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== Add how to exclude an ibay from the backup? ==
 
 
Should there also be added a section on how to avoid an ibay being backed up. You may not want to back up an ibay that is a mirror for instance.
 
 
create a custom template, 45prune, in /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/etc/dar/DailyBackup.dcf/
 
 
{
 
    my @excludes = ('home/e-smith/files/ibays/ibaytoexclude1','home/e-smith/files/ibays/ibaytoexclude2');
 
 
    foreach my $dir ( @excludes ) {
 
        $OUT .= "--prune $dir\n";
 
    }
 
}
 
 
expand-template /etc/dar/DailyBackup.dcf
 
 
 
== Add how to start a one-off backup? ==
 
 
To backup up to workstation as a one-off, not a scheduled event, run
 
 
/sbin/e-smith/do_backupwk
 
 
However note that scheduled backups must be enabled for the above command to work.
 
  
 
== mc dar plugin ==
 
== mc dar plugin ==
  
 
This is mentioned in the text, but not how to use it.
 
This is mentioned in the text, but not how to use it.
 
== Instructions are outdated ==
 
 
AFAIK the installation instructions are outdated as SME Server 7.4 comes with a built in backup that can use dar. <small>—&nbsp;[[User:Cactus|Cactus]] ([[User talk:Cactus|talk]]&nbsp;|&nbsp;[[Special:Contributions/Cactus|contribs]])&nbsp;</small> 22:12, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
 

Latest revision as of 11:23, 15 July 2013

mc dar plugin

This is mentioned in the text, but not how to use it.