Backing up FreeBSD onto a Windows NT Workstation

I have a Windows NT workstation. And it contains a DAT drive. So this
topic is near and dear to my heart. So thanks to Chris for writing this article.

27
November 1999 – I’ve added my backup script to the end of the article.

How to do it

Backing up FreeBSD directories onto a WindowsNT Workstation – "Chris Silva"
<bitsurfr@enteract.com>

I was faced with the problem of saving all the kewl things
I have done in certain directories but at the time, had only a DAT in my NTWS…

First – Lets assume you have a small network at home, like I do, and lets also assume
you have added a nice FBSD firewall to keep things safe… You will need to be able to FTP
into your NTWS (or Server).

So – with all that as a given, here is what I did:

I installed Peer Web Services on my NTWS, added a secure login account. Peer Web
Services for NTWS is just a 10 user version of IIS – I disabled the web service, along
with gopher. All I needed was the FTP abilities.

I created a script that tars certain directories on my FBSD box. I put this
script in /etc/periodic/daily/ and gave it a name: in this case, 990.backup-makeworld and
chmoded it with +x

After the tarring is complete, another within the same script, it logs into the NT box
and "bin" and "put" the tarball there where my DAT then at 7:00 AM,
calls up my ArcServe.

Notice, I add the tar routing to /etc/periodic/daily so that it run each night at 2:00
am – where the actual filename is based on the box name, and the current date, i.e.:

makeworld.'date +%m%d%y'.tgz

Which becomes: makeworld.101199.tgz

Yes – the permissions are kept, and putting it back is as easy as ftp’ing back into the
FBSD box.

This works well for me even though I have since put a DAT on my BSD box.

Below is the scripting I use…

#!/bin/sh -
#
# $Id: ntbackup.php,v 1.24 2007/08/27 16:34:47 dan Exp $
#
# To be placed as /etc/periodic/daily/990.backup-makeworld
# And chmod +x

echo ""
echo ====== `date`: Backing up /usr/home/bitsurfer on makeworld.com
        cd /home/bitsurfer/backups
        rm *.tgz
        cd /usr/home
        tar -zcvf makeworld.`date +%m%d%y`.tgz bitsurfer/
        mv *.tgz /usr/home/bitsurfer/backups

echo ""
echo ====== `date`: Putting tarball to NTWS

	cd /home/bitsurfer/backups
	ftp -n -v 10.3.1.10 <<EoF
	user (some user) (some password)
	bin
	prompt
	mput *.tgz

[Ed. Note: 10.3.1.10 is the IP address of Chris’ NT workstation]

Hope this helps…

Best regards, Chris

My script

Here is the script I created to backup the important pieces of my box. I’m sure
there is lots of stuff in here which could be further excluded, but I can’t be bothered
trimming it down. But I’m willing to hear your comments.

WARNING:
only you can decide what is important to backup on your box. This is what I decided
was important to me.

[root@ducky:/usr/backups] # more backup.sh 
#!/bin/sh
tar -zpcvf /usr/backups/archives/backup.`date +%Y.%m.%d.at.%H.%M.%S`.tgz \
        -X /usr/backups/exclude.txt             \
        /etc                                    \
        /usr/local/                             \
        /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/                 \
        /sbin/                                  \
        /usr/home/                              \
        /pub/

Don’t forget the ‘\’ at the end of each line as specified. This script creates a
file with a name similar to this:

/usr/backups/archives/backup.1999.11.26.at.14.33.24.tgz

Everything in the indicated directories (/etc, /usr/local, etc)
are included in the backup. With the exception of those files/directories specified
in /usr/backups/exclude.txt. At present, this file contains:

/usr/backups/archives/*

This excludes any previous backups from being included within this backup. I will
add to this list should discover other sub-directories which I do not wish to archive.

I have yet to set up an automated FTP of this file to another box. But that will
come.