Synbak is a wrapper for several existing backup programs suppling to the end user a common method for configuration, and will manage the execution logic of any single backup, and will make a detailed reports.
Moreover, if you are a developer and want contribute, the modular nature of synbak will allow you to easly write new backup methods, reports, and translations.
Backup Methods:
Rsync
� backup of local and remote files using the beautiful and super fast 'rsync' protocol
� incremental backups
� total backups
� local backups
� remote backups via ssh, rsync and smb/cifs protocols
� auto mounting/umounting of remote system shares using smb/cifs protocols
Tar
� backup of local files into tar archives
� bzip2 compression
� gzip compression
� backup verify
MySQL
� backup dumps of local or remote MySQL servers
� bzip2 compression for sql dumps
� local multiple database dumps specifying the MySQL database dir (will create a dump for each database found)
� remote databases backup in a single SQL dump
� database inclusion pattern
� database exclusion pattern
LDAP
� backup dumps of local or remote LDAP (Light Weight Directory Access Protocol) directory servers
� bzip2 compression for ldif dumps
� ldif dump of remote LDAP servers
Tape
� backup to tape archives (ex. DAT, DLT, etc...)
� multi loader support (device changer/loader)
� eject of tape at backup end
� backup verify
Laser Disc
� backup to misc laser compact disks
� CD/R/RW
� DVD/R/RW/RAM
� eject of device at backup end
Report Methods:
HTML
� a very friendly gui wil provide all infos that an administrator or an end user need
RSS
� with the emerging RSS (Really Simple Syndication) protocol usage, you will find this report facility very useful, use it with your RSS aggregator
EMail
� receive via email the backup reports, the subject will describe if your backup gone well or not
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Here are some key features of "Synbak":
· useful to backup servers, workstations and also laptops (not always network connected computers)
· input and output strings on UTF-8 charset format only
· easy concept and structure
· system, method and report concept
· support many backup methods
· common config file and interface for configuring every backup method
· fully multi user backup system, can run under normal user accounts or root user to keep all remote file permissions
· auto erase of old backups
· powerful reporting facility
· very understandably backups reports
· backup speed calculation
· provide many backups information
· you can create esclusion filters using regexp expressions
· modular architecture for developers
· ALL remote backups can be specified using a standard URI (Uniform Resource Identifiers) format (ex. cifs://usr:pwd@host/share)
· auto mounting and umounting of remote cifs/smb shares
· fully localized using the standard GNU gettext framework
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· This version changes many report messages (HTML and email reports).
· It fixes a bug with calculating destination size when backup_no_make_destdir=yes is used.
· It fixes a bug in the short open tag in the PHP calendar report.
· It fixes a bug when erasing old backups when backup_erase_always was used.
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