Flexbackup

Jul 20, 2023

Perl-based flexible backup system that can use dump/afio/cpio/tar

A flexible backup tool

Features o Easy to configure o Uses dump, afio, GNU tar, cpio, pax, or zip archivers o Full and numbered levels of incremental backup acts like “dump” o Compression and buffering options for all backup types o Does remote filesystems over rsh/ssh; no special service o Can backup only files not owned by rpm, or changed from rpm version o Writes to tapes, on-disk archive files, or on-disk directory trees o Keeps a table of contents so you know archives are on each tape o Nice log files

You can get additional information about remote backup strategies using SSH at http//www.sysfault.org/flexbackup.html



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