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~~=== Maintainer ===~~

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~~Michael Weinberger~~

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~~Affa was contributed on [http://forums~~.~~contribs~~.~~org/index~~.~~php?topic=36499~~.~~0 Thu Apr 05, 2007]~~

{{Warning box| 1st Sept 2022 A recent fix to rsync rsync-3.1.2-11.el7_9.x86_64 causes Affa to silently fail. See below.}}

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~~=== Description ===~~

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The main purpose of this affa package is to make a SME 7 Server a dedicated backup box in a few minutes. Affa backups as many as you like SME servers or any other servers which have sshd running and rsync installed. Once it was configured, Affa runs reliable and unattended and send warning messages in case of any errors.

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All backup ~~archive~~ are full backups~~. As~~ Affa ~~make~~ use of the hardlink technique. Therefore a new full backup only needs disk space for the differences plus the filesystem overhead for the hardlinks and directories (which is typically 2-3%).

===Warning===

{{Warning box| rsync-3.1.2-11.el7_9.x86_64 causes Affa to silently fail.}}

You can see the failure in your logs but nothing beyond that. No files will be backed up after you have installed this update to rsync.

See the link to Bug 12165 below.

The only current fix is to downgrade rsync on the Affa server. It does not matter on the Target server.

We are working on a solution and have test code running and will push a fix as soon as we can.

Do please contact us on the bug if you want to help test. A fix will be available faster if you do.

===Maintainer===

Maintainers(s) Affa3: Arnaud, stephdl (and please see above note.)

===Version===

===Description===

The main purpose of this affa package is to make a SME Server a dedicated backup box in a few minutes. Affa backs up as many SME servers as you like or any other servers which have sshd running and rsync installed. Once it is configured, Affa runs reliably unattended and sends warning messages in case of any errors.

All backup archives are full backups, as Affa makes use of the hardlink technique. Therefore a new full backup only needs disk space for the differences plus the filesystem overhead for the hardlinks and directories (which is typically 2-3%).

Affa is based on the rsync program and supports the rsync --compress option. This allows you to run backups over the internet or VPN. A typical setup is one or more Affa backup servers placed in different locations, which backup the production server(s) over the VPN.

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A special feature is the rise option, which allows you to rise the backup server to your production server from a backup archive in case of a dead loss of your production server. The rise is executed within a ~~extremly~~ short time, even with huge amount of data. The rise feature uses hardlinks and therefore does not use up additional disk space.

A special feature is the rise option, which allows you to rise the backup server to your production server from a backup archive in case of a dead loss of your production server. The rise is executed within a extremely short time, even with huge amount of data. The rise feature uses hardlinks and therefore does not use up additional disk space.

The rise feature can also be used to upgrade from a lower version to a higher version of SME. This also work from SME 8.1 to 9. For this to work you need 2 separate installations of SME. One is the actual running server and the other is an affa backup server with a newer version of SME Server where you execute the rise command. See more here: [[Moving SME to new Hardware]]

A simple way to have a server running with maximum up time is to duplicate the hardware. E.g. to have 2 separate hardware boxes or virtual servers on separate hardware. One is the actual server and the other one is a backup system that in a very short time in case of problems can be upgraded to the actual server with the rise command. This also allow you to upgrade the SME Server software with minimum down time!

Affa is a command line tool for system administrators and is intentionally designed without a GUI. Therefore it can be efficiently managed on the console and over slow internet connections.

'''Note:''' This document also refers to the Affa Version 2 which is not maintained anymore. Information on Affa 3 will be gradually added here once it has been more tested.

====Affa features at a glance====

*Affa is secure: All transfers and connections are made by using the ssh protocol with public/private key authentication

*Periodically runs unattended full backups. Only differences to the previous full backup are transferred over the network

*Using rsync with optional bandwidth limit and compression allows backups over the internet

*Uses hardlink technique, i.e. physical disk space only needed for the differences between two full backups

*Keeps a configurable number of scheduled, daily, weekly, monthly and yearly full backup archives

*The archives are browseable. No need to unpack them first.

*Archives can be mapped to a Samba share.

*Backup jobs are started by the cron daemon

*Interrupted jobs continuing with already transfered data when restarted

*Backups the default e-smith directories and files, when property SMEServer is set to yes

*Additional directories and files can be included

*Directories and files can be excluded from the backup

*Non-SME server linux systems can be backed up by setting the SMEServer property to no and using an include list

*In ESXi mode, running virtual machines can be backed up. See [[Backup of ESXi Virtual Machines using Affa]]

*Configurable nice level for rsync processes on the backup and source server

*Optional run of custom programs before and after a job run (e.g. running tape backup)

*Checks the disk space left after a job run with warning levels strict, normal or risky

*Extensive checking of failure conditions

*Sends failure messages to a configurable list of email addresses

*Sends a warning message, if the backup server runs out of disk space

*Installs an optional watchdog on the source server in case the backupserver fails (SME Server only)

*Watchdog sends warning, if an expected backup did not run (SME Server only)

*Watchdog sends a daily reminder message, if the error continues unchecked (SME Server only)

*Option to display current status of all jobs showing times of last and next run, size and disk usage

*Status can be mailed on a daily, weekly or monthly schedule

*Option to display all existing archives of a job shown date, number of files, size and bytes tranferred from the source

*Option to send (and revoke) the public key to the source server (SME Server and ESXi only)

*Option to rise the backup server to a production server from a backup (SME Server only)

*The rise feature does not physically move data and therefore is extremly fast and needs (almost) no extra disk space

*Rise option can be run remotely as the NIC driver configuration of the backup server are preserved

*Compares installed RPMs on source with backup server. Sends warning message, if not in sync

*Undo rise option to restore the backup server

*Configurable via a e-smith style db, with one record for each job and a default record for all jobs

*Logs to /var/log/affa/JOB.log and /var/log/affa/affa.log with optional debug switch for higher verbosity

*Log files are rotated weekly, with 5 logs kept

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Affa ~~is a command line tool for system administrators and is intentionally designd without a GUI. Therefore it can be efficiently managed on the console and over slow internet connections~~.

<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align:left" data-expandtext="Obsolete Affa 2 instructions ↓" data-collapsetext="less ↑">{{Warning box|SME v7/8/9 are no longer supported.}}

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~~==== Affa features at a glance ====~~

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* Makes full backups on every scheduled run

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* Keeps a configurable number of scheduled, daily, weekly, monthly and yearly full backup archives

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* Using rsync with optional compression for low traffic allows backups over the internet/~~VPN~~

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* Uses hardlink technique, i.e. physical disk space only needed for the differences between two full backups

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* Backup jobs are started by the cron daemon

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* Backups the default e-smith directories/files, when property SMEServer is set to yes

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* Additional directories/files can be included

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* Directories/files can be excluded from the backup

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* Non-SME server linuxes can be backuped by setting the SMEServer property to no and using a include list

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* Configurable nice level for rsync processes on the backup and source server

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* Optional run of custom programs before and after a job run (e.g. running tape backup)

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* Checks the disk space left after a job run with warning levels strict, normal or risky

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* Extensive checking of failure conditions

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* Sends failure messages to a configurable list of email addresses

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* Sends a warning message, if the backup server runs out of disk space

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* Installs an optional watchdog on the source server in case the backupserver fails

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* Watchdog sends warning, if an expected backup did not run

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* Watchdog sends a daily reminder message, if the error continues unchecked

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* Option to display current status of all jobs showing times of last and next run, size and disk usage

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* Status can be mailed on a daily, weekly or monthly schedule

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* Option to display all existing archives of a job shown date, size, nbr of files and disk usage

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* Option to send the public key to the source server

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* Option to rise the backup server to a production server from a backup. For SME 7 only.

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* The rise feature does not physically move data and therefore is extremly fast and needs (almost) no disk space

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* Rise option can be run remotely as the ethernet drivers of the backup server are preserved

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* Compares installed RPMs on source with backup server. Sends warning message, if not in sync

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* Undo rise option to restore the backup server

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* Configurable via a e-smith style db, with one record for each job and a default record for all jobs

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* Logs in /var/log/affa with optional debug switch for more verbosity

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* Log files are rotated weekly, with 5 logs kept

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=== ~~Download and~~ Installation ===

===Installation of Affa 3===

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~~Download the~~ '~~''''smeserver-affa''''' package~~ from ~~[http://mirror~~.~~contribs.org/smeserver/contribs/michaelw/sme7/affa/ one of~~ the SME ~~Server contrib mirrors]~~.

The following instructions assume that a fresh Affa 3 installation is made on a fresh dedicated SME server which serves as a dedicated backup server ('affabox‘). No jobs are migrated from Affa 2. For using an existing SME server, just skip the instructions how to setup a fresh SME box.

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~~Configure the dag repositoy~~.~~{{Repository|dag}}~~

Setup a dedicated machine with SME 8.1 or SME 9.0 from CDROM. Use the following example settings:

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~~And install all neccesarry packages with~~ the following ~~command~~:

<ol><li>Domain name: athome.xx (use your existing domain name)</li>

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~~yum localinstall~~ /~~path~~/to/smeserver-affa*.~~rpm --enablerepo=dag~~

<li>Host name: affabox (must not match to existing host)</li>

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~~This will install SME~~ Server ~~Affa and a necesarry dependency~~ (~~perl-Filesys-DiskFree~~). ~~There is no need for~~ the ~~signal-event post-upgrade~~/~~reboot.~~

<li>IP address: 192.168.0.10 (must not match to existing IP address)</li>

<li>Subnet: 255.255.255.0</li>

<li>role: Server only</li>

<li>Gateway: 192.168.0.1 (use your existing gateway)</li>

<li>DHCP: DEactivate</li>

<li>DNS server: 192.168.0.1 (use your existing DNS server)</li>

<li>activate changes: yes</li>

<li>The fresh server will then restart with the above settings.</li>

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~~=== Quick start example ===~~

To update your server, login as user root on local console. Use 'top' command to display running jobs. Wait until 'yum' stopped running.

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~~You have a SME 7 production~~ server ~~with hostname~~ '~~prodbox‘ and IP 10~~.~~200~~.48.~~1. ~~

yum clean all

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~~Set up a second SME 7 box as your backupserver with hostname 'affabox‘ and IP 10.200.48~~.2.

yum update

The fresh server will be updated.

signal-event post-upgrade

signal-event reboot

The server will reboot. Afterwards it is ready for installation of Affa 3.

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~~<ol></li><li>log into the 'affabox' and install the packages~~ as ~~described above.~~

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~~</li><li>copy the config helper script sample~~

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~~cp /usr/lib/affa/jobconfig-sample.pl /root/prodbox-job.pl~~

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~~</li><li>edit /~~root~~/prodbox-job.pl and set~~

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~~my $jobname=~~'~~prodbox~~';

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~~and~~

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~~'remoteHostName‘=>~~'~~10.200.48.1~~',

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~~</li><li>write the configuration (this makes the database entries and sets up the cronjobs)~~

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~~/root/prodbox-job~~.pl

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~~</li><li>generate the DSA keys and send the public key to the 'prodbox'~~

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~~affa --send-key prodbox~~

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~~</li><li>run the job manually~~

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~~affa --run prodbox~~

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~~</li></ol>~~

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=== ~~Configuration =~~==

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The ~~configuration~~ is stored in an e-smith style database. ~~Use the db command to configure Affa~~.

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~~The~~ jobname ~~is the record key~~ with ~~the type 'job~~'. ~~To setup~~ a ~~new job~~ with the ~~name~~ '~~prodbox~~' ~~enter~~:

=For SME10=

There is a new version 3.3.1

However. Affa is a very complicated piece of work with a huge number of options and many have probably not been sufficiently tested depite requests for testing and feedback. Most of the major components should work but there may well be a plethora of edge cases that fail.

{{Warning box|Do not rely on this as your sole backup. Make sure you have another type of backup as well}}

{{Warning box|Do not use ANY Koozali SME v9 affa versions with v10. It will probably break both your backups and your new server}}

We have done very minimal testing on migration from v9 to v10.

See https://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11024

Under normal circumstances you would execute this to install :

yum install smeserver-extrarepositories-epel smeserver-extrarepositories-openfusion

signal-event yum-modify

config set UnsavedChanges no

yum install --enablerepo=smecontribs,epel,openfusion smeserver-affa

During development install can be executed with:

yum install --enablerepo=smedev,epel,openfusion smeserver-affa

Please post bug reports in the [http://bugs.contribs.org bug tracker]

The server again needs to be updated.

signal-event post-upgrade

signal-event reboot

The server will reboot. Afterwards Affa 3 is ready for use.

{{Warning box| Note that on SME10, a SSH [https://wiki.contribs.org/AutoBlock AutoBlock] feature interferes with the Affa requirement for regular SSH logins! You might have to disable this feature, aor increase the MaxAuthtries to allow Affa to operate correctly.}}

===Creation of backup jobs===

Job configurations of Affa 3 are no longer stored in an e-smith style database. They are stored in configuration files located in ''/etc/affa'' . Create your configuration files in this directory, e.g.

touch /etc/affa/backup-smeserver.conf

where ''backup-smeserver'' is your jobname, and add content as described below.

====Quick start example====

You have a SME production server with hostname 'smeserver‘ and IP 192.168.0.2.

