IsiBackup

IsiBackup is a backup program for Linux and Unix environments. It is intended to create recursive backups on a per-directory basis onto a local hard drive.

Features:

• Full/Incremental/Differential Backup
• Encryption (GnuPG)
• Different compression styles (bzip2, gzip, zip)
• Different packagin programs (cpio, tar, "zip")
• Multiple Backup-Sets (System, Data, Config, ...)
• Pushing/Pulling backups to central backup collecting server (rsync, ftp)
• Easy to navigate backup format, restore of file without utility possilbe
• Fast commandline restore utility

Written by Marcus Holthaus, Simon Huerlimann here and Flavio Pellanda. It will be released under the GNU Public License. Currently only used internally.

Current release can be downloaded here:

• isibackup_2.0.28_all.deb (89.4 KB) (In use with debian etch, lenny and appropriate versions of ubuntu)

Also needed to run is libisi-ruby:

• libisi-ruby_0.2.10_all.deb (1.2 KB)

• libisi-ruby1.8_0.2.10_all.deb (45.3 KB)

Quickstart Commands

Download files and install with:

sudo dpkg --install isibackup_2.0.28_all.deb libisi-ruby_0.2.10_all.deb libisi-ruby1.8_0.2.10_all.deb

If you don't need encryption, uncomment CMD_CRYPT in /etc/isibackup/isibackup.conf.

Run backup with progress bar:

isibackup

Example:

root@testhost:~# isibackup
System: doing full...
  2010-03-01 15:39:24 EXECUTE: /usr/bin/nice /usr/bin/isibackup-main --full --backup --set system --progress
CreateDirlist: 100% |ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo| Time: 00:02:03
CleanDir:      100% |ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo| Time: 00:00:00
BackingUp:       8% |oooooo                                           | ETA:  01:17:48
Backup         : lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/kernel/net/sunrpc/auth_gss

Restore File:

# goto directory where you lost your file and type
isirestore --extract
# then select file to restore, thas it

Example:

user@testhost:/etc/isibackup$ isirestore --extract
Found backups of the follwing files in 'etc/isibackup':
1: 1 x FILE backeduphosts.conf
2: 1 x FILE control
3: 1 x FILE control.dpkg-old
4: 1 x FILE control~
5: 1 x FILE defaults.conf
6: 1 x FILE isiarchive.conf
7: 1 x FILE isibackup.conf
8: 1 x FILE isibackup.conf.dpkg-old
9: 1 x FILE isibackup.conf~
10: 1 x FILE isibackup_mount.sh
11: 1 x FILE isibackup_mount.sh.dpkg-old
12: 1 x FILE isibackup_mount.sh~
13: 1 x FILE isibackup_umount.sh
14: 1 x FILE mount_points
15: DIR all
16: DIR collect
17: DIR config
18: DIR data
19: DIR data_linux
20: DIR data_windows
21: DIR host_linux
22: DIR host_windows
23: DIR keys
24: DIR media
25: DIR system
Please make your choice. (Comma seperated list or 'all' for all.)
7
1:   Name: isibackup.conf
  Original directory: /etc/isibackup
  Backup file : /var/backups/automount/logintas-backup-ls1g/isibackup/config/full/green.lakestreet1.ch/pilpo/etc/isibackup/isibackup.cpio.bz2.gpg
  atime: Thu Jan 21 12:00:04 +0100 2010
  mtime: Tue Mar 11 14:22:57 +0100 2008
  ctime: Thu Mar 20 10:42:19 +0100 2008
  mode: 0100664
  size: 2044 bytes
Please make your choice. (Comma seperated list or 'all' for all.)
1

Resulting File is: /etc/isibackup/isibackup.conf-2008-03-11 14:22:57

Footnote

If you are interested in encrypted backup or GnuPG encryption, don't hesitate to contact us. info@logintas.ch

Keywords: backup, gpg, GnuPG, encryption, bz2, bzip2, gzip, zip, cpio, tar, full, incremental, differential, central backup, debian, etch, lenny, ubuntu, kubuntu