Talk:Backup with dar

Add how to exclude an ibay from the backup?

Should there also be added a section on how to avoid an ibay being backed up. You may not want to back up an ibay that is a mirror for instance.

create a custom template, 45prune, in /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/etc/dar/DailyBackup.dcf/

{

   my @excludes = ('home/e-smith/files/ibays/ibaytoexclude1','home/e-smith/files/ibays/ibaytoexclude2');

   foreach my $dir ( @excludes ) {
       $OUT .= "--prune $dir\n";
   }

}

expand-template /etc/dar/DailyBackup.dcf

Add how to start a one-off backup?

To backup up to workstation as a one-off, not a scheduled event, run

/sbin/e-smith/do_backupwk

However note that scheduled backups must be enabled for the above command to work.

mc dar plugin

This is mentioned in the text, but not how to use it.