You have a second SME box as your backup server with hostname 'affabox‘ and IP 192.168.0.10.

Login to your 'affabox' as root and edit ''/etc/affa/backup-smeserver.conf'' . Using e.g. editor ''nano'', create the following example job configuration file for jobname ''backup-smeserver'' :

[backup-smeserver]

remoteHostName=192.168.0.2

SMEServer=yes

Watchdog=yes

RPMCheck=yes

ConnectionCheckTimeout=120

Debug=no

Description=Backup of 192.168.0.2 smeserver.athome.xx

DiskSpaceWarn=strict

RootDir=/var/affa

TimeSchedule=0630

localNice=15

remoteNice=15

rsync--inplace=yes

rsyncCompress=no

rsyncTimeout=900

scheduledKeep=1

dailyKeep=7

weeklyKeep=4

monthlyKeep=12

yearlyKeep=1

status=enabled

If you have a Letsencrypt certificate on the production server, then you should also include

Include=/etc/dehydrated

Then save your job configuration file.

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db affa ~~set prodbox~~ job

Now check that your configuration is OK:

affa --configcheck

This should throw out no errors. Now create / send key files to your productive smeserver:

affa --send-key backup-smeserver

The following output should appear on the console:

Job sme-backup: Generating RSA keys...

Successfully created RSA key pair.

root@192.168.0.2's password: <Enter password of 192.168.0.2/smeserver and hit ENTER>

Public key sent to 192.168.0.2

Now run your job manually, both for test purposes, as well as to create RSA keys:

affa --run backup-smeserver

The following output should appear on the console:

The authenticity of host 'backup-smeserver (192.168.0.2)' can't be established.

RSA key fingerprint is 3b..........65.

Are you sure you want ton continue connecting (yes/no)? <yes>

Now your backup job should run for the first time. Depending on the volume of the files, this takes quite a while.

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~~then set~~ the ~~properties~~

Once the job is done, check that the archive is available:

affa –-list-archives

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db affa ~~setprop prodbox remoteHostName 192.168.1.1~~

or run the job a second time:

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~~db affa setprop prodbox TimeSchedule~~ '~~0030~~,~~0730,1130,1330,1730,2030~~'

affa --run backup-smeserver

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~~db affa setprop prodbox Description~~ '~~My Production Server~~'

Note that you won't be asked for the password again. Note as well, that this second run of the job ''backup-smeserver'' should run considerably faster, because not all files are copied again: just the difference to the previous run is backed up, the rest is stored as hard links to the existing file copies.

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~~db affa setprop prodbox status enable~~

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~~and so on..~~.

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~~Alternatively you can you use a script as described above in~~ the ~~'Quick start' chapter.~~

Check that the second archive is available too:

affa --list-archives

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~~To verify~~ your ~~work~~, ~~type:~~

From here you are able to work as with Affa 2. Modify your config file as required and described below. Automate the backup using the command ''affa --make-cronjobs'', see below.

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~~db affa show prodbox~~

====Job configuration properties====

'''Note 1:''' The default values shown in this table are the Affa program defaults and not to be confused with the preset values in the job configuration files, e.g. backup-smeserver.conf.

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~~Finally set up~~ the ~~cronjobs~~:

'''Note 2:''' The complete documentation of the settings of Affa3 is available in [http://affa.sourceforge.net/AffaPdfMan.pdf] . It should be taken in consideration!

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affa ~~--make-cronjobs~~

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~~==== Job~~ configuration properties ~~====~~

'''Note 3:''' Affa 3 for SME is a fork of [http://affa.sourceforge.net/ Affa 3 for CentOS]. It adds a few options back again which have been removed. Generally the configuration properties as described [http://wiki.nikoforge.org/Affa_Configuration/ here] do apply. Arnaud added the following functions for SME:

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{| border="1" cellpadding="3" ~~cellspacing=0~~

<ul>

<li>The parameter “SMEServer”</li>

<li>The parameter and function “Watchdog”</li>

<li>The parameter and function “RPMCheck”</li>

<li>The functions “--rise” and “--undo-rise”</li>

</ul>

Consequently the list below should reproduce the list for the unforked Affa 3 version, plus adding the properties above. For details refer to [https://www.guedel.eu/index.php/informatique/sme-server-8/affa-v3 Arnaud's website].

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"

|'''Property'''||'''Value'''||'''Multivalue'''||'''Default'''||'''Description'''

|remoteHostName

|FQHN or IP

|no

|<none>

|FQHN or IP of the source host (mandatory)

|remoteUser

|account

|no

|root

|The user account to be used with all ssh logins. May be case sensitive, e.g. Administrator account on Windows

|Description

|text string

|no

|<none>

|Any text that describes the job

|TimeSchedule

|HHMM

|yes

|2230

|The time the job will run. Use exactly 4 digits, no colon, no point. '''Important:''' Using the proper format HHMM is essential. Badly formatted TimeSchedule will cause strange Perl errors. Multiple times can be achieved by repeating the line, each line with a different time.

|status

|enabled ''or'' disabled

|no

|enabled

|When set to disabled, no cron entries will made. You can still run a job manually.

|Include

|full path

|yes

|<none>

|File(s) or directory(s) to be included in the backup.

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| ~~'''Property'''~~ || ~~'''Value'''~~ || ~~'''Description'''~~

|Exclude

|full path

|yes

|<none>

|File(s) or directory(s) to be excluded from the backup.

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| ~~remoteHostName~~

|RootDir

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| ~~FQHN or IP~~ || of the ~~source host~~

|full path

|no

|/var/affa

|where to store the backup archives. Do not use /home/e-smith or /root as these are included in the backup and therefore the rise option will not work! Recommended: /var/affa

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| ~~TimeSchedule~~

|scheduledKeep

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| ~~HHMM,HHMM,...~~ || ~~doesn't need~~ to be ~~ordered. At least one time is mandatory~~

|integer >= 1

|no

|how many of the scheduled backups to be kept

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| ~~Description~~

|dailyKeep

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| ~~text string~~ ||

|integer >= 0

|no

|how many of the daily backups to be kept

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| ~~scheduledKeep dailyKeep ~~weeklyKeep~~ monthlyKeep yearlyKeep~~

|weeklyKeep

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| integer >= 1 || how many of the ~~scheduled, daily,~~ weekly~~, monthly or yearly~~ backups ~~should~~ be kept

|integer >= 0

|no

|how many of the weekly backups to be kept

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| ~~SMEServer~~

|monthlyKeep

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| yes ''or'' no || when set to ~~yes~~ the ~~default e~~-~~smith directories are automatically included~~ and the ~~property RPMCheck=yes can be used~~

|integer >= 0

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|no

|12

|how many of the monthly backups to be kept

|yearlyKeep

|integer >= 0

|no

|how many of the yearly backups to be kept

|EmailAddress

|name@domain.com

|yes

|root

|comma separated list of mail addresses, where the messages should be sent to '''Note:''' By default Affa only sends messages on errors, never on success (see property chattyOnSuccess).

|RetryAttempts

|integer >= 0

|no

|When set to a value>0, Affa re-run a failed job RetryAttempts times with a delay of RetryAfter seconds.

|RetryAfter

|seconds >= 0

|no

|900

|when set to a value>0, wait RetryAfter seconds before re-running the job after an error. Only applicable with RetryAttempts>0

|RetryNotification

|yes ''or'' no

|no

|when set to no, Affa does not send an error message when a job has failed and RetryAttempts is configured. An error message is only sent when the last attempt has failed.

|NRPEtrigger

|hours

|no

|24

|NRPE reports a job as critical when the last successful run is older then NRPEtrigger hours. To exclude the job from monitoring set to a value < 0.

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| ~~Include[0] Include[1] ...~~

|SambaShare

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| ~~full path~~ || ~~additional files or directories~~ to ~~include~~

|yes ''or'' no

|no

|Access to the job archives via CIFS protocol.

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| ~~Exclude[0] Exclude[1] ...~~

|SambaValidUser

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| ~~full path~~ || ~~additional files or directories exclude from backup~~

|local account

|yes

|affa

|User who has permission to access the job archives via the CIFS protocol.

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| ~~RPMCheck~~

|preJobCommand preJobCommandRemote

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| yes ~~''or'' no~~ || ~~Only applicable~~ to ~~jobs that backups~~ a ~~SME 7 server~~.~~ Compares~~ the ~~packages installation of~~ the ~~source host with this affa backup host~~. ~~Sends~~ a ~~message with diff list~~ if ~~not in sync~~. ~~This check is usefull~~, if you ~~want have~~ the ~~option~~ to ~~rise~~ the ~~backup server to a production server from a backup~~.

|path relative to /etc/affa/scripts/

|yes

|<none>

|Scripts to be executed before a job run. The job name and type (scheduled, daily etc.) are passed as arguments to the program. The preJobCommandRemote scripts are copied to the remote server and then executed there. The scripts are executed in alphabetical order. Use a numerical prefix if you need a specific order e.g. 01scriptB, 02remotescriptA, 03scriptA. Use the included prescript-sample.pl and prescriptRemote-sample.pl as a starting point for own scripts. '''Note:''' If you use the parameter “SMEServer=yes”, you may delete the “Included” relative to SME default directories in the jobconfig.ini: they will be backuped automatically.

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| ~~DiskSpaceWarn~~

|postJobCommand postJobCommandRemote

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| ~~strict ''or'' normal ''or'' risky ''or''~~ none |~~| run a disk space check~~ after a job ~~has been completed~~. ~~With level 'strict' a warning message will be sent~~, if the ~~available space is less then~~ the ~~size~~ of the ~~just completed backup~~. ~~With level~~ '~~normal~~'/'~~risky~~' the ~~message is sent~~, ~~if less than 50%/10% of~~ the ~~backup size is still available~~.

|path relative to /etc/affa/scripts/

|yes

|<none>

|Scripts to be executed after a job run. The job name, the type (scheduled, daily etc.) and the exit code of the job run are passed as arguments to the program. The postJobCommandRemote scripts are copied to the remote server and then executed there. The scripts are executed in alphabetical order. Use a numerical prefix if you need a specific order e.g. 01scriptB, 02remotescriptA, 03scriptA. Use the included postscript-sample.pl and postscriptRemote-sample.pl as a starting point for own scripts. '''Note:''' If you use the parameter “SMEServer=yes”, you may delete the “Included” relative to SME default directories in the jobconfig.ini: they will be backuped automatically.

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| ~~localNice~~

|dedup

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| ~~-19~~...~~+19 || run rsync local process niced~~.

|yes ''or'' no

|no

|The purpose of the deduplication is to remove duplicate files to save backup space. When set to 'yes' file deduplication is run after the synchronization has been completed. It looks for files that have identical content, user, group and permissions and replace duplicates by hardlinks. Deduplication scans the just completed archive and the previous one, that usually is

scheduled.0 and daily.0 or scheduled.0 and scheduled.1. Consider this scenario: A user has renamed directories or files. Rsync sees those as new ones and copies them. Deduplication finds the identical copies in the previous archive and replace them by hardlinks. To use deduplication the Freedup program needs to be installed. Affa actually runs freedup -upg scheduled.0 <previous_archive>.

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| ~~remoteNice~~

|dedupKill

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| -~~19..~~.~~+19 || run rsync process on source niced~~.

|yes ''or'' no

|no

|When set to 'no' the job ignores affa --kill or affa --killall when deduplication is running. This is useful in the context of killAt which is typically used to stop bandwith utilisation.

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| ~~Watchdog~~

|DiskSpaceWarn

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| ~~yes~~ ''or'' no || ~~Only applicable to jobs that backups a SME 7 server. When a job is started, affa installs a watchdog script~~ on the ~~source in /etc/cron.d/, which sends~~ a warning message, if the next scheduled job (taken from the TimeSchedule property + 10 minutes) did not run. This guarantees, that you will be notfied even in case of a affa server outage. The watchdog script send a daily reminder message, if the error continues. The next run job replaces the watchdog script with a new trigger time.

|strict ''or'' normal ''or'' risky ''or'' none

|no

|strict

|Checks disk space remainin on the backup device and issue a warning via email.

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| sshPort

|sshPort

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| service port || ~~Default is~~ 22. When sshd on the ~~source~~ host ~~or your firewall listen~~ on a non-standard port set the port here.

|service port

|no

|22

|When sshd on the remote host listens on a non-standard port, set the port here.

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| ConnectionCheckTimeout

|ConnectionCheckTimeout

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| seconds || before the rsync process is started ~~on the remote source host, affa checks the ssh connection~~ and exits with an error after the configured time, if the host ~~does~~ not respond.

|seconds

|no

|120

|Affa checks the ssh connection before the rsync process is started and exits with an error after the configured time if the host did not respond.

|BandwidthLimit

|integer>=0 kilobytes per second

|no

|Limits the data transfer rate. A value of zero specifies no limit.

−

| rsyncTimeout

|rsyncTimeout

−

| seconds || Rsync exits, if no data is transferred ~~for the configured time~~. This avoids infinitely hanging in case of a network error.

|seconds

|no

|900

|Rsync exits after the configured time if no data was transferred. This avoids infinitely hanging in case of a network error.

