[auton-users] Backup Policy

[nichol]

Jacob,

This is great. However, the files I want to backup are always the ones
Im working on just now (or the last few weeks). Therefore, I'd have to
re-make my backup list every day. That ain't going to happen!

Could you add a feature that backs-up all files upto 10GB, starting
with the latest? If this was automatic, that would be awesome!

Cheers

Bob


*Hi.
*I'd like to announce that we've implemented nightly backups of all users' home 
*directories.  In short, we have the space to back up 10GB per user and store 
*it for 3 months.  
*
*Here's how you can be backed up:
** If your home directory is under 10GB in size, it will be backed up 
*automatically.  You can check with "du -sh ~".
*
** If it is over 10GB, your data WILL NOT BE BACKED UP. You must create a list 
*of files to be backed up.  It should be in the root of your home directory, 
*called "backup.lst".  Each line in "backup.lst" is relative to your home 
*directory and can specify either a directory or file.  Lines beginning with 
*"#" are comments.  For example, here's my backup.lst 
*(/mnt/BigPapa/home/jacob/backup.lst):
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*# Jacob's backup.lst
*
*# some files
*backup.lst
*idl_linux.alpha.tar.gz
*
*# some directories
*# Note they may be specified with or without a /
*backup
*.ssh/
*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
*
** Be sure that your backup.lst does not specify more than 10GB of files, or it 
*will nothing will be backed up.  You can check with: du -sc $(cat 
*backup.lst|grep -v "#")
*
** Backups begin at 1 am every night, in alphabetical order of users
*
** Full backups are stored on the first of every month.  Incrementals occur 
*every sunday for the current month, and for every day in the current week.
*
*
*While this is primarily in case of catestrophic loss/corruption of our 
*file-server, we will of course be able to restore your files if you 
*accidentally delete them, for example.  Send such requests to: 
*admin at autonlab.org .  I recommend everyone check the size of their home 
*directory as soon as possible so as to be included.  I will send e-mail to 
*over-size users.
*
*If you have any questions, don't hesitate to let me know.
*
*-Jacob Joseph
*

-- 
Bob Nichol
5000 Forbes Ave.
Carnegie Mellon
412-268-8068
nichol at cmu.edu