Backup Recipes
Copy-paste recipes for backups that can actually be restored.
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Checksums first
Write the checksum file next to the archive at creation time. Verifying later against a fresh checksum proves nothing about corruption that happened before.
Rsync mirror with deletions
A mirror that follows deletions, with a dry run first.
Verifying a restore
A backup is only finished when a restore has been tried.
Rotating tarball archives
Daily archives kept for a week, weeklies for two months.