−

| rsyncCompress

|rsyncCompress

−

| yes ''or'' no || ~~compress~~ the transferred data. May be useful with slow internet connections. Increases CPU load on ~~source~~ and backup host.

|yes ''or'' no

|no

|yes

|Compress the transferred data. May be useful with slow internet connections. Increases CPU load on remote and backup host.

|rsync--inplace

|yes ''or'' no

|no

|yes

|Set to no if the rsync version on the remote hist does not support this option.

|rsync--modify-window

|integer >= 0

|no

|When comparing two timestamps, rsync treats the timestamps as being equal if they differ by no more than the modify-window value. This is normally 0 for an exact match. A value >= 0 is useful if you can't get the clocks of the remote host and the Affa server in sync.

|rsyncOptions

|string

|no

|<none>

|Additional option string to be passed to rsync

−

| ~~EmailAddresses~~

|localNice

−

| ~~name@domain.com,name@domain.com,~~... || ~~comma separated list of mail addresses, where the messages should be sent to '''Note:''' By default Affa only sends messages on errors, never on success (see property chattyOnSuccess)~~.

| -19...+19

|no

|run rsync local process niced.

−

| ~~chattyOnSuccess~~

|remoteNice

−

| ~~integer >= 0~~ || ~~when set to a value>~~0~~, Affa sends a message on a successfully completed job~~ run ~~and decrements the chattyOnSuccess value. When the value has reached zero, Affa falls back to the default and only sends messages~~ on ~~errors~~.

| -19...+19

|no

|run rsync process on source niced.

−

| ~~AutomountDevice~~ ~~AutomountPoint~~

|killAt

−

| ~~full path || Device and mountpoint of backup device (e.g. USB disk). Device is automounted before~~ a job ~~starts and unmounted after job completion~~. ~~With both properties empty no automount is done~~.

|HHMM

|no

|<none>

|The time at which a job will be killed if it was still running. You can use it for example to kill jobs that are running over the internet early in the morning so that your users have the full bandwidth available during office hours.

−

| ~~AutomountOptions~~

|resumeKilledAt

−

| ~~string~~ || ~~An option string passed~~ to the ~~mount command~~

|HHMM

|no

|<none>

|The time at which a killed job will be resumed. This allows you to start earlier in the evening than the scheduled time.

−

| ~~preJobCommand<br~~>~~postJobCommand~~

|chattyOnSuccess

−

| ~~full path~~ || ~~programs (local~~ on ~~the affa server) to be executed before/after~~ a job run~~. The job name~~ and ~~type (scheduled, daily etc~~.~~) are passed as arguments to~~ the ~~program. The exit code is additionally passed~~ to the ~~post job command program. See /usr/lib/affa/ for sample perl scripts~~.

|integer >= 0

|no

|When set to a value>0, Affa sends a message on a successfully completed job run and decrements the chattyOnSuccess value. When the value has reached zero, Affa falls back to the default and only sends messages on errors.

−

| ~~RootDir~~

|AutomountDevice AutomountPoint

−

| full path || ~~where to store the~~ backup ~~archives, Do not use /home/~~e~~-smith or /root as these are included in the backup~~ and ~~therefore the rise option will not work! Recommended: /var/affa~~

|full path

|no

|<none>

|Device and mountpoint of backup device (e.g. USB disk). Device is automounted before a job starts and unmounted after job completion. With both properties empty no automount is done.

−

| ~~Debug~~

|AutomountOptions

−

| ~~yes ''or''~~ no || ~~set to yes~~ to ~~increase log verbosity~~

|string

|no

|<none>

|An option string passed to the mount command.

−

| ~~status~~

|AutoUnmount

−

| ~~enabled~~ ''or'' ~~disabled~~ || ~~with~~ set to ~~disabled,~~ no ~~cron entries will made. You can still~~ run ~~a job manually~~.

|yes ''or'' no

|no

|yes

|When set to 'no' the automounted device stay mounted after the Affa run.

−

| ~~rsync--inplace~~

|Debug

−

| yes ''or'' no || ~~set~~ to ~~no, if the rsync version on the source does not support this option (like rsync on SME6)~~

|yes ''or'' no

|no

|Set to yes to increase log verbosity.

−

| ~~rsync--modify-window~~

|remoteRsyncBinary

−

| ~~integer >= 0~~ || ~~When comparing two timestamps,~~ rsync ~~treats~~ the ~~timestamps as being equal if they differ by no more than~~ the ~~modify-window value. This~~ is ~~normally 0 for an exact match. A value >= 0 is useful if you can't get the clocks of the source and the Affa server~~ in ~~sync.~~

|full path

|no

|/usr/bin/rsync

|If the rsync program on the remote server is located in non-standard location, set it here

−

| ~~StrictHostKeyChecking~~

|remoteNiceBinary

−

| yes ''or'' no || set to no to ~~disable ssh~~ host ~~key~~ check. ~~Useful~~, ~~when several servers behind~~ a ~~firewall should be reached over different forwarded ssh ports~~. ~~Avoids~~ the ~~'Offending key~~ in...' ~~prompt. Default setting is~~ '~~yes~~'.

|full path

|no

|/bin/nice

|If the nice program on the remote server is located in non-standard location, set it here.

|localRsyncBinary

|full path

|no

|/usr/bin/rsync

|If the local rsync program is located in non-standard location, set it here

|localNiceBinary

|full path

|no

|/bin/nice

|If the nice local program is located in non-standard location, set it here.

|RemoteAuthorizedKeysFile

|path relative to remote user's home or full path

|no

|.ssh/authorized_keys2

|If the remote host stores the authorized keys file in a non-standard location, set it here.

|rsyncdMode

|yes ''or'' no

|no

|Set to yes to connect to the rsync daemon on the remote host (instead of running rsync over ssh).

|rsyncdModule

|string

|no

|AFFA

|The rsyncd module name (only applicable with rsyncdMode=yes).

|rsyncdUser

|string

|no

|affa

|The username for authentication to the rsync daemon (only applicable with rsyncdMode=yes).

|rsyncdPassword

|string

|no

|<none>

|The password for authentication to the rsync daemon (only applicable with rsyncdMode=yes).

|globalStatus

|enabled ''or'' disabled ''or'' jobs

|no

|jobs

|Set to enabled or disabled to overide the status settings in all job sections. When set to value jobs, the status settings in the job sections are effictive. '''Note:''' This property is allowed only in the [GlobalAffaConfig] section.

|sendStatus

|daily ''or'' weekly ''or'' monthly ''or'' never

|no

|weekly

|Defines how frequently the status will be sent. '''Note:''' This property is allowed only in the [GlobalAffaConfig] section.

|SMEServer

|yes ''or'' no

|no

|When set to yes, the default e-smith directories are automatically included and the property RPMCheck=yes can be used. '''Note:''' this property is not implemented in Affa 3 for CentOS. It has been specifically added to the fork for SME.

|RPMCheck

|yes ''or'' no

|no

|Only applicable to jobs that backup a SME server. Compares the packages installation of the source host with this affa backup host. Sends a message with diff list if not in sync. This check is useful, if you want have the option to rise the backup server to a production server from a backup. '''Note:''' this property is not implemented in Affa 3 for CentOS. It has been specifically added to the fork for SME.

|Watchdog

|yes ''or'' no

|no

|yes

|Only applicable to jobs that backups a SME server. When a job is started, affa installs a watchdog script on the source in /etc/cron.d/, which sends a warning message, if the next scheduled job (taken from the TimeSchedule property + 10 minutes) did not run. This guarantees, that you will be notfied even in case of a affa server outage. The watchdog script send a daily reminder message, if the error continues. The next run job replaces the watchdog script with a new trigger time. '''Note:''' this property is not implemented in Affa 3 for CentOS. It has been specifically added to the fork for SME.

====Default configuration properties====

For all 'name=value' properties defaults can be set in the [GlobalAffaConfig] section which are used in all job configuration when the corresponding property is omitted. For example, when these properties are set in [GlobalAffaConfig] section, they can be omitted in the specific job configurations. This is useful, when you set up many similar jobs.

−

~~==== Default configuration properties ====~~

Example: You want to set the property 'localNice' to 19 for all jobs. Then add the following section in one of your configuration files:

−

~~All properties can be set as defaults in the DefaultAffaConfig record. This is useful, when you set up many similar jobs.~~

[GlobalAffaConfig]

−

Example: You want to set the property 'localNice' to 19 for all jobs. Then ~~run~~

localNice=19

−

~~db affa setprop DefaultAffaConfig~~ localNice 19

Consequently you don't need to set this property for your individual jobs. Properties set in the job record override the defaults.

−

~~and~~ don't set this property for ~~the~~ jobs.

−

Properties set in the job record ~~overrides~~ the defaults.

−

The special ~~property 'sendStatus' is~~ only applicable to the ~~DefaultAffaConfig record. It controls the status report sent by email and~~ can be ~~set to the values~~ '~~none~~', '~~daily~~'~~, 'weekly' or 'monthly~~'. ~~To setup a weekly status report run:~~

====Properties for global Settings====

−

~~db affa setprop DefaultAffaConfig sendStatus weekly~~

The following special properties are only applicable to the [GlobalAffaConfig] section:

−

~~then setup the cronjob:~~

<ul>

−

~~affa --make-cronjobs~~

<li>sendStatus</li>

<li>globalStatus</li>

</ul>

All jobs can be disabled for execution through 'cronjobs" with setting 'globalStatus' to 'disabled'.

[GlobalAffaConfig]

globalStatus=disabled

−

~~==== Global disable ====~~

To re-enable run, either delete the above configuration line, or set to:

−

~~All jobs can be disabled with setting~~ the ~~AffaGlobalDisable record type~~ to ~~'yes'.~~

globalStatus=jobs

−

~~db affa set AffaGlobalDisable yes~~

which is the default value.

−

~~affa --make-cronjobs~~

−

to ~~re-enable run:~~

You can also set the value to

−

~~db affa set AffaGlobalDisable no~~

globalStatus=enabled

−

~~affa --make-~~cronjobs

which enforces the the job execution through 'cronjobs' and overrides the specified values in the section for the specific job.

−

=== Usage and command line options ===

===Usage and command line options===

−

affa --run JOB

{{Note box|Options can be abbreviated to uniqueness, e.g. --mak is equal to --make-cronjobs}}

'''affa --run JOB'''

Starts a job run. Usually done by the cronjob.

−

affa --make-cronjobs

'''affa --make-cronjobs'''

−

Configures the cronjobs as scheduled in the jobs records.

Configures the cronjobs as scheduled in the jobs records. Run this command to make changes of time related properties effective i.e. TimeSchedule, killAt and resumeKilledAt properties. By default this command will by executed by 'cronjobs' every 15 minutes. So you don't need to run this command manually, you can also just wait max. 15 minutes before your updates job configurations become effective.

'''affa --configcheck'''

Checks the syntax and values in all configuration files found in /etc/affa/. Run this command after modifying the configuration. Lower/Upper case errors in property names are corrected automatically.

−

affa --send-key JOB

'''affa --send-key [JOB JOB ...]'''

−

~~Sends~~ the public key to the ~~host~~ 'remoteHostName' as ~~configured~~ in ~~the record~~ of job JOB. ~~Generates~~ the ~~DSA key, if not already done~~.

This first generates the RSA key on the Affa Server, if not already done. Then the public key is send to the hosts 'remoteHostName' as defined in section of each job JOB and generates the job specific ssh known host entry.

{{Note box|When initially doing this step, you will need to temporarily enable "Allow secure shell access using standard passwords" on the source server.}}

−

affa --~~send~~-~~key --host=TARGETHOST~~ [~~--port=PORT~~]

'''affa --check-connections [JOB JOB ...]'''

−

~~Sends the public key to~~ the ~~TARGETHOST. TARGETHOST is a FQHN or an IP address. Give PORT,~~ if ~~sshd on the TARGETHOST listens to another than the standard port 22~~. ~~Generates the DSA key, if not already done~~.

Checks the ssh login and if applicable rsyncd auth for all jobs given as arguments. Without any arguments all jobs are checked.

−

~~Note: The~~ --~~send~~-~~key option only works~~, if the ~~public keys are stored in /root/~~.~~ssh/authorized_keys2 on~~ the ~~remote host~~. ~~This is true for SME~~ server.

'''affa --full-restore [--preserve-newer=no] [--delete=yes] JOB [ARCHIVE]'''

Does a full restore remote server of all backed up files and directories from the backup ARCHIVE. If ARCHIVE is not given, the archive 'scheduled.0' is used as the default. The full restore reconstructs the server as it was at the time of the backup. After the restore the source host reboots.

−

~~affa~~ --~~check~~-~~connections~~

With option --preserve-newer=yes files on the remote server with modification time newer than on the backup are not overwritten.

−

~~Checks~~ the ~~ssh login for all configured jobs~~.

−

~~affa~~ --~~full-restore JOB [ARCHIVE]~~

With option --delete=yes all files on the remote server, which are not in the backup, are deleted.

−

~~Does a full restore from the backup ARCHIVE~~ on the remote ~~source~~ server ~~as defined~~ in the ~~JOB record. If ARCHIVE is not given~~, ~~the archive 'scheduled.0' is used as the default. The full restore reconstructs the server as it was at the time of the backup. After the restore the source host reboots~~.

