computer42 backup suite

Short Description

The c42-backup suite is a simple python program for maintaining a central backup in a small, but distributed environment with a central file share. Basically it is a wrapper around the tar backup facility.

The main objectives of c42-backup are:

• Common, simple configuration of backup tasks.
• Use same configuration for full and incremental backups.
• Provide a network wide index of backups.
• Separates creating and compressing of backup files
• Automatically delete outdated backup files.
• The rules which defines if a backup file is outdated or not are specified in the configuration.
• Provide a configuration mechanism that is strong enough to write general backup configurations, which can be shared between different machines and users.

A task is defined backup template. At invocation of the task it is determined if a full or incremental backup should be done.

The separation of creating and compressing of backup files allow the use on a client machine with low CPU resources. For client machines with big CPU resources or a small network bandwidth the compression can be done also on the client side.

Prerequisites

• python (2.4),
• Berkly DB including python-bsddb3
• a POSIX compliant operation system (e.g. Linux)
• GNU Tar command
• Bzip2 Compressor

Consulting

Documentation

Download

• c42 Backup V 0.3.0 [12.01.2007]
  Changes:
  • concurent access to index files
  • data file of backup in creation is stored in index
• c42 Backup V 0.2.0 [07.09.2006]