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a utility for creating reverse differential backups

rdiff-backup is a utility that allows a backup of a directory tree with a history of changes that can be retrieved. The user can retrieve the version of a file at certain points in the past. This is achieved by storing the current version and keeping a record of the changes in reverse (i.e. the difference between the current version and the previous version is stored so that the previous version can be re-created) The previous version may have a diff that can be used to go to the next previous version and so on.

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What is a system state backup for?

The windows backup utility comes with an option to backup the system-state. What is this for? Has it a real utility? Can I recover that windows on another machine?
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I can't delete files 'rm: cannot remove X Read-only file system'

I am trying to remove an rdiff backup folder as some problems occured during the backup and need to remove it's history and try again. However, when I run: rm -r -f rdiff-backup-data I get the following on some of the files: rm: cannot remove `X':…
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Delete files from rdiff-backup

We have a system running that uses rdiff-backup for its backups. However, the backup partition is out of space, so we'll need to re-examine the situation. We do need a permanent solution, but until that time, we simply need to free up some space on…
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full or incremental backup of large number of files

I have a large amount of files in both quantity and total file size. (we're talking a few terabytes). I would like to sync these files/folders once to an external backup system, then run a daily task that will resync the backup based on the daily…
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Is rdiff-backup outdated?

I just find it a bit odd that this powerful tool does not have any bug fix (if there are any) since 2009! So is it outdated stable, or its so powerful that there is no need for any update? (P.S. The reason behind this is that I'm looking for a…
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rdiff-backup - list all changes (and timestamps) of a certain file (or files)?

I run a nightly backup of all my files using rdiff-backup. Can I use rdiff-backup to tell me when changes occurred to a particular file or set of files throughout a certain timeframe? For example, lets say I have file.txt and here is its recent…
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Out-of-memory kernel (3.2.0) panic (Debian 7.3) even though offending process was killed

While attempting a backup of a pretty large folder (450G) to a 2TB drive that's in that server solely as a backup destination rdiff-backup (version 1.2.8 - last marked stable) caused a kernel panic. System: Linux giorgio 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian…
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open source backup system with user-driven recovery

At my old company we used NetApp, which supported a ".snapshot" feature. Whenever I did something stupid to my files, I could cd .snapshot and find hourly and nightly directories which contain snapshots of my current directory. I get the file I need…
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Recover files using rdiff-backup command

I am trying to understand the rdiff-backup command which is already implemented to do backups.My question is What is the command to restore all files in one .gz backedup file using rdiff-backup command.Your comments have been very useful. If i have…
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taking care of long filenames

Yesterday I deployed a simple backup based on rdiff-backup on a Windows server machine and our customer had a lot filenames/paths exceeding 250 chars. Every new customer we acquire is having this issue, so my question is, how do you take care of…
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Is there a way to list files that can be recovered from rdiff-backup

I am testing rdiff-backup as a possible backup solution. There is one thing i cant find how to do and was wonder if it is possible. If I am backing up directories on a server. e.g. server:/shareddir If I delete a file in…
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optimize space rdiff-backup

Hi all into my server linux with Ubuntu10 in etc/crontab I have this: 0 0 * * * user rdiff-backup -v9 user@111.111.111.111::/var/www/ /mnt/server1/www 0 1 * * * user rdiff-backup -v9 user@222.222.222.222::/var/www/ /mnt/server2/www 0 2 * * * user…
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Using rdiff-backup for incremental backups of large compressed archive files?

I am researching a remote off-site backup strategy. The major limitation is that the upstream pipe is only ~50 kb/s, so with that in mind the incremental backup capabilities using file differentials of rdiff-backup seemed like the proper tool. In a…
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rdiff-backup not working, but rsync is,Mandriva for both OS

I have two servers, both Mandriva 2010.2, have exact same version of rdiff-backup(1.3.3) and the exact same rsync. I used to use rdiff-backup quite a bit back in debian, but I've moved over to a different OS since then. When i try and use…
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Any good reason not to use date-based logfile rotation (rdiff-backup)?

rdiff-backup is a really nice tool for backing up Linux servers. One problem, though, is logrotation: Since rdiff-backup doesn't know how to detect renamed files, every daily backup contain a complete copy of all rotate log files. A possible fix…
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