OZO Rdiff Backup

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I am pleased to announce the release of the OZO Rdiff Backup Linux shell script. Rdiff-backup is a robust and well-documented tool for performing reverse differential backups. It is particularly well suited for using Linux and SSH to perform incremental backups of remote Linux systems. This script automates the use of rdiff-backup to perform incremental backups of one or more remote Linux systems over SSH to a dedicated local volume. It will:

  • Mount a volume dedicated for rdiff-backup increments.
  • Execute rdiff-backup against the specified remote host, backing up a default set of directories along with any additional directories specified on a per host basis.
  • Remove increments older than the configured age.
  • Unmount the rdiff-backup volume.
  • Perform a weekly fsck of the rdiff-backup volume.

For installation and configuration, please see README.md. You can find a link to this script and others in our Publication Catalog.