03-18-2009
If you have a server dedicated for backups over the network, then you apparently have several other servers that need backing up? Why not just adopt Amanda?
Amanda Open Source Backup. There is a wrapper I posted on the Zmanda wiki that does fssnap snapshots with ufsdump for Solaris.
Backup client - The Open Source Backup Wiki (Amanda, MySQL Backup, BackupPC).
If you just want to try to do it yourself, the examples on docs.sun.com (in the System Administrators Collection for Solaris) depend on rsh and .rhosts. Those are generally regarded as not being secure. I would do it through an ssh pipe. I have a rather extensive script that does the same fssnap snapshot with ufsdump and can do it to a remote drive over ssh. I recently posted it so that people could look at it for reference.
Minimalist SysAdmin Tape backup script for Solaris 9 or 10. You're welcome to look at it for reference and/or use it directly. However, it sounds like your situation may be better served by using Amanda.
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svn-fast-backup
svn-fast-backup(1) General Commands Manual svn-fast-backup(1)
NAME
svn-fast-backup - very fast backup for Subversion fsfs repositories.
SYNOPSIS
svn-fast-backup [-q] [-k{N|all}] [-f] [-t] [-s] repos_path backup_dir
DESCRIPTION
svn-fast-backup uses rsync snapshots for very fast backup of a Subversion fsfs repository at repos_path to backup_dir/repos-rev, the latest
revision number in the repository. Multiple fsfs backups share data via hardlinks, so old backups are almost free, since a newer revision
of a repository is almost a complete superset of an older revision.
This is good for replacing incremental log-dump+restore-style backups because it is just as space-conserving and even faster; there is no
inter-backup state (old backups are essentially caches); each backup directory is self-contained. It has the same command-line interface
as svn-hot-backup(1) (if you use --force), but only works for fsfs repositories.
svn-fast-backup keeps 64 backups by default and deletes backups older than these; this can be adjusted with the -k option.
OPTIONS
-h, --help
Shows some brief help text.
-q, --quiet
Quieter-than-usual operation.
-k, --keep=N
Keep a specified number of backups; the default is to keep 64.
-k, --keep=all
Do not delete any old backups at all.
-f, --force
Make a new backup even if one with the current revision exists.
-t, --trace
Show actions.
-s, --simulate
Don't perform actions.
AUTHOR
Voluntary contributions made by many individuals. Copyright (C) 2006 CollabNet.
2006-11-09 svn-fast-backup(1)