[mythtv-users] DBbackups

[Mike Holden]

I do something similar, but I avoid the need to mount the directory on the
remote machine. From the client/target machine, I run the following:


On 24 December 2016 at 06:58, Craig Huff <huffcslists at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 10:38 AM, Daryl McDonald <darylangela at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Greetings Mythizens, I'm looking for an elegant way to backup my database
>> not only to the standard location /mythtv/DBbackups but also to a separate
>> always on PC. Right now i can access it through the "connect to server"
>> option in Ubuntu "files".
>> Myth runs on one Ubuntu machine FE/BE and wakes up for recordings, I have
>> a gigabit LAN (cat5 between the two boxes) with the primary
>> Ubuntu/ZoneMinder box running 24/7. What are my options?
>>
>
> Not sure if this is what you're looking for, but here's what it sounds
> like:
>
> A) Mount the always-on system to the mountpoint of your choice on the
> system where your database server is running (or at least where your DB
> backup is performed). My db-server is the same as my BE/FE.  I have windows
> systems mounted with cifs (and I have Samba running in the same workgroup
> as the Windows systems, too.)  I have a NAS mounted with nfs.
> B) Add to whatever script does your current local backups the appropriate
> commands to duplicate the newly created backup file(s) to the remote
> mounted drive(s) of your choice.  I use something like:
>              # rsync -aP --delete-during   /<path to backup>/<backup
> directory>/   /<remote mount point>/<remote path>/<remote backup directory>/
>
> I use /usr/bin/mythconverg_backup to do the basic backup with parameters
> that only keep a set number of the latest backups around.  The
> --delete-during option to rsync takes care of cleaning up the remote
> directory to match. I intentionally end both the source and the destination
> parameters to the rsync command because I _really_ mean I want to have the
> contents of the source _directory_ replicated in the destination
> _directory_ and I get in too much trouble when I try to get too
> elegant/efficient.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> --
> Craig.
>
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