Rsync / Samba Backup

[gaspower]

Hello,
I am new to Linux and hopefully this is the right place to ask this question. I have off site Linux servers hosted at a company. I would like to backup data from these servers nightly and backup data to be sent to my local Windows computer. Is this possible with Rsync? If so, is there a place someone can guide me to learn of this installation. Or other suggestion would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks JR

[Ziplock]

Hi there,

There are 2 options with rsync:

1) Use rsync from the windows box to copy files from file server. You will need to install cygwin which will allow rsync to work from windows.

2) Share a folder on your PC so that the server can see it, then mount the shared folder on the server, and rsync from the server to the PC, unmount the PC share.

I don't know your setup, so one or the other may suit your purposes better.

[measekite]

Hello,
I am new to Linux and hopefully this is the right place to ask this question. I have off site Linux servers hosted at a company. I would like to backup data from these servers nightly and backup data to be sent to my local Windows computer. Is this possible with Rsync? If so, is there a place someone can guide me to learn of this installation. Or other suggestion would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks JR

This may or may not apply.

I have a local NTFS Win Server. This should be the same as for a remote one as long as you can access files from there.

GRsync is a GUI front end for Rsync and works fine making things easier. Cron allows me to schedule the backups on a basis that fits my time frame. Using these tools I am able to backup (copy) folders and drives from my server to my local USB backup drive or any place I choose. I have been using it for 2 years and have not problems.