[mdlug] Areca Backup Software

[Michael ORourke]

Well... I guess there are not a lot of folks running Areca Backup 
software on this list.  :-)

Anyways, my hunch was correct.  I was able to copy the directory 
containing the last full backup and the configuration file over to 
another server.  Then install the Areca Backup software, import the 
configuration, then successfully run a restore operation.   And since I 
run a full backup once a week on the same day, it's easy to identify 
which directory needs to be archived to the USB drive.

IMHO, Areca Backup is pretty cool and it has a pretty decent GUI.

-Mike


On 10/14/2014 12:46 PM, Michael ORourke wrote:
> Lug Nuts,
>
> Anyone out there using Areca's Backup software?
> I am trying to put together a manual process to move the last full backup to external USB-mounted media (for offsite archival).  Which does not look like that feature has been implemented yet.  But it looks like I should be able to figure out which directories the last full-backup was written to and I should be able to copy that to disk along with the configuration file.  Note: this is not intended on being used as a bare-metal-restore or disk image backup solution.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
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