off-site-backup-script

Use

I use this script to make my weekly offsite backup to my external drive which I then bring back to my parents. Maybe someone looks for something similar so have fun with it.

Installation

Download the script and run the following command

chmod +x offsite-backup.sh

Note: this is just so the colored output works.

Configuration

Change the following settings for your needs

DVC='sde1'                # external drive device, eg. /dev/sde1
MNTPNT='/mnt/off-site'    # mount point for external drive
BCKPLCTN='/srv/DATA'      # location which should be synced with external drive
WTTM='10'                 # wait time for devices, use higher value on older drives

EXCLDLST='--exclude-from=/root/exclude.txt' # patch to the exclude list file for rsync, comment it out if not needed

If you don't need this option comment it out like:

#EXCLDLST='--exclude-from=/root/exclude.txt' 

Run the script

Simply run the script via

./offsite-backup.sh

and get a cup of coffee.

Tested

I tested the script ob Debian and Ubuntu, but It should work with other systems aswell