−

~~affa --rise JOB [ARCHIVE]~~

If the parameter “SMEServer=yes” is set, the signal-event pre-restore and signal-event post-upgrade will be used automatically.

−

~~Runs a full restore from~~ the ~~backup ARCHIVE on the Affa server (!) from the backup ARCHIVE of job JOB. In other words: After completion, the Affa box reboots as a clone of the source server. Ensure~~, ~~that~~ the ~~source server has been powered off before you reboot the Affa box, otherwise the network interface will not come up. This is important, when you run~~ --~~rise remotely. The~~ --~~rise feature only works with SME 7 servers~~.

−

affa --~~undo~~-~~rise~~

'''affa --list-archives JOB'''

−

~~This feature reverts~~ a ~~risen Affa box to a backup server~~. ~~After a reboot~~, ~~all configured jobs will work again~~.

Displays a table of all present archives of job JOB with date, number of files, size and and bytes received. While column buTime shows the actual rsync time, the column ddTime shows the length of the subsequent deduplication run. ddYld is the gained deduplication yield in bytes.

−

affa --~~list~~-~~archives [~~--~~csv] JOB~~

<pre>

−

~~Displays a table of all present archives of job JOB with~~ date~~, number of files, size and disk usage~~. ~~See chapter 'Restore' for an output example~~.

Affa version 3.1.0-0 on affa-2.mydomain.com

−

~~With~~ --~~csv, the output is in machine readable colon separared format~~.

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

| Job: fshare-ak |

| Description: Fileserver AK |

| Directory: /var/affa/fshare-ak/ |

| Hostname: 10.204.104.4 |

| Email: sysadmin@mydomain.com |

+-----+----------------------+--------+--------+-------+-------+-------+-------+

+-----+----------------------+--------+--------+-------+-------+-------+-------+

| Y 0 | Wed 2010-06-23 20:26 | 11m53s | - | - | 412k | 143G | 470M |

+-----+----------------------+--------+--------+-------+-------+-------+-------+

| M11 | Sun 2010-08-29 20:22 | 7m50s | - | - | 417k | 153G | 14M |

| M10 | Sun 2010-09-26 20:23 | 8m57s | - | - | 430k | 156G | 14M |

| M 9 | Sun 2010-10-31 20:25 | 10m05s | - | - | 448k | 161G | 15M |

| M 8 | Sun 2010-11-28 20:31 | 16m42s | - | - | 463k | 167G | 17M |

| M 7 | Sun 2011-01-02 20:48 | 33m07s | - | - | 486k | 173G | 1.1G |

| M 6 | Sun 2011-01-30 20:33 | 18m54s | - | - | 493k | 176G | 24M |

| M 5 | Sun 2011-02-27 20:28 | 13m31s | - | - | 490k | 176G | 19M |

| M 4 | Sun 2011-03-27 20:28 | 13m08s | - | - | 491k | 175G | 17M |

| M 3 | Sun 2011-05-01 20:30 | 15m41s | - | - | 493k | 179G | 18M |

| M 2 | Sun 2011-05-29 20:28 | 13m40s | - | - | 494k | 182G | 31M |

| M 1 | Sun 2011-06-19 20:26 | 11m20s | - | - | 493k | 183G | 17M |

| M 0 | Sun 2011-07-03 20:28 | 13m46s | - | - | 496k | 183G | 18M |

+-----+----------------------+--------+--------+-------+-------+-------+-------+

| W 3 | Sun 2011-07-10 20:28 | 13m38s | - | - | 479k | 180G | 16M |

| W 2 | Mon 2011-07-11 20:35 | 20m27s | - | - | 479k | 180G | 301M |

| W 1 | Fri 2011-07-15 20:30 | 15m53s | - | - | 480k | 180G | 62M |

| W 0 | Sun 2011-07-24 19:39 | 9m25s | - | - | 482k | 181G | 16M |

+-----+----------------------+--------+--------+-------+-------+-------+-------+

| D 6 | Thu 2011-07-28 19:42 | 12m22s | - | - | 483k | 182G | 176M |

| D 5 | Fri 2011-07-29 23:29 | 11m10s | 5h33m | 45G | 483k | 182G | 16M |

| D 4 | Sat 2011-07-30 19:53 | 23m26s | 2h30m | 8.3G | 483k | 182G | 17M |

| D 3 | Sun 2011-07-31 20:07 | 37m31s | 4m47s | 8.3G | 483k | 182G | 17M |

| D 2 | Mon 2011-08-01 20:44 | 1h14m | 7h50m | 8.5G | 484k | 182G | 630M |

| D 1 | Tue 2011-08-02 20:02 | 32m28s | 12h20m | 8.3G | 484k | 182G | 74M |

| D 0 | Wed 2011-08-03 19:58 | 28m46s | 11h01m | 8.5G | 484k | 182G | 214M |

+-----+----------------------+--------+--------+-------+-------+-------+-------+

| S 0 | Thu 2011-08-04 20:00 | 30m28s | 11h52m | 8.5G | 484k | 182G | 203M |

+-----+----------------------+--------+--------+-------+-------+-------+-------+

</pre>

−

affa --~~status~~ [--csv]

'''affa --list-archives [--csv] JOB'''

−

Displays a table of all configured jobs with enable status, time of last and next run, size, disk usage and the number of scheduled (s), daily (d), weekly (w), monthly (m) and yearly (y) archives. Last time shows '~~failed~~'~~, if a job did not run in the last 24h. For disabled jobs~~ '~~Last' always shows 'failed' after 24 h. To see the date and time of the last run of those jobs use the~~ --~~list-archives option. Column 'Next' shows the time when the next run will be started, if 'Enabled' is 'yes'. Column 'Disk usage' shows the usage of the partion~~, ~~where~~ the ~~RootDir of the job~~ is ~~located on. If all jobs are located~~ in ~~the same RootDir, identical disk usage is shown for all jobs. If RootDir is /var/affa, the usage of the SME server system partition is shown~~.

With --csv, the output is in machine readable colon separated format.

<pre>

−

~~Affa version 0.6.7 on backup.mydomain.de (10.204.48.2)~~

Archive:Count;Date;Files;Size;RootDirFilesystemAvail;RootDirFilesystemUsed;valid;TotalBytesReceived;ExecutionTime;DedupTotalFiles;DedupReplacedFiles;DedupSavedBytes;DedupExectime;DedupDate

−

~~+---------------+------+--------+-------+--------+------------+----------------+~~

monthly;00000;201509270631;393237;37252509103;166889260;47876936;yes;1327370;1160638358;99;;;;;

−

weekly;00003;201510040531;390273;37042612135;164566692;50199504;yes;1117726;45430532;59;;;;;

−

~~+---------------+------+--------+-------+--------+------------+----------------+~~

weekly;00002;201510110531;395553;37299589800;162612204;52153992;yes;1117092;92369237;64;;;;;

−

~~| bookkeep |~~ yes ~~| 23:48 | 23:30 | 4.5GB | 616GB/47% | 2,7,4,2,0 |~~

weekly;00001;201510180531;403831;37707599172;161855844;52910352;yes;1317083;148317764;64;;;;;

−

~~| crm |~~ yes ~~| 11:20 | 13:20 | 47MB | 616GB/47% | 7,7,4,2,0 |~~

weekly;00000;201510250531;406509;38146200127;161041156;53725040;yes;1104759;64083948;63;;;;;

−

~~| fespdc |~~ yes ~~| 09:55 | 12:45 | 40GB | 616GB/47% | 6,7,4,2,0 |~~

daily;00006;201510310531;415663;39248862982;162979176;51787020;yes;1958110;198060283;66;;;;;

−

~~| helpdesk |~~ yes ~~| failed | 13:40 | 70MB | 616GB/47% | 7,7,4,2,0 |~~

daily;00005;201511010531;411014;38563389171;163061136;51705060;yes;1156506;48903675;75;;;;;

−

~~| imageserv |~~ yes ~~| 23:01 | 23:00 | 19GB | 616GB/47% | 2,7,4,1,0 |~~

daily;00004;201511020531;408910;38612857040;162359124;52407072;yes;1007434;210812387;75;;;;;

−

~~| intraweb |~~ yes ~~| 10:32 | 13:30 | 1.4GB | 616GB/47% | 7,7,4,2,0 |~~

daily;00003;201511030531;410615;37815861577;162026060;52740136;yes;1524069;162697515;67;;;;;

−

~~| pdcaus2 |~~ yes ~~| 23:01 | 12:15 | 5.4GB | 616GB/47% | 2,7,4,2,0 |~~

daily;00002;201511040531;414784;38131734213;161990024;52776172;yes;1571657;134250735;63;;;;;

−

~~| persoff |~~ yes ~~| running (pid 17521) | 616GB/47% | 2,7,4,2,0 |~~

daily;00001;201511050531;420780;38433895988;161906580;52859616;yes;2021507;149388808;103;;;;;

−

~~| primmail |~~ yes ~~| 10:09 | 13:00 | 45GB | 616GB/47% | 7,7,4,2,0 |~~

daily;00000;201511060531;425920;38677614350;161778812;52987384;yes;1987971;166510621;71;;;;;

−

~~| rayofhope |~~ yes ~~| 22:32 | 22:30 | 20GB | 616GB~~/~~47% | 2,7,4,1,0 |~~

scheduled;00000;201511070531;425663;38815712018;161612600;53153596;yes;2003540;139603231;68;;;;;

−

~~| sozserv | yes~~ ~~| 22:30 | 22:30 | 8.0GB | 616GB/47% | 2,7,4,2,0 |~~

</pre>

−

~~+---------------+------+--------+-------+--------+------------+------------~~----+

−

~~| az32share | no | - | 02:20 | 234MB | 616GB/47% | 7~~,7,2,0,~~0 |~~

'''affa --status [--csv]'''

−

~~| azpdc | no | - | 21:00 | 42GB | 616GB/47% | 2~~,7,1,~~0,0 |~~

Displays a table of all configured jobs with enable status, time of last and next run, size of the most recent archive, exectution time of the last run and the number of scheduled (S), daily (D), weekly (W), monthly (M) and yearly (Y) archives. If last time shows 'failed', the job did not run in the last 24h. For disabled jobs 'Last' always shows 'failed' after 24 h. To see the date and time of the last run of those jobs use the --list-archives option. Column 'Next' shows the time when the next run will be started, if 'Enabled' is 'yes'. Column 'ddYld' shows the deduplication yield in bytes.

−

+---~~------------+------+--------+-------+--------+------------+----------------+~~

<pre>

Affa version 3.1.0-0 on affa-2.mydomain.com

+--------------+-----+-------+--------+-------+-------+-------+----------------+

+--------------+-----+-------+--------+-------+-------+-------+----------------+

| ads-ak | yes | 20:20 | 0m29s | 20:20 | 28M | - | 1, 7, 2, 0, 0 |

| ak-user-ma.. | yes | 22:31 | 1m51s | 22:30 | 170M | - | 3, 7, 4, 6, 0 |

| azubi-1 | yes | 03:39 | 3h24m | 00:15 | 44G | 1.2G | 1, 7, 4,10, 1 |

| dcpant | yes | 03:06 | 1m03s | 03:05 | 1.3G | - | 1, 7, 4,10, 1 |

| eshare | yes | 21:06 | 21m01s | 20:45 | 24G | 178M | 1, 7, 4,10, 1 |

| etherpad | yes | 20:40 | 0m13s | 20:40 | 3.1M | - | 1, 7, 4, 2, 0 |

| fazubi | yes | 08:16 | 11h16m | 21:00 | 132G | 3.3G | 1, 7, 4,10, 1 |

| fschare-rh | yes | de-duplicating (pid 9719) | 1, 7, 4,10, 1 |

| fsh-02 | yes | 07:53 | 12h23m | 19:30 | 182G | 8.5G | 1, 7, 4,10, 1 |

| fshare-ak2 | yes | 00:30 | 0m26s | 00:30 | 415M | 544k | 1, 7, 4,10, 1 |

| helpdesk | yes | 21:27 | 2m16s | 21:25 | 895M | 138k | 1, 7, 4,10, 0 |

| it-share | yes | running rsync (pid 9744) | 1, 7, 1, 0, 0 |

| lightroom | yes | waiting (pid 9528) | 1, 7, 4, 2, 0 |

| localhost | yes | 02:15 | 0m08s | 02:15 | 395k | - | 1, 7, 2, 0, 0 |

| mediawiki | yes | 16:10 | 0m06s | 19:40 | 1.1G | 6.7M | 3, 7, 4,10, 1 |

| mshare | yes | 00:48 | 1h33m | 23:15 | 18G | 2.4G | 1, 7, 4,10, 1 |

| wshare | yes | 00:34 | 1h49m | 22:45 | 23G | 484M | 1, 7, 4,10, 1 |

+--------------+-----+-------+--------+-------+-------+-------+----------------+

2 disabled jobs not listed. Use --all to display.

</pre>

With --csv, the output is in machine readable colon separated format.

'''affa --show-config-pathes [--csv] [JOB JOB ...]'''

Prints the full pathes of the file where the section of job JOB is defined.

'''affa --show-default-config'''

Prints a list of all allowed property names with their default values. These values are used, when omitted in the job sections.

