Re: Backup Best Practice
Matthew J Black <[email protected]> Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:28:31 +1100
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------umHBCmV9RX4gphSncInB6hQ0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hi Winston, Thanks for the advice. No, I mean 3 copies of the (Level 1, 2, etc) backup, as per https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatabackup/definition/3-2-1-Backup-Strategy (for example) :-) On 27/12/24 21:06, Winston Sorfleet wrote: > > Assuming your alternate off-site media is tape, I would recommend > looking into amvault. That's true archival; if you want "live" > alternate off-site, then I'd go with (2). I'm not sure what you mean > by 3 backups, though. Do you mean traditional level 1 and level 2? > amanda uses a bit of a different paradigm, deciding on its own when to > do what with a scheduled backup window. > > On 2024-12-27 04:03, duluxoz wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> >> We're trying to follow backup best practice (ie the 3-2-1 Rule: 3 >> backups on 2 different media, 1 off-site). My question is: What's the >> best way to achieve this: >> >> 1. Run three identical backups to each of the three destinations >> 2. Run a single backup and use something like scp or rsync to copy >> the resulting backup files to the other two destinations >> 3. Or can Amanda backup to multiple destinations at once, and if so, >> how is this accomplished >> >> Thanks in advance for the advice >> >> Cheers >> >> Dulux-Oz -- PEREGRINE IT Pty Ltd Signature *Matthew J BLACK* M.Inf.Tech.(Data Comms) MBA B.Sc. MACS (Snr), CP, IP3P When you want it done /right/ ‒ the first time! Phone: +61 4 0411 0089 Email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Web: www.peregrineit.net <http://www.peregrineit.net> View Matthew J BLACK's profile on LinkedIn <http://au.linkedin.com/in/mjblack> This Email is intended only for the addressee. Its use is limited to that intended by the author at the time and it is not to be distributed without the author’s consent. 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If you have received this Email in error, please notify the author and delete this message immediately. --------------umHBCmV9RX4gphSncInB6hQ0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> </head> <body> <p>Hi Winston,</p> <p>Thanks for the advice.</p> <p>No, I mean 3 copies of the (Level 1, 2, etc) backup, as per <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatabackup/definition/3-2-1-Backup-Strategy">https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatabackup/definition/3-2-1-Backup-Strategy</a> (for example) :-)<br> </p> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 27/12/24 21:06, Winston Sorfleet wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:[email protected]"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <p>Assuming your alternate off-site media is tape, I would recommend looking into amvault. That's true archival; if you want "live" alternate off-site, then I'd go with (2). I'm not sure what you mean by 3 backups, though. Do you mean traditional level 1 and level 2? amanda uses a bit of a different paradigm, deciding on its own when to do what with a scheduled backup window.<br> </p> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2024-12-27 04:03, duluxoz wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:[email protected]"> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <p>Hi All,</p> <p>We're trying to follow backup best practice (ie the 3-2-1 Rule: 3 backups on 2 different media, 1 off-site). My question is: What's the best way to achieve this:</p> <ol> <li>Run three identical backups to each of the three destinations</li> <li>Run a single backup and use something like scp or rsync to copy the resulting backup files to the other two destinations</li> <li>Or can Amanda backup to multiple destinations at once, and if so, how is this accomplished</li> </ol> <p>Thanks in advance for the advice</p> <p>Cheers</p> Dulux-Oz </blockquote> </blockquote> <div class="moz-signature">-- <br> <title>PEREGRINE IT Pty Ltd Signature</title> <meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <p> <font size="4" face="Arial" color="842dce"><strong>Matthew J BLACK</strong></font> <br> <font size="2" face="Arial" color="b760ff"> M.Inf.Tech.(Data Comms) <br> MBA <br> B.Sc. <br> MACS (Snr), CP, IP3P </font> </p> <p> <font size="3" face="Arial" color="842dce">When you want it done <em>right</em> ‒ the first time!</font> </p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="right"><font size="1" face="Arial" color="b760ff">Phone:</font></td> <td><font size="1" face="Arial" color="b760ff">+61 4 0411 0089</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"><font color="b760ff" face="Arial" size="1">Email:</font></td> <td><a href="mailto:[email protected]"><font size="1" color="b760ff" face="Arial">[email protected]</font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"><font color="b760ff" face="Arial" size="1">Web:</font></td> <td><a href="http://www.peregrineit.net"><font size="1" color="b760ff" face="Arial">www.peregrineit.net</font></a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> <a href="http://au.linkedin.com/in/mjblack"> <img src="http://s.c.lnkd.licdn.com/scds/common/u/img/webpromo/btn_viewmy_160x33.png" width="160" height="33" border="0" alt="View Matthew J BLACK's profile on LinkedIn"> </a> </p> <font size="1" face="Arial"> <p> This Email is intended only for the addressee. 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