Thread: Differantial Backup

Hi Guys,

Hi im newbie in scripting in Linux, can someone help me how to script a Full Backup on Friday everyday, and Differential Backup on Monday to Thursday everyday, with a current date stating in each Backup file.

Thank You So Much so much in advance...

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Hi Guys,

up for this one i really need your help.

Warm Regards.

Use tar command.

Hi,

Thank you for the quick response, but can you tell me how to script it?
We have 8 Redhat Desktop and 1 Redhat server, my Senior Sysadmin like me to make a script for Full Backup in Friday everyday 12nn, and a Differential Backup in Monday to Thursday everyday 3pm.

Warm Regards and God Bless.

Hi,

I forgot to say that i will use the script on every Desktop and send it to our Server.

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See Linux / UNIX Tar Full and Incremental Tape Backup Shell Script

Modify script as per your need. I suggest you build backup server using rsnapshot which keeps daily, hourly, weekly and monthly backup. How To Set Red hat / CentOS Linux Remote Backup / Snapshot Server

Hi,

Thank you so much for the response, it really help a lot.
Another question, what is the use of md5sum and rsync command? can i see some simple script using this 2 commands...

Warm Regards...