'''affa --show-schedule [--all]'''

Prints a 'graphical' timetable for all enabled jobs. The resolution is 30 minutes. An 'S' character marks the scheduled start times. The duration of the job runs are marked with '=' characters.

<pre>

Affa version 3.1.0-0 on affa-2.mydomain.com

TIME 12:00 16:00 20:00 0:00 4:00 8:00

fsh-02 -------- -------S ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ --------

ads-ak -------- -------- S------- -------- -------- --------

etherpad -------- -------- -S------ -------- -------- --------

eshare -------- -------- -S~----- -------- -------- --------

fazubi -------- -------- --S~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~-------

helpdesk -------- -------- --S----- -------- -------- --------

it-share -------- -------- ---S=~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~- -------- busy

wshare -------- -------- -----S~~ ~~------ -------- --------

ak-user-management -------- -------- -----S-- -------- -------- --------

fschare-rh -------- -------- -----S=- -------- --~----- -------- busy

mshare -------- -------- ------S= ~~------ -------- --------

azubi-1 -------- -------- -------- S=~~~~~~ -------- --------

fshare-ak2 -------- -------- -------- -S------ -------- --------

mediawiki -------- -------- -------- ---S---- -------- ----S---

localhost -------- -------- -------- ----S--- -------- --------

dcpant -------- -------- -------- ------S- -------- --------

lightroom -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- S------- busy

Symbols: S=scheduled K=kill R=resume '='=rsync '~'=dedup

2 disabled jobs not listed. Use --all to display.

</pre>

'''affa --log-tail [JOB]'''

Displays the tail of the logfile of job JOB with live update. This command is identical to tail -n 50 -f /path/to/logfile. Without the JOB argument the global logfile is shown.

'''affa --send-status'''

Sends the status table, the disk-usage and the archive list of all jobs to the email addresses configured in the [GlobalAffaConfig] section.

'''affa --disk-usage'''

Shows the current disk usage of all root dir filesystems

<pre>

Affa version 3.1.0-0 on affa-2.mydomain.de

+------+--------+--------+----------------------------------------------------+

+------+--------+--------+----------------------------------------------------+

| 71% | 938GB | 365GB | /var/affa |

| 20% | 194GB | 759GB | /mnt/affadev |

+------+--------+--------+----------------------------------------------------+

</pre>

With --csv, the output is printed in a machine readable colon separated format.

'''affa --cleanup JOB'''

After you have lowered a keep value, e.g. scheduledKeep, then archives with a higher indices will no longer be shifted and will exist for ever. This option finds these archives and deletes them after confirmation. When running the cleanup command on a locally attached USB drive, manually mount the USB drive BEFORE running this command. When finished, manually unmount the USB drive. This requirement may apply to some of the other commands listed here.

'''affa --rename-job JOB NEWNAME'''

Renames the job JOB to NEWNAME including the section name and archive directories.

'''affa --move-archive JOB NEWROOTDIR'''

Moves the archive directory of job JOB to the rootdir NEWROOTDIR and adjusts the value of property RootDir. NEWROOTDIR must be a full path starting with a slash. As moving across filesystems (e.g. from an external USB drive to the local disk) is not possible, Affa uses a copy command in this case and deletes the source directory after that. Depending on the archive size, copying across filesystems can take a long time.

'''affa --delete-job [--revoke-key] JOB'''

Irreversibly deletes all archives, of job JOB and set the status property to disable. With --revoke-key option, the public key on the remote server will be deleted.

'''affa --revoke-key JOB'''

Deletes the public RSA key on the remote server.

'''affa --kill JOB'''

Terminates the running job JOB and all its child processes (rsync processes).

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affa --~~send-status~~

'''affa --killall'''

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~~Sends the status table to the email adresses configured in the~~ '~~DefaultAffaConfig~~' ~~record. Used by the cronjob 'affa-status~~'.

Terminates all running jobs.

affa --mailtest JOB

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Sends a test email to the email ~~adresses~~ configured in the JOB ~~record. With property Watchdog=yes, a test email is sent from the remote host, too~~. Use this to verify, that your mail ~~processing~~ is ~~functional~~.~~ ~~

Sends a test email to the email addresses configured in the JOB section. Use this to verify, that your mail system is working.

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~~'''~~Note~~:'''~~ By default Affa only sends messages on errors, never on success (see property chattyOnSuccess).

{{Note box|By default Affa only sends messages on errors, never on success (see property chattyOnSuccess).}}

'''affa --nrpe [JOB JOB ...]'''

Checks for jobs that were not run the last NRPRtrigger hours and reports them as failed. A Nagios/ICINGA NRPE complient message is printed and exit status returned.

'''affa --version'''

Displays the Affa version number and checks Samba and Freedup installation.

'''affa --warranty'''

Displays the disclaimer of liability.

'''affa --license'''

Displays the license Affa is released under.

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affa --~~cleanup JOB~~

'''affa --help'''

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~~After you have lowered~~ a ~~keep value, e.g. scheduledKeep, then archives with a higher indices will no longer be shifted and will exist for ever. This option finds these archives and deletes them~~.

Displays a short help.

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affa --~~rename-job JOB NEWNAME~~

'''affa --debug'''

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~~Renames the~~ job ~~JOB to NEWNAME including all database records~~ and ~~archive directories~~.

Enables verbose logging. Overrides job and global configurations.

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~~affa --move-archive JOB NEWROOTDIR~~

===SME Specific usage and command line options===

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~~Moves the archive directory of job JOB to the rootdir NEWROOTDIR~~ and ~~adjusts the property RootDir. NEWROOTDIR must be a full path starting with a slash. As moving across filesystems (e.g. from an external USB drive to the local disk) is not possible, Affa uses a copy~~ command ~~in this case and deletes the source directory after that. Depending on the archive size, copying across filesystems can take a long time.~~

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~~affa --delete-job [--revoke-key] JOB~~

These commands are implemented in a fork of Affa 3 project for use with SME. '''They are not part of the Affa 3 for CentOS project.'''

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~~Irreversibly deletes~~ a ~~job including all archives, configuration and report databases~~. ~~With given --revoke-key option,~~ the ~~public key on the remote server will be deleted~~.

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~~affa --revoke-key JOB~~

====SME server 'rise' function====

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affa -~~-revoke-key --host=TARGETHOST [--port=PORT]~~

{{Note box|Before trying a rise please check /var/affa/YourServer/rpms-missing.txt

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~~Deletes the public dsa key on the remote server~~.

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~~Note: The --revoke-key option only works, if the public keys~~ are ~~stored in~~ /~~root/.ssh/authorized_keys2~~ on ~~the remote host. This is true for SME server~~.

You may find there are missing rpms/contribs that template fragments depends on.

It may be necessary to install some of these rpms before a rise to prevent issues.

}}

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~~'''Note:''' Options can be abbreviated~~ to ~~uniqueness, e~~.~~g. --mak~~ is ~~equal~~ to ~~--make-cronjobs~~

The SME server version of Affa has a unique feature restore feature enabling you to turn your Affa backup server into a replica of your server. It is an extremely fast way to restore your server.

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~~=== Example setups ===~~

'''affa --rise [--all] JOB [ARCHIVE]'''

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~~====~~ [~~Todo~~] ~~Standard ====~~

Runs a full restore on the Affa server (!!!) of all standard files and directories from the backup ARCHIVE of job JOB. In other words: After completion, the Affa box reboots as a clone of the source server. Ensure, that the source server has been powered off before you reboot the Affa box, otherwise the network interface will not come up. This is important, when you run --rise remotely. The --rise feature only works with SME servers and should only be used on dedicated backup servers.

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~~Dedicated~~ Affa server ~~to backup all production servers~~ ...

With option --all, all files and directories of the archive as defined by the include[] properties are restored. Files or directories with the same name on the Affa server will be overwritten and cannot be restored by a --undo-rise. This should not be an issue on a dedicated Affa server which does not hold any other data. After a possible --undo-rise those additional restored data must be removed manually.

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~~==== [Todo] Local~~ Affa server ~~plus~~ a Affa server in ~~remote location~~ =~~===~~

Please note, that the rise process backs up the the Affa server itself before doing the restore from the archive. This backup is used by a possible --undo-rise run to restore the Affa server. Only the standard files and directories are backed up. Data in non-standard locations (like /opt) are untouched and will still exist after the rise run '''if they don't get overwritten by data of the backup''' (=if the backup contains /opt too e.g.).

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~~meanwhile see [http:~~/~~/forums~~.~~contribs~~.~~org/index.php?topic=36499~~.~~msg168352#msg168352 forum post]~~

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~~==== Backup single ibays ====~~

{{Note box|The above command is not implemented in Affa 3 for CentOS. It has been specifically added to the fork for SME.}}

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~~Suppose you want to backup the ibays 'staff1' and 'staff2' on your production server with WAN IP 82.123~~.~~1.1~~ to ~~an Affa server in a different location over~~ the ~~internet every night at 2:30am~~.

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~~<ol></li><li>log into the Affa server and install the packages as described above.~~

'''affa --undo-rise'''

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~~</li><li>copy the config helper script sample~~

This feature reverts a risen Affa box to a backup server. After a reboot, all configured jobs '''based on standard files and directories''' will work again.

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~~cp /usr/lib/~~affa~~/jobconfig~~-~~sample.pl /root/ibay~~-~~staff~~-~~job.pl~~

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~~</li><li>edit /root/ibay-staff-job~~.~~pl and set~~

{{Note box|The above command is not implemented in Affa 3 for CentOS. It has been specifically added to the fork for SME.}}

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~~my $jobname=~~'~~ibay-staff~~';

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and

===Example setups===

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'~~remoteHostName‘=>~~'82.~~123~~.1.~~1',~~

====Dedicated backup server====

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~~'TimeSchedule'~~=~~>'0230',~~

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~~'SMEServer'~~=~~>'no',~~

*Setup a dedicated server and install Affa 3 for SME.

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~~'Include[0]'~~=~~>'/home/e-smith/files/ibays/staff1',~~

*Setup a job for every server you want to backup.

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~~'Include[1]'=>'/home/e-smith/files/ibays/staff2',~~

*Send the public keys to every server.

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~~</li><li>write the configuration~~

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~~/root/ibay-staff-~~job.pl

affa --send-key JOBNAME

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~~</li><li>send~~ the public ~~key~~ to ~~the production~~ server

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affa --send-key ~~ibay~~-~~staff</li><li>check next morning~~

*Check whether password-less logins are working.

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affa --~~list~~-~~archives ibay-staff~~

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affa --~~status~~

affa --check-connections

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~~ls /var/~~affa~~/ibay~~-~~staff</li></ol>~~

*Check whether the scheduled jobs are evenly distributed over the day.

affa --show-schedule

*Create the cron jobs.

affa --make-cronjobs

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~~==== [Todo] Two production servers backup each other ====~~

*Check the status after 24 hours.

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...

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~~==== Use Affa to backup to a NFS~~-~~mounted NAS or a local attached USB drive ====~~

affa --status

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~~You~~ want to backup your ~~SME 7~~ production server with ~~hostname 'prodbox‘ and~~ IP 10.~~200~~.48.1 ~~on a mounted filesystem instead of setting up~~ a ~~dedicated Affa box~~.

====Backup of single ibays====

Suppose you want to backup the ibays 'staff1' and 'staff2' on your production server with WAN IP 82.123.1.1 to an Affa server in a different location over the internet every night at 2:30am.

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~~===== Setup NAS =====~~

*Log into the Affa server.

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~~You have a [http://www.freenas.org FreeNAS] box with IP 10.200.48.2 up and running with NFS service enabled for your network 10.200.48.0/22. The RAID array is mounted to /mnt/affashare.~~

*Create a dedicated job file ''/etc/affa/ibay-staff.conf'' . Edit it and set

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~~<ol></li><li>log~~ into the ~~'prodbox' and install the NFS packages~~

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~~yum --enablerepo=base install nfs-utils~~

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~~You don't need to signal post-upgrade or reboot event~~.

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~~</li><li>mount the NFS share~~

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~~mkdir -p /mnt/affadevice~~

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~~mount 10.200.48.2:/mnt/affashare~~

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~~/mnt/affadevice</li></ol>~~

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~~===== Alternatively setup~~ a ~~USB drive =====~~

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~~<ol></li><li>log into the~~ '~~prodbox~~'

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</~~li><li>Connect a USB hard disk to the USB Bus. Now you must determine what device the kernel has assigned to the drive. View the~~ /var/log/message and search for ''Initializing USB Mass Storage driver''. A few lines below you'll find the name of the device. In this example it is ''sdc''. Replace ''/dev/sdc'' by ''your device'' in following instructions.

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~~</li><li>Use the fdisk program to create a linux partition~~

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~~fdisk /dev/sdc~~

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~~You'll most likely find an existing vfat dos partition, which you have to delete first. In the following we assume, that you have created a single partition ''/dev/sdc1''.~~

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~~</li><li>Now format the drive with an ext3 filesystem~~

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~~mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdc1~~

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</~~li><li>Make the mount point~~

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~~mkdir~~ -~~p /mnt/affadevice~~

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~~</li><li>Add the following line to the /etc/fstab~~

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~~/dev/sdc1 /mnt/affadevice ext3 defaults~~

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~~</li><li>Mount the drive~~

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~~mount /mnt/affadevice~~

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~~</li><li>Crosscheck your work using the df command~~

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~~</li></ol>~~

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~~===== Setup Affa =====~~

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~~You want to run backups on 11:30 h, 15:30 h and 19:30 h and you want to keep the last 3 scheduled backups, 7 daily, 5 weekly, 12 monthly and 1 yearly backups~~.

