Backing Up via Rsync - Revision history

IDG at 18:29, 21 July 2011

2011-07-21T18:29:11Z

RodWhitby at 22:29, 18 July 2011

2011-07-18T22:29:35Z

Klktrk: /* Contributor(s) */

2010-12-30T18:58:31Z

Contributor(s)

Klktrk: /* Setting up the Pre and restoring */

2010-12-30T18:57:56Z

Setting up the Pre and restoring

Klktrk: user experience with restore

2010-12-30T18:56:28Z

user experience with restore

Mahaag: /* Setting up the Pre and restoring */

2010-10-08T22:12:26Z

Setting up the Pre and restoring

Mahaag: /* Setting up the Pre and restoring */

2010-10-08T21:53:53Z

Setting up the Pre and restoring

Pcworld: /* Setting up the host */ -mistake in /etc/rsyncd.conf

2010-08-24T10:03:22Z

Setting up the host: -mistake in /etc/rsyncd.conf

Hopspitfire: /* On the host */

2009-08-27T00:10:32Z

On the host

Hopspitfire: /* Running the transfer */

2009-08-27T00:10:13Z

Running the transfer

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-Don't try and restore Palm system or database files using this method. It will usually fail and stuff up your Palm Profile in the process.
+'''Don't try and restore Palm system or database files using this method. The restore itself will appear to work, but will usually stuff up your Palm Profile in the process.'''
 =Synopsis=
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   mount -o remount,rw /boot
   mount -o remount,rw /media/internal
-  rsync -HrlptgoDvvS --force --delete --del --stats --exclude=/dev --exclude=/proc --exclude=/sys --exclude=/media/cryptofs rsync://root@$IPADDRESS/pre-backup/ /
+  rsync -HrlptgoDvvS --force --delete --del --stats --exclude=/dev --exclude=/proc --exclude=/sys --exclude=/media/internal/.palm rsync://root@$IPADDRESS/pre-backup/ /
 </source>
 '''Note from user: This process would work up to a point and then silently fail. I think it was the novaterm connection that would bail on me. I'm wondering if it would actually restore successfully if the rsync command would be proceeded by a `nohup`.'''
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 =Development/Improvement Ideas=
 *'''I need more people to test the restore process and get back to me with suggestions.'''
 *It would be awesome if the Palm Pre supported NFS, otherwise we're stuck to setting up '''/etc/rsyncd.conf''' on the Pre (for backup) and the Host (for restore).
 *A gui wrapper is possible because the Palm Pre comes shipped with rsync. Also, there needs to be an easy Windows server program to make this mainstream, only thing to use at the moment that's Windows based is cygwin. Otherwise we're stuck with Unix.

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		+	Don't try and restore Palm system or database files using this method. It will usually fail and stuff up your Palm Profile in the process.
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	=Synopsis=		=Synopsis=

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 </source>
-'''Note: killing all services except the ones listed above will kill your wifi connection. I was unable to attempt a restore without leaving all the services running, as I couldn't figure out the magic combination of supporting services that needed to be grep -v'd in order to allow the wifi network to keep running.'''
+'''Note from user: killing all services except the ones listed above will kill your wifi connection. I was unable to attempt a restore without leaving all the services running, as I couldn't figure out the magic combination of supporting services that needed to be grep -v'd in order to allow the wifi network to keep running.'''
 . Fill your IP Address in the command below, and start the transfer. This command will take everything from your Host system and overwrite '''EVERYTHING''' on the Pre. Exclude the cryptofs as this will be restored via its target "/media/internal/.palm", the other excluded directories should not or cannot be overwritten.
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   rsync -HrlptgoDvvS --force --delete --del --stats --exclude=/dev --exclude=/proc --exclude=/sys --exclude=/media/cryptofs rsync://root@$IPADDRESS/pre-backup/ /
 </source>
 a. If you have any "Out of Space" issues, try removing the ''--delete --del'' and replacing it with ''--delete-before''

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   /sbin/initctl list | grep running | grep -v novacomd | grep -v pmklogd | grep -v pmsyslogd | awk '{ print $2 }' | while read serviceName ; do /sbin/initctl stop $serviceName ; done
 </source>
 . Fill your IP Address in the command below, and start the transfer. This command will take everything from your Host system and overwrite '''EVERYTHING''' on the Pre. Exclude the cryptofs as this will be restored via its target "/media/internal/.palm", the other excluded directories should not or cannot be overwritten.

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 . Access the Pre via WIFI or usbnet.
-. Turn off the GUI while we restore all the files.
+. Turn off the services while we restore all the files.
 <source lang=bash>
-  /sbin/initctl stop LunaSysMgr
+  /sbin/initctl list | grep running | grep -v novacomd | grep -v pmklogd | grep -v pmsyslogd | awk '{ print $2 }' | while read serviceName ; do /sbin/initctl stop $serviceName ; done
 </source>
-. Fill your IP Address in the command below, and start the transfer. This command will take everything from your Host system and overwrite '''EVERYTHING''' on the Pre.
+. Fill your IP Address in the command below, and start the transfer. This command will take everything from your Host system and overwrite '''EVERYTHING''' on the Pre. Exclude the cryptofs as this will be restored via its target "/media/internal/.palm".
 <source lang=bash>
   export IPADDRESS='''enter the IP Address of your host'''
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   mount -o remount,rw /boot
   mount -o remount,rw /media/internal
-  rsync -HrlptgoDPvvS --force --delete --del --stats rsync://root@$IPADDRESS/pre-backup/ /
+  rsync -HrlptgoDvvS --force --delete-before --stats --exclude=/dev --exclude=/proc --exclude=/sys --exclude=/media/cryptofs rsync://root@$IPADDRESS/pre-backup/ /
 </source>

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   use chroot = no
-  [root]
+  [pre-backup]
-   path = /
+   path = /media/pre-backup/

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 ===On the host===
-. If you want to exclude any directories you are already backing up (or simply don't want to include), add --exclude=/path/to/your/dir after "-stats" in the command (in Step 4). You will need to do this for every directory you wish to NOT include in the transfer.
+. If you want to exclude any directories you are already backing up (or simply don't want to include), add --exclude=/path/to/your/dir after "-stats" in the command (in Step 3). You will need to do this for every directory you wish to NOT include in the transfer.
 . '''1st time:''' If this is the first time running the backup, make sure to create the /sys and /proc directories (we're excluding them in the backup, but the directory needs to be there for the filesystems to mount correctly). Replace /media/pre-backup with the backup directory.