Topic: Backing up server

[cousin-it]

  I have been trying to do a scheduled backup on my server for months and I can't get it to work. I always get the error message: "Backup terminated: pre-backup failed - status: 256". I have followed every 'howto' on how to set this up with no luck. I have tried using an internal IDE tape backup drive. Currently I have an external USB drive connected. I really need to get this working. I have about 5G worth of data that I can't loose. I have been extremely lucky so far. I am running (just upgraded to) SME 7.3. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Confucius]

RAID would be a nice option to prevent data-loss (excluded are disasters that would be able to destroy the whole building ofcourse) in the 1st place.

2nd you can try this : http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/smeserver/contribs/dmay/smeserver/7.x/testing/smeserver-rsync/

It's still not considered a 100% solution (hence the directory name 'test') but I think Darrel would love to get feedback about the experience.

Good luck

Harro

[imcintyre]

http://wiki.contribs.org/Category:Contrib

[m]

I always get the error message: "Backup terminated: pre-backup failed - status: 256".

The event pre-backup fails. Search /var/log/messages starting from line "Processing event: pre-backup" for the action script that causes the error.