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~~<ol></li><li>log into the~~ '~~prodbox~~' ~~and install the Affa packages as described above~~.

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~~</li><li>copy the config helper script sample~~

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~~cp /usr/lib/affa/jobconfig-sample.pl /root/prodbox-job.pl~~

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~~</li><li>edit /root/prodbox-job.pl~~ and set

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~~my $jobname='prodbox';~~

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~~and~~

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~~'remoteHostName‘=>'localhost',~~

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~~'TimeSchedule'=>'1130,1530,1930',~~

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~~'scheduledKeep'=>3,~~

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~~'dailyKeep'=>7,~~

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~~'weeklyKeep'=>5,~~

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~~'monthlyKeep'=>12,~~

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~~'yearlyKeep'=>1,~~

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~~'RootDir=>'/mnt/affadevice',~~

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~~Review the other properties and change them to your needs.~~

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~~</li><li>write the configuration~~

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~~/root/prodbox-job.pl~~

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~~</li><li>run the job manually~~

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~~affa~~ --~~run prodbox<~~/~~li><~~/~~ol>~~

[ibay-staff]

Description=Backup of ibay-staff on 82.123.1.1

remoteHostName=82.123.1.1

TimeSchedule=0230

SMEServer=no

Include=/home/e-smith/files/ibays/staff1

Include=/home/e-smith/files/ibays/staff2

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~~===== Limitations =====~~

*Save the configuration

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~~With this kind of setup you cannot use~~ the ~~affa rise feature, as it requires the backup archive~~ to ~~be located on the same fileystem as~~ the server ~~installation. The rise option uses hardlinks, which are not working across filesystems.~~

*send the public key to the production server

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~~===== Automount =====~~

affa --send-key ibay-staff

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~~Having the backup archives in the same filesystem is always a risk, which can be minimized by using the automount feature. Then the external filesystem is only mounted during a job run.~~

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~~In the NAS example set~~

*check next morning

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~~'AutomountDevice=>'10.200.48.2:/mnt/affashare',~~

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~~'AutomountPoint =>'mnt/affadevice',~~

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~~and skip the step 2.~~

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~~In the USB drive example set~~

affa --list-archives ibay-staff

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~~'AutomountDevice=>'~~/~~dev~~/~~sdc1',~~

affa --status

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~~'AutomountPoint =>'mnt~~/~~affadevice',~~

ls /var/affa/ibay-staff

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~~and skip the steps 5 to 8.~~

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~~The mount point will be automatically created, if it does not exist~~. ~~ ~~

====Two production servers backup each other====

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~~For access to the archive directory,~~ you need ~~to mount it manually~~.

You have two sites connnected via a VPN and a SME Server running on each site. In that case you don't need a dedicated Affa backup server. Both production servers can additionally act as Affa backup servers backing up the server of the other site. Simply install Affa and configure a job that backs up the other one. You can use all Affa features except of the rise feature.

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~~=== Restore ===~~

When using the rise feature, the server becomes any of the backed up systems, which is less useful in this scenario as it would give you a running copy of the server of the other site while the server of this site is down.

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~~==== Restore single files or directories ====~~

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~~Example 1: It's June~~, ~~12th 11:30~~, ~~when user 'briedlin' asks~~ you ~~to restore~~ the ~~messages~~ of ~~his mailbox 'orders' he has inadvertently deleted today at 9:00 am~~.

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~~<ol></li><li>You first must check what~~ backup ~~archives are available. The jobname of this server backup is 'prodserv'.~~

To get redundancy and a faster restore you can configure a local backup to an external USB or NAS device.

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~~affa --list-archives prodserv~~

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~~<pre>~~

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~~Affa version 0.6.7 on affa1.mydomain.de (10.204.48.2)~~

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~~+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+~~

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~~| Job: prodserv |~~

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~~| Description: File- and Mailserver Frankfurt 2 |~~

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~~| Directory: /var/affa/prodserv/ |~~

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~~| Hostname: 10.204.48.1 |~~

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~~+-----------------------+----------------+--------------+--------+------------+~~

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~~+-----------------------+----------------+--------------+--------+------------+~~

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~~| Sun 2007 Apr 29 04:07 | monthly.0 | 428916 | 41GB | 554GB/42% |~~

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~~+-----------------------+----------------+--------------+--------+------------+~~

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~~| Sun 2007 May 13 04:08 | weekly.3 | 441911 | 43GB | 493GB/37% |~~

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~~| Sun 2007 May 20 04:09 | weekly.2 | 453436 | 44GB | 522GB/40% |~~

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~~| Sun 2007 May 27 04:10 | weekly.1 | 460610 | 45GB | 547GB/41% |~~

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~~| Sun 2007 Jun 03 04:11 | weekly.0 | 464119 | 45GB | 603GB/46% |~~

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~~+-----------------------+----------------+--------------+--------+------------+~~

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~~| Mon 2007 Jun 04 07:05 | daily.6 | 464733 | 45GB | 599GB/45% |~~

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~~| Wed 2007 Jun 06 04:15 | daily.5 | 463527 | 45GB | 617GB/47% |~~

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~~| Thu 2007 Jun 07 04:15 | daily.4 | 464299 | 46GB | 629GB/48% |~~

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~~| Fri 2007 Jun 08 04:11 | daily.3 | 464200 | 46GB | 617GB/47% |~~

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~~| Sat 2007 Jun 09 04:12 | daily.2 | 463342 | 46GB | 617GB/47% |~~

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~~| Sun 2007 Jun 10 04:12 | daily.1 | 462894 | 46GB | 614GB/47% |~~

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~~| Mon 2007 Jun 11 04:11 | daily.0 | 460669 | 45GB | 619GB/47% |~~

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~~+-----------------------+----------------+--------------+--------+------------+~~

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~~| Mon 2007 Jun 11 13:11 | scheduled.6 | 454748 | 45GB | 621GB/47% |~~

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~~| Mon 2007 Jun 11 16:16 | scheduled.5 | 454664 | 45GB | 621GB/47% |~~

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~~| Mon 2007 Jun 11 19:10 | scheduled.4 | 454813 | 45GB | 622GB/47% |~~

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~~| Mon 2007 Jun 11 23:08 | scheduled.3 | 455289 | 45GB | 618GB/47% |~~

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~~| Tue 2007 Jun 12 04:12 | scheduled.2 | 455407 | 45GB | 616GB/47% |~~

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~~| Tue 2007 Jun 12 07:05 | scheduled.1 | 455400 | 45GB | 616GB/47% |~~

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~~| Tue 2007 Jun 12 10:09 | scheduled~~.~~0 | 453931 | 45GB | 616GB/47% |~~

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~~+-----------------------+----------------+--------------+--------+------------+~~

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</~~pre><~~/~~small>~~

Please pay attention, that you do not backup the archives back to the other site. Set the RootDir property to a path which is not included in the SME default backup list. When leaving the RootDir property to its default '/var/affa', this is guaranteed.

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~~</li><li>Choose the scheduled.1 archive, which was created less than two hours before the accident. Now restore the mailbox 'orders' using the rsync command.~~

====Use Affa to backup to a NFS-mounted NAS or a local attached USB drive====

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~~</li><li>Now run the rsync command:~~

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~~export RDIR~~=~~/home/e~~-~~smith/users/briedlin/Maildir/.orders/~~

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~~Note the trailing slash!~~

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~~rsync -av /var/affa/prodserv/scheduled.1/$RDIR 10.204.48.1:$RDIR~~

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~~</li></ol>~~

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~~Example 2: A user has deleted the file orderform.pdf from ibay 'docs' and asks you to restore it.~~

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~~<ol></li><li>You have searched and found the latest version of this file in archive weekly.~~

{{Note box|This chapter still needs to be checked whether it works with Affa 3 for SME.}}

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~~</li><li>Copy~~ it ~~back to the server:~~

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~~export RFILE=/home/e-smith/files/ibays/docs/files/orderform.pdf~~

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~~rsync -av /var/affa/prodserv/weekly.1/$RFILE 10.204.48~~.~~1:$RFILE~~

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~~</li></ol>~~

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~~==== Full restore ====~~

You want to backup your SME production server with hostname 'prodbox‘ and IP 10.200.48.1 on a mounted filesystem instead of setting up a dedicated Affa box.

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~~To run~~ a ~~full restore~~ of ~~user and configuration data run on the~~ Affa ~~server~~

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~~affa --full-restore <JOB> [<ARCHIVE>]~~

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~~This rsyncs the data from the backup ARCHIVE back to the 'remoteHostname' defined in the configuration of the job JOB~~.

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~~Example~~:

=====Setup NAS=====

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You have ~~backuped~~ your ~~production~~ server ~~'prodsrv' as job 'prodbox'~~. ~~To restore from the latest backup run~~

You have a [http://www.freenas.org FreeNAS] box with IP 10.200.48.2 up and running with NFS service enabled. The disk is mounted to /mnt/affashare. You have authorized the IP address of your prodbox server to access share /mnt/affashare.

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~~affa --full-restore prodbox~~

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~~To restore from~~ the ~~older archive daily. run~~

*log into the 'prodbox' and install the NFS packages

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~~affa --full-restore~~ prodbox ~~daily.~~

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'''Important note:''' A full restore reconstruct the server as it was at the time of the backup. That means, files created or server configuration changes after the backup run will be lost. After the restore is done, the restored server reboots automatically.

/usr/bin/yum install --enablerepo=smecontribs smeserver-nfs

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~~==== Moving a SME 7 server installation to new hardware using~~ the ~~Affa rise feature ====~~

*now enable and start the portmapper service

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~~Please see this HowTo: [[Moving SME to new Hardware]]~~

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~~=== FAQ ===~~

config setprop portmap status enabled

service portmap start

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~~'''Can I use Affa to backup a SME 6 server?''' ~~

*mount the NFS share

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~~To backup a SME 6 server set~~ the property 'rsync--inplace' to 'no' and install the perl-TimeDate package on the SME 6 box. The perl-TimeDate package is needed by the watchdog script running on the SME 6. Use the RPM from DAG: [http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/perl-TimeDate/perl-TimeDate-1.16-0.rh73.dag.noarch.rpm perl-TimeDate-1.16-0.rh73.dag.noarch.rpm]

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~~You cannot use the RPMCheck property.~~

mkdir -p /mnt/affadevice

mount 10.200.48.2:/mnt/affashare /mnt/affadevice

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~~'''Can I use Affa to backup Windows machines?''' ~~

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Yes. You need a ssh daemon and rsync installed on the Windows box. Cygwin has been reported not to work. The rsync processes often tend to hang up. Other products may work, but there are no experiences yet.

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~~Alternatively you can smbmount the Windows disk to a directory on a SME server and setup a job to backup this directory.~~

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~~/bin/mount -t cifs //192.168.1.65/C$ /mnt/mywinpc/ -o username~~=~~Adminstrator,password~~=~~xxxxxx~~

=====Alternatively setup a USB drive=====

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If the ~~Affa server is local~~ to the ~~Windows domain,~~ you ~~alternatively can~~ use the ~~Affa automount properties~~

*log into the 'prodbox'

*connect a USB hard disk to the USB Bus. Now you must determine what device the kernel has assigned to the drive. View the /var/log/message and search for ''Initializing USB Mass Storage driver''. A few lines below you'll find the name of the device. In this example it is ''sdh''. Replace ''/dev/sdh'' by ''your device'' in following instructions.

*use the fdisk program to create a linux partition. '''Verify that this is really the attached USB drive before you continue!'''

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~~AutomountDevice=>'~~//~~192~~.~~168.1.65/C$~~'

fdisk /dev/sdh

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~~AutomountPoint=>~~'/~~mnt/mywinpc~~/'

You'll most likely find an existing vfat dos partition, which you have to delete first. In the following we assume, that you have created a single partition ''/dev/sdh1''.

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~~AutomountOptions=>'-t cifs -o username=Adminstrator,password=xxxxxx~~'

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~~Note: You may want to define a file that contains~~ the ~~username and password instead of having them in the AutomountOptions string. See 'man mount.cifs' for further information~~

*now format the drive with an ext3 filesystem

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~~Note: Affa cannot preserve the Windows ACLs. After a restore you must set owner and groups manually~~.

mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdh1

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~~'''How can I move a backup archive from my production server in a remote branch office to~~ the ~~Affa server using an USB disk? I want to avoid to download the first full backup over the internet.'''~~

*make the mount point

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~~Install Affa on your production server, connect and~~ mount the USB disk. Setup a job to write the archive to the USB disk. After the job run, connect the USB disk to your Affa server and setup the job in the same way. Use the setup script from the archive directory. You only need to change the remoteHostName property. Now use the --move-archive option to move the archive to the local disk. If not already done, send the public key to your production server. You're done.

mkdir -p /mnt/affadevice

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~~'''How do I backup two SME servers behind a firewall?'''~~

*add the following line to the /etc/fstab

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~~First you need~~ to configure port forwardings for the ssh service on your firewall. Use a non-standard port ,e.g 2200->22, for your second server. Setup a job on your Affa server for each of your production servers. Set up the ~~job property sshPort=2200 for second server.~~

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~~=== Additional information ===~~

/dev/sdh1 /mnt/affadevice ext3 defaults

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~~==== Performance ====~~

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~~It is hard to predict how much time a backup job needs to complete. It depends on~~ the number of files, the total file size, the file changes since last run, the network speed and not least on the CPU power, disk speed and RAM of the source and backup server. The following table of measured values will give you an idea of what you can expect.

