From 92b831e7fddcf9f960a02e125d8fd85ffa7070ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jack-Benny Persson Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 08:54:11 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Extended the README a bit --- README.md | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 81d8ad1..10b9d68 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,6 +1,31 @@ # Serverbackup # -This is exercise 6 on lab 5 which is about writing a backup script for your server. -For this exercise I've chosen to make a backup script for Proxmox, ie take all the backup files -(vzdump-openvz-111-2013i\_11\_19-08\_20\_20.tar.lzo and so on) and copy them to a tape device and an external harddrive. +This is exercise 6 on lab 5 which is about writing a backup script for your +server. +For this exercise I've chosen to make a backup script for Proxmox, ie take all +the backup files (vzdump-openvz-111-2013i\_11\_19-08\_20\_20.tar.lzo and so on) +and copy them to a tape device and an external harddrive. + +## Short introduction on usage ## +At the top of the script there are several variables which you need to set +to match your system. The most important ones are __BackupDir__ which +is where your Proxmox server places it's backup files. On my system this is +/mnt/backup/dump (note: no trailing slash should be entered in the variables). +Then we have __TapeDev__ which is your Tape device. Most tape devices show up +as st0, st1, st2 and so on (st = SCSI Tape). +Next is the __ExtHDD__ variable which you should set to your external HDD if +you want to backup to an external harddrive. After this you set __MntPoint__ +which is where you would like to mount your external harddive. +Next variable is __ExtHDDdir__ which you set to where you would like your +backup-files on your external harddrive. +A very important variable is __Where__. Here you'll define if you would place +your backup on your tape device or an external harddrive, or both. If you set +__Where__ to Tape only a tape backup will be performed. If you set it to HDD +the backup files will only to copied to your external harddrive. If you set it +to Tape&HDD your backup files will be placed on both an external harddrive and +on your tape device. + +You can place your script wherever you on your system. When the script runs it +will cd into your Proxmox backups files and perform it's action from there. +