNC 
> or BTRFS (user choice) as the underlying tool but only appears to 
> support system files so you'll need to use BackInTime or something 
> else for files

Timeshift is not just for system files, it backs up all user files too 
unless you add a filter. Also, I said before that it does full backups 
each time, but that's not true. There are full and incremental backups, 
but no options to choose.

> Veeam (https://www.veeam.com/) - appears to be more geared towards 
> online servers rather than home file systems
> Bacula (https://www.bacula.org/) - looks similar to Amanda

I've just begun using Veeam. Its very nice, but a little clunky to 
setup. Its has clients for linux and windows and others, but I believe 
it requires Windows to install the service on. It uses MS SQL Server to 
store its data.

I used Bacula a long time and its very stable, but its basically a 
programming language for backups that you have to learn and write the 
actions for yourself. My biggest problem was that the actions to 
truncate and reuse old backup files never worked for me, and it always 
filled up my storage until I intervened and deleted files by hand. If 
you have several computers, you'd be better off hiring staff to maintain 
bacula and keep it working. They have paid support, but want $8000 a 
year subscriptions.