*mount the drive

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~~{| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing=0~~

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~~| '''Backup server''' || '''Source server''' || '''Data on source server''' || '''Transferred Data''' || '''Connection''' || '''Compression''' || '''Affa run time'''~~

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~~| 2x3.2GHz Xeon 2 GB RAM, 1.5 TB RAID6~~

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~~| 2x3.2GHz Dual Core Xeon 4 GB RAM, RAID5, SME 7.1 Intranet Web Server + MySQL|| 1.4 GB, 12,000 files|| 300 MB, 16 files || Internet 2 Mbit || yes || 2 minutes~~

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~~| 2x3.2GHz Xeon 2 GB RAM, 1.5 TB RAID6~~

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~~| 2x3.2GHz Dual Core Xeon 4 GB RAM, RAID5 SME 7.1 Mailserver || 43 GB, 410,000 files || 140 MB, 2,700 files || Internet 2 Mbit|| yes || 10 minutes~~

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~~| 2x2GHz Dual Core Xeon 5130 6 GB RAM, 1 TB RAID 5~~

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~~| 2x2GHz Dual Core Xeon 5130 6 GB RAM, 1 TB RAID 5 SME 7.1 File- and Mailserver || 125 GB, 98,000 files || 3,2 GB, 3,000 files || Gbit LAN || no || 25 minutes~~

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~~| 2x2GHz Dual Core Xeon 5130 6 GB RAM, 874 GB RAID 5~~

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~~| 2x2GHz Dual Core Xeon 5130 6 GB RAM, 1 TB RAID 5 SME 7.1 File- and Mailserver || 125 GB, 98,000 files || 3.5 GB, 2000 files || Internet 2 Mbit || yes || 17 minutes~~

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~~| 2x800MHz Pentium 3 1 GB RAM, 300 GB RAID1~~

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~~| 2x2.8GHz Xeon, 1GB RAM, 140 GB RAID5 SME 7.1 File- and Mailserver || 39 GB, 370,000 files || 12 GB, 4,000 files || 100Mbit LAN || no || 52 minutes~~

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~~| 1xP4 2.4GHz 256 MB RAM SME 7.1~~

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~~| 2xP4 1GHz 1 GB RAM SME 6 || 7.4 GB, 134,790 files || 7.4 GB, 134,790 files || 100Mbit LAN || no || 35 minutes~~

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'''Note:''' The last action of a job run is to remove the oldest backup, e.g. if archive scheduled.11 exists and you have set the scheduledKeep property to 12, then it must be deleted. This can take a significantly long time, which increases the total job execution time.

mount /mnt/affadevice

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~~==== Bug report ====~~

*crosscheck your work using the df command

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~~Affa is listed in~~ the ~~[http://bugs.contribs.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=SME%20Contribs&component=smeserver-affa bugtracker contribs section].~~

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~~Please report all bugs, new feature requests and documentation issues there.~~

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==== ~~Changelog~~ ====

=====Setup Affa=====

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~~<pre>~~

You want to run backups at 11:30 h, 15:30 h and 19:30 h and you want to keep the last 3 scheduled backups, 7 daily, 5 weekly, 12 monthly and 1 yearly backups.

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* Tue Nov 20 2007 Michael Weinberger

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~~Version 0.6.~~7

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~~Bugfix: Size~~ and No. ~~of files were not shown in --status~~

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~~Improved deleting of directories~~

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~~added --check-connections option~~

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~~Increased width of job column in --stats table~~

*log into the 'prodbox' and install the Affa packages as described above.

*create/edit the conf file of the job: nano /etc/affa/prodbox.conf

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* Sun Nov 11 2007 Michael Weinberger

and set:

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~~Version 0.6.6~~

[prodbox]

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~~Property rsync--modify-window added~~

remoteHostName=localhost

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~~Modified recursivly deleting directories~~

TimeSchedule=1130

TimeSchedule=1530

TimeSchedule=1930

scheduledKeep=3

dailyKeep=7

weeklyKeep=5

monthlyKeep=12

yearlyKeep=1

RootDir=/mnt/affadevice

Review the other properties and change them to your needs.

*run the job manually

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* Wed Nov 07 2007 Michael Weinberger

affa --run prodbox

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~~Version 0.6.5~~

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~~ssh options added to scp commands~~

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~~added post~~-~~backup event~~

=====Limitations=====

With this kind of setup you cannot use the affa rise feature, as it requires the backup archive to be located on the '''same fileystem''' as the server installation. The rise option uses hardlinks, which are not working across filesystems.

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* Wed Aug 08 2007 Michael Weinberger

=====Automount=====

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~~Version 0~~.6.4

Having the backup archives in the same filesystem is always a risk, which can be minimized by using the automount feature. Then the external filesystem is only mounted during a job run.

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~~delete dovcot index files after a --rise~~

In the NAS example set

AutomountDevice=10.200.48.2:/mnt/affashare

AutomountPoint=/mnt/affadevice

and skip the step 2.

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* Thu Jul 05 2007 Michael Weinberger

In the USB drive example set

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~~Version 0.6.3~~

AutomountDevice=/dev/sdc1

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~~Bugfix: with RPMCheck~~=~~yes~~ the ~~affa-rpmlist was not found in the~~

AutomountPoint=/mnt/affadevice

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~~archive. Wrong path~~ to ~~schedule.0 instead of scheduled.running.~~

and skip the steps 5 to 8.

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~~Side effect of changes in version 0.5.0~~. ~~[Bug 3128]~~

The mount point will be automatically created, if it does not exist.

To access the archive directory, you need to mount it manually.

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* Tue Jul 03 2007 Michael Weinberger

====Copying a AFFA USB hard drive archive to a new disk====

−

~~Version 0.6.2~~

Affa uses copious amounts of hard links to compress and preserve disk space for its backups. If you are in the situation where you want to copy such a disk archive to a new (bigger) disk, you need to ensure that the hard links are copied correctly or the destination copy may became significantly bigger than the total of the source archive.

−

~~Bugfix: Filesys::DiskFree requires $ENV{LANG}~~=~~"en_US" [Bug 3119]~~

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~~Bug reported~~ to ~~bug-Filesys-DiskFree [at] rt~~.~~cpan~~.~~org~~

One way to copy across file systems (i.e. two different USB disks) and preserve the hard links is as follows:

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* ~~Mon Jun 25 2007 Michael Weinberger~~

*mount both USB drives but with different mount points. e.g. /media/backup1 & /media/backup2 and then:

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~~Version 0~~.6.1

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~~Fix 3080 was not applied~~.

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* Mon Jun 18 2007 Michael Weinberger

mkdir /media/backup2/archive

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~~Version 0.6.0~~

cd /media/backup1/archive

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- ~~Replaced Filesys::DiskSpace by Filesys::DiskFree as the latter supports CIFS file system~~

tar cpf - . | ( cd /media/backup2/archive && tar xpf - )

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~~- using Filesys::DiskFree->mount and ->device instead of scanning~~ /~~proc~~/~~mounts~~

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- ~~mkdir RootDir only on job run to avoid making it in an unmounted mountpoint~~

where '''archive''' is the name of the AFFA job you want to move to the other disk.

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* Mon Jun 18 2007 Michael Weinberger

===Restore===

−

~~Version 0.5.2~~

====Restore single files or directories====

−

~~- Sending ssh key failed. When grep returned an error~~

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~~the mv command was not executed. Using ';' instead of '&&'~~

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~~for chaining commands. [Bug 3080]~~

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~~- /root/.ssh/authorized_keys2: No such file~~ or ~~directory warning.~~

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~~Run a touch to guarantee, that the file exists. [Bug 3080]~~

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~~- same issue with --revoke-key~~

'''Example 1:''' It's Tuesday January 6th 2009, when user 'briedlin' asks you to restore the messages of his mailbox 'orders' he has accidentally deleted on Monday.

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* ~~Thu Jun 14 2007 Michael Weinberger~~

*You first must check what backup archives are available. The jobname of this server backup is 'primmail'. To get a listing of all archives run

−

~~Version 0~~.5.1

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~~- Bugfix automount: getStatus() unmounts the device while~~ a ~~job is running~~

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~~- Status table: Last=never, if there are no~~ archives ~~at all~~

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* Tue Jun 12 2007 Michael Weinberger

affa --list-archives primmail

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~~Version 0.5.0~~

''(see the example listing in chapter [[Affa#Usage_and_command_line_options]]''

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- ~~New property AutomountOptions~~

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- ~~status table: grouped disabled jobs. Show Last='~~-' ~~for disabled jobs instead of~~ '~~failed'~~

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~~- unlink lockfile in getLock~~()

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~~- Changes to improve robustness in case of network outage:~~

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~~- writing to a temporary archive scheduled.running and linkdest~~

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~~against~~ the ~~latest existing archive (usually scheduled.0). Then~~

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~~shift archives and rename scheduled.running to scheduled.0~~

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~~- scheduledKeep=1 is now allowed~~

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~~- also check connection~~ in ~~daily,weekly etc., not only in scheduled run~~

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~~- don~~'~~t run daily, weekly, monthly or yearly, when scheduled.0 doesn~~'~~t exist.~~

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~~- new option --revoke-key~~

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~~- added optional option --revoke-key to --delete-job~~

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~~- avoid multiple adding public key to authorized_keys2 on source server~~

*Choose the daily.0 archive, which was created Monday night. Now restore the mailbox 'orders' using the rsync command.

*Now run the rsync command ''(note the trailing slash!)'' on the Affa backup server:

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* Wed Jun 06 2007 Michael Weinberger

export RDIR=/home/e-smith/files/users/briedlin/Maildir/.orders/ ''# this variable is used to shorten the next command line''

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~~Version~~ 0.4.7

rsync -av /var/affa/primmail/daily.0/$RDIR 10.204.48.1:$RDIR

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~~- use StrictHostKeyChecking=no in sendKeys()~~

If the servers are configured to use a different ssh port eg 2222, then instead do:

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* Tue Jun 05 2007 Michael Weinberger

export RDIR=/home/e-smith/files/users/briedlin/Maildir/.orders/ ''# this variable is used to shorten the next command line''

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~~Version~~ 0.4.6

rsync -av -e 'ssh -i /root/.ssh/id_rsa_affa -p 2222' /var/affa/primmail/daily.0/$RDIR 10.204.48.1:$RDIR

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~~- mailtest~~: ~~Send also a testmail from the remotehost, when property Watchdog=yes~~

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~~- removed useless code in mailTestWatchdogRemote()~~

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* Mon Jun 04 2007 Michael Weinberger

−

~~Version 0.4.5~~

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~~write job config file to the archive dir~~

'''Example 2:''' A user has deleted the file orderform.pdf from ibay 'docs' on the server 10.204.48.1 and asks you to restore it.

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* ~~Thu May 31 2007 Michael Weinberger~~

*You have searched and found the latest version of this file in weekly archive of job 'prodserv'.

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~~Version 0.4.4~~

*To copy it back to the server 10.204.48.1 run on the Affa server

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~~- added property StrictHostKeyChecking (ssh option)~~

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~~- string comparison instead~~ of ~~numric for $~~job{'~~doneYearly~~'~~} ne $thisYear etc~~.

export RFILE=/home/e-smith/files/ibays/docs/files/orderform.pdf ''# this variable is used to shorten the next command line''

rsync -av /var/affa/prodserv/weekly.1/$RFILE 10.204.48.1:$RFILE

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* ~~Wed May 30 2007 Michael Weinberger~~

*If the servers are configured to use a different ssh port eg 2222, then instead do:

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~~Version 0.4.3~~

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~~- Minor bugfixes~~:

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~~calculation of RootDirFilesystemUsage in .AFFA-REPORT~~

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~~improved error handling with rsync status and df in DiskspaceWarn()~~

export RFILE=/home/e-smith/files/ibays/docs/files/orderform.pdf ''# this variable is used to shorten the next command line''

rsync -av -e 'ssh -i /root/.ssh/id_rsa_affa -p 2222' /var/affa/prodserv/weekly.1/$RFILE 10.204.48.1:$RFILE

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* Tue May 29 2007 Michael Weinberger

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~~- Version 0.4.2~~

−

~~Infinite loop in execPostJobCommand() if command could not be executed:~~

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~~Don't call execPostJobCommand() in affaErrorExit() if err==115~~

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~~- RPMCheck property was ignored~~

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~~- added Property chattyOnSuccess~~

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~~- modified jobconfig-sample.pl to preserve 'doneDaily','doneWeekly','doneMonthly','doneYearly' and 'chattyOnSuccess'~~

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~~- write error codes of affaErrorExit() to log~~

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* Thu May 24 2007 Michael Weinberger

'''Example 3:''' Restoring a file with special characters in the path

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~~- Version 0.4.1~~

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~~- fixed bug~~ in ~~disk usage calculation~~

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* Mon May 21 2007 Michael Weinberger

Do not use shell variables to shorten the command. It would complicate things more than it would help.

