I am trying to backup one particular directory on the server: /home/teamspeak
This is not a virtual server but simply where another program resides that i want to backup.
here are the settings;
TAR filesystem backup details
Backup format Unix TAR
Directories to backup
/home/teamspeak
Backup to File or tape device
Host
hescominsoon.dyndns.org
as user
root
in file or device
/home/backup/teamspeak/
Remote backup command Default (RSH) SSH FTP
Password for SSH/FTP login
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Backup options
Backup label
teamspeak
Tape size Work out automatically
kB
Files and directories to skip
Compress archive? Split across multiple files? Yes No
Follow symbolic links? Yes No Limit backup to one filesystem? Yes No
Prompt for new tape if needed? Yes No Just add new files to archive? Yes No
Ignore read errors on files? Yes No Remount with noatime option during backup? Yes No
Path to rmt on remote system Default
Attempt test restore after backup to verify? Yes No
Extra command-line parameters
Command to run before backup
Halt if command fails Command to run after backup
Report failure if command fails Skip command even if backup fails
The error i get is: Performing backup of /home/teamspeak to hescominsoon.dyndns.org:/home/backup/teamspeak/ .. tar: Removing leading `/' from member names root@hescominsoon.dyndns.org's password: bash: /etc/rmt: No such file or directory tar (child): root@hescominsoon.dyndns.org:/home/backup/teamspeak/: Cannot open: Input/output error tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now .. backup failed!
Comments
Submitted by andreychek on Mon, 09/05/2016 - 18:31 Comment #1
Howdy -- what is the "Remote backup command" option set to? Is that using RSH?
If so, you may want to try SSH or FTP.
Alternatively, it looks like the error it's throwing is that the "rmt" command isn't available on the remoge system... you could always try installing that.