backup tools

[Wojciech Puchar]

>
> My criteria for procedures are:
>
> 1. They should minimize the need for additional software beyond the base
> system as much as reasonably possible.  This means not only that I do not

good idea.

> 3. They should provide for incremental backups.

do backed up laptops use FreeBSD or have another filesystem.

>
> 4. They should provide for the ability to quickly and easily test backup
> integrity without restoring the backups anywhere, which most likely means
> some kind of checksum comparisons akin to what rsync provides.
>
> 5. They should allow for transferring data from the system to be backed
> up to the backup server via SSH.


there is precisely one tool you need.

/usr/ports/net/rsync

there is many "distros" of rsync for windoze if laptops run it. Not sure 
what actually works but i can check if you wish.


i use rsync for backup server, just config is different: my server is 
behind NAT, and it connects to backed up server with rsync


man rsync and read carefully, don't forget -b option it's very useful