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~~- Version 0~~.4.0

Quote the source and destination path. In the destination path escape blank characters with a double backslash and brackets with a single backslash. On the Affa backup server do:

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- ~~added option~~ --~~rename-job~~

rsync -av "/var/affa/fileshare/daily.4/home/e-smith/files/ibays/mechfiles/files/Valve Control (Design Gr)/VALVE LIST FOR ISSUED.xls" "192.168.1.7:/home/e-smith/files/ibays/mechfiles/files/Valve\\ Control\\ $Design\\ Gr$/VALVE\\ LIST\\ FOR\\ ISSUED.xls"

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~~- changed syntax of --send-keys~~ (!)

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~~- added option --move-archive~~

If the servers are configured to use a different ssh port eg 2222, then instead do:

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* Sun May 20 2007 Michael Weinberger

rsync -av -e 'ssh -i /root/.ssh/id_rsa_affa -p 2222' "/var/affa/fileshare/daily.4/home/e-smith/files/ibays/mechfiles/files/Valve Control (Design Gr)/VALVE LIST FOR ISSUED.xls" "192.168.1.7:/home/e-smith/files/ibays/mechfiles/files/Valve\\ Control\\ $Design\\ Gr$/VALVE\\ LIST\\ FOR\\ ISSUED.xls"

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- ~~Version 0~~.3.3

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- ~~rebuild cronjobs after rise~~/~~undorise~~

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- ~~ignore job of own backup, when creating cronjobs~~ (~~job appears after a rise run~~)

====Full restore====

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* Sun May 20 2007 Michael Weinberger

{{Note box|Please for notes about rpms-missing.txt above: https://wiki.contribs.org/Affa#SME_Specific_usage_and_command_line_options}}

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- ~~Version 0~~.~~3.2~~

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~~- man~~: ~~added sshPort propperty~~

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~~- chdir~~ /~~tmp to avoid cwd warnings when the cwd disappears while running rise or undo rise~~

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~~- bugfix: undorise() did not found own backup archive~~. ~~Was searching for a wrong name~~

Generally:

'''affa --full-restore [optional settings] JOB [ARCHIVE]'''

This rsyncs the data (files and directories )from the backup ARCHIVE back to the 'remoteHostname' defined in the configuration of the job JOB.

If ARCHIVE is not given, the archive 'scheduled.0' is used as the default.

The --full-restore reconstructs the server as it was at the time of the backup and takes following IMPORTANT optional settings in consideration:

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* Wed May 16 2007 Michael Weinberger

With option [--preserve-newer=yes] files on the remote server with modification time newer than on the backup are not overwritten.

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- ~~Version 0.3.1 minor bugfixes~~

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- ~~checkCrossFS() did~~ not ~~work (used in --rise)~~

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~~- jobconfig-sample~~.~~pl: deleting record before setting props~~

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~~- Perl errors with --status before a job run~~

With option [--delete=yes] all files on the remote server, which are not in the backup, are deleted.

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* Thu May 10 2007 Michael Weinberger

If the parameter “SMEServer=yes” is set, the signal-event pre-restore and signal-event post-upgrade will be used automatically.

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- ~~Version 0.3.0~~

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- ~~man page completed~~

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- ~~mark archives with indices > keep setting with '*' in~~ -~~-list-acrchive output~~

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~~- Option --delete-job~~

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~~- Option --cleanup~~

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~~- added --job=JOB alternative to --send-keys~~

After the restore is done, the restored server reboots automatically.

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* Wed May 09 2007 Michael Weinberger

Example:

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~~- Version 0.2~~.0

You have backuped your production server 'prodsrv' as job 'prodbox'. To restore only lost data from the latest backup run

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- ~~added~~ --~~mailtest option~~

affa --full-restore prodbox

To restore exactly from the older archive daily.3 run

affa --full-restore [--preserve-newer=no] [--delete=yes] prodbox daily.3

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* Tue May 08 2007 Michael Weinberger

{{Warning box|A full restore with --preserve-newer no and --delete yes reconstructs the server as it was at the time of the backup. That means, that all files created or server configuration changes made after the backup will be lost! }}

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- ~~Version 0.1.5~~

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- ~~improved~~ -~~-status output~~

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~~- removed options --report~~ and --~~send-report~~

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~~- added option --show-archives~~

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~~- added --csv for status and show-archives output in CSV format~~

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~~- added property 'sshPort'~~

====Moving a SME server installation to new hardware using the Affa rise feature or the backup-restore functions====

Please see this Howto: [[Moving SME to new Hardware]]

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* Mon May 07 2007 Michael Weinberger

====Restore from USB drive on new server====

−

~~- Version 0.1.4~~

−

~~- don't install the remote watchdog, when remotehost is eq localhost~~

−

~~- improved check for remoteHostName eq localhost using DNS~~

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~~- ssh -o PasswordAuthentication~~=~~no in checkConnection()~~

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~~- added --full-restore~~

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~~- missing check for HOSTNAME argument in --send-keys added~~

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~~improved error check~~

−

~~- prevent run of --rise of localhost~~ from ~~own backup~~

This tip comes from http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=42412.0

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* Mon Apr 30 2007 Michael Weinberger

Q) I have complete backups using affa stored on a usb hard drive connected to our affa backup server. I need to restore an earlier monthly backup of our job "mailbackup" to a test server rather than back to the original system. If I did it from the backup server I see the instructions of how to rise that server to the current backup on that server but I want to restore a point about a month ago before some strange things happened. And I want to do it on a machine that is not our backup server or our production server. I tried to figure out how but am lost in the options. My goal is to do some testing.

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~~- Version 0~~.1.3

−

~~modified 'use constant* syntax~~ in ~~watchdog script for compatibility with perl 5~~.~~6 on SME6~~

A) On your testserver setup a job "mailbackup" identical to that on your backup server (a copy of the conf file is available into the folder of the archive, as an hidden file ''.mailbackup-setup.ini'') but set property '''RootDir''' to /var/affa and property '''status''' to disabled. Connect the USB drive and copy the archive of the job mailbackup to /var/affa. Then run affa --rise mailbackup ARCHIVE

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* Fri Apr 27 2007 Michael Weinberger

===FAQ===

−

~~- Version 0.1.2~~

'''What files and directories are included by default?'''

−

~~Bugfix: Preserve of ethernet driver setting with --rise did not work.~~

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~~Also preserve NIC bonding.~~

With SMEServer=no nothing at all.

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* Mon Apr 23 2007 Michael Weinberger

With SMEServer=yes the SME default backup list is the output of following command:

−

- ~~Version 0.1.1~~

perl -e 'use esmith::Backup;$b=new esmith::Backup;print join("\n",$b->restore_list)."\n"'

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~~scheduledKeep must be>~~=~~2 for~~ -~~-link-dest~~

and as additional folder:

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~~set scheduledKeep to 2 if <2~~

/etc/affa

−

~~- get lastrun date from~~ affa~~-report rather than from report file~~

−

~~- added auto mount function~~

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~~- added AutomountDevice and AutomountPoint to jobconfig-sample.pl~~

{{Note box|The following example needs to be reworked for Affa 3.}}

'''Can I exclusively backup image files from a specific directory?'''

Yes. Assuming you want to backup all gif and jpg files from directory /home/e-smith/files/ibays/pictures/files use this configuration

db affa setprop JOBNAME SMEServer no # do not include SME Server default directories and files

db affa setprop JOBNAME Include[0] '/home/e-smith/files/ibays/pictures/files' # start searching here

db affa setprop JOBNAME Include[1] '*/' # search the tree recursively

db affa setprop JOBNAME Include[2] '*.gif' # copy files that match these patterns

db affa setprop JOBNAME Include[3] '*.jpg'

db affa setprop JOBNAME Exclude[0] '*' # exclude all others

db affa setprop JOBNAME rsyncOptions '-m' # do not create empty folders

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* Wed Apr 18 2007 Michael Weinberger

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~~- Version 0.0.8~~

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~~dont die if report db does not exist~~

'''How can I move a backup archive from my production server in a remote branch office to the Affa server using an USB disk? I want to avoid to download the first full backup over the internet.'''

Install Affa on your production server, connect and mount the USB disk. Setup a job to write the archive to the USB disk. After the job run, connect the USB disk to your Affa server and setup the job in the same way. Use the setup script from the archive directory. You only need to change the remoteHostName property. Now use the --move-archive option to move the archive to the local disk. If not already done, send the public key to your production server. You're done.

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* Wed Apr 18 2007 Michael Weinberger

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~~- Version 0.0.7~~

−

~~run checkConnection() only for scheduled backups~~

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~~added Size and Disk usage information to --status~~

'''How do I backup two SME servers behind a firewall?'''

First you need to configure port forwardings for the ssh service on your firewall. Use a non-standard port, e.g 2200->22, for your second server. Setup a job on your Affa server for each of your production servers. Set up the job property sshPort=2200 for second server.

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* Thu Apr 12 2007 Michael Weinberger

===Uninstall===

−

~~- Version 0~~.~~0.5~~

This removes the installed Affa package, all configuration data and all backup archives.

−

~~fixed calculation of lastrun-now~~

Run the following commands for each job:

affa --revoke-key JOBNAME

affa --delete-job JOBNAME

Verify that all jobs have been deleted:

affa --status

Remove the Affa package:

yum remove smeserver-affa-3.2.2.1-0.noarch.rpm

Cleaning up:

rm -f /etc/cron.d/affa

rm -rf /etc/affa

rm -rf /var/affa /var/log/affa

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* Thu Apr 12 2007 Michael Weinberger

===Troubleshooting===

−

~~- Version 0~~.~~0.4~~

====Affa stops working after prodserver was rebuild.====

−

~~- added --send-status plus templates~~

'''Description:'''

−

~~- fixed format error of times in affa --status~~

−

~~- show~~ '~~failed~~'~~, if lastrun is older 1 day in affa --status~~

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~~- fixed typo. default status=disabled (was disable)~~

*Affa stopped working or is broken.

*When affaserver tries to make an ssh connection to prodserver it fails.

*In the /var/log/affa/''jobname''.log file you will this message: "SSH connection to ''prodserver ip'' failed. Did you send the public key".

*Resending the keys does not solve the problem.

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* Fri Apr 06 2007 Michael Weinberger

'''Solution:'''

−

~~- Version 0.0.3~~

−

~~- watchdog reminder was not deleted on soure~~

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~~- wrong version mismatch list in rpm compare~~

*This is probably due to the key for prodserver that is stored on the affaserver no longer matches the key of prodserver.

*You need remove the existing key so that the next ssh connection re-gets the keys from prodserver.

*From the command line edit the /root/.ssh/known_hosts file and remove the line for prodserver. It starts with: ''prodserver ip'' ssh-rsa

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* Thu Apr 05 2007 Michael Weinberger

===Bug report===

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- ~~added 'rsync--inplace' property~~

Affa is listed in the [http://bugs.contribs.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=SME%20Contribs&component=smeserver-affa bugtracker contribs section].

Please report all bugs, new feature requests and documentation issues there.

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* Mon Apr 02 2007 Michael Weinberger

{{#bugzilla:columns=id,product,version,status,summary |sort=id |order=desc |disablecache=1|component=smeserver-affa|noresultsmessage="No open bugs found."}}

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- ~~initial release~~

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~~</pre>~~

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==== ~~Files~~ ====

===Additional information===

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~~<pre>~~

For details of performance, changelog etc see [[:Affa:Additional information]]

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~~/etc/e-smith/events/actions/affa-make-cronjobs~~

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/etc~~/e-smith/events/post-upgrade/S90affa-make-cronjobs~~

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~~/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/cron.d/affa-status/00run~~

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~~/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/cron.d/affa/00jobs~~

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~~/etc/logrotate.d/affa~~

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~~/sbin/e-smith/affa~~

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~~/sbin/e-smith/affa-rpmlist.sh~~

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~~/usr/lib/affa/jobconfig-sample.pl~~

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~~/usr/lib/affa/postJobCommand-sample.pl~~

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~~/usr/lib/affa/preJobCommand-sample.pl~~

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~~/usr/lib/affa/watchdog.template~~

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~~/usr/man/man1/affa.1.gz~~

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==== ~~Source RPM~~ ====

===References===

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~~[http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/contribs/michaelw/sme7/Src/ Affa SRPM]~~

*Wikipedia article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rsync

*Rsync homepage http://rsync.samba.org/

*Wiki article [[Moving SME to new Hardware]]

*Wiki article [[Backup with Affa and FreeDup]]

*Wiki article [[Rsyncd setup on a windows computer for use with Affa backup]]

*Wiki article [[Backup Windows Computers Using Affa]]

*Wiki article [[Backup of ESXi Virtual Machines using Affa]]

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~~==== Acronym ====~~

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~~Affa stands for '''A'''utomatische '''F'''estplatten '''F'''ern'''a'''rchivierung~~

[[Category: Contrib]]

[[Category: Backup]]

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