From 0cbeff0b1953f20a2984404f8fedb4c02e64191f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: DatuX Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2023 14:04:38 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Updated Home (markdown) --- Home.md | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/Home.md b/Home.md index 41de338..92e2472 100644 --- a/Home.md +++ b/Home.md @@ -283,6 +283,16 @@ This way you can just specify "smartos04" as host. Look in ```man ssh_config``` for many more options. +### Multiple backups of the same data + +You can use multiple zfs-autobackup jobs to transfer data to multiple targets. Just make sure that you use different backup names. This way the jobs should not interfere with each other: Each job only removes its own snapshots. + +#### Using the same backup name + +You CAN use the same backup name to transfer data to multiple targets. However in that case it's up to you to make sure that a common snapshot of one backup job isn't deleted by the other job. + +One way to do this is to make adjust the --keep-source option or to make sure the backups run at a close enough interval. + ## Tips * Use ```--debug``` if something goes wrong and you want to see the commands that are executed. This will also stop at the first error.