Synbak

Synbak is meant to unify several backup methods in a single application while supplying a powerful reporting system.
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  • License:
  • GPL
  • Price:
  • FREE
  • Publisher Name:
  • Ugo Viti
  • Publisher web site:
  • http://www.initzero.it/products/opensource/synbak/

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Synbak Description

Synbak is meant to unify several backup methods in a single application while supplying a powerful reporting system. Synbak is a wrapper for several existing backup programs suppling to the end user a common method for configuration, and will manage the execution logic of any single backup, and will make a detailed reports.Moreover, if you are a developer and want contribute, the modular nature of synbak will allow you to easly write new backup methods, reports, and translations.Backup Methods:Rsync ? backup of local and remote files using the beautiful and super fast 'rsync' protocol? incremental backups? total backups? local backups? remote backups via ssh, rsync and smb/cifs protocols? auto mounting/umounting of remote system shares using smb/cifs protocolsTar ? backup of local files into tar archives? bzip2 compression? gzip compression? backup verifyMySQL ? backup dumps of local or remote MySQL servers? bzip2 compression for sql dumps? local multiple database dumps specifying the MySQL database dir (will create a dump for each database found)? remote databases backup in a single SQL dump? database inclusion pattern? database exclusion pattern LDAP ? backup dumps of local or remote LDAP (Light Weight Directory Access Protocol) directory servers? bzip2 compression for ldif dumps? ldif dump of remote LDAP servers Tape ? backup to tape archives (ex. DAT, DLT, etc...)? multi loader support (device changer/loader)? eject of tape at backup end? backup verify Laser Disc ? backup to misc laser compact disks? CD/R/RW? DVD/R/RW/RAM? eject of device at backup end Report Methods:HTML ? a very friendly gui wil provide all infos that an administrator or an end user need RSS ? with the emerging RSS (Really Simple Syndication) protocol usage, you will find this report facility very useful, use it with your RSS aggregator EMail ? receive via email the backup reports, the subject will describe if your backup gone well or not Here are some key features of "Synbak": · useful to backup servers, workstations and also laptops (not always network connected computers) · input and output strings on UTF-8 charset format only · easy concept and structure · system, method and report concept · support many backup methods · common config file and interface for configuring every backup method · fully multi user backup system, can run under normal user accounts or root user to keep all remote file permissions · auto erase of old backups · powerful reporting facility · very understandably backups reports · backup speed calculation · provide many backups information · you can create esclusion filters using regexp expressions · modular architecture for developers · ALL remote backups can be specified using a standard URI (Uniform Resource Identifiers) format (ex. cifs://usr:pwd@host/share) · auto mounting and umounting of remote cifs/smb shares · fully localized using the standard GNU gettext framework What's New in This Release: · The license has been switched from the GPLv2 to the GPLv3. example.conf has been renamed to template.conf. · There are some fixes to the functions.sh file. · New backup methods, dar and pgsql, have been added. · There are some fixes to the mysql, oracle, and ldap methods.


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