[Full backup] to a Synology NAS ? (solved)

loopx · Last edited by loopx on Tue May 29, 2012 7:01 pm; edited 1 time in total

Hello,

I'm planning to make new backup for my server (OS, data, ...). And since I've got now a NAS, it should be very interesting to use it as backup storage.

So, how can I do it ... any idea ... ? What about a rsync of the whole "/" tree ??? I also thought to create TAR file ... and use netcat (nc) to avoid disk usage for creation on the local server ... but with Synology, no netcat at all by default and so, not a good idea ...

Seriously, does rsync could do the trick ? What will happen ???

Thanks
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Veldrin · Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:06 pm Post subject:

a NAS implies some kind of network share protocol (usually smb/cifs, maybe also nfs). And as you usually (at least in my experience) do not have proper access to the underlying FS, I would use tar for storing that backup data.

assuming you want to keep it simple, have only /boot, / and /home as separate partitions, and want to use one single tarball for backup. you backup share is mounted in /mnt/backup

loopx · Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 7:00 pm Post subject:

Hi (sorry for the delay),

Thanks for your reply. I've made some search and learned how VMware Converter tool is working and now, I got a good way to do backup.

First, you should add "--sparse" as argument for "tar" command, this is to avoid to backup a whole empty file.

Second, use SSH and STDOUT to transmit the archive.

So, here is my command to run on the host to backup (only for "/") (to adapt to your use) :