Backup a live system

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# rsnapshot.conf - rsnapshot configuration file #
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#                                               #
# PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE FOLLOWING RULES:       #
#                                               #
# This file requires tabs between elements      #
#                                               #
# Directories require a trailing slash:         #
#   right: /home/                               #
#   wrong: /home                                #
#                                               #
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#######################
# CONFIG FILE VERSION #
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config_version  1.2


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# SNAPSHOT ROOT DIRECTORY #
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# All snapshots will be stored under this root directory.
#
snapshot_root   /media/f607a0b8-0539-495f-b375-1b722f63db69/Backup_auf_alma/rsnapshot-backup/


# If no_create_root is enabled, rsnapshot will not automatically create the
# snapshot_root directory. This is particularly useful if you are backing
# up to removable media, such as a FireWire or USB drive.
#
#no_create_root 1


#################################
# EXTERNAL PROGRAM DEPENDENCIES #
#################################


# LINUX USERS:   Be sure to uncomment "cmd_cp". This gives you extra features.
# EVERYONE ELSE: Leave "cmd_cp" commented out for compatibility.
#
# See the README file or the man page for more details.
#
cmd_cp          /bin/cp


# uncomment this to use the rm program instead of the built-in perl routine.
#
cmd_rm          /bin/rm


# rsync must be enabled for anything to work. This is the only command that
# must be enabled.
#
cmd_rsync       /usr/bin/rsync


# Uncomment this to enable remote ssh backups over rsync.
#
#cmd_ssh        /usr/bin/ssh


# Comment this out to disable syslog support.
#
cmd_logger      /usr/bin/logger


# Uncomment this to specify the path to "du" for disk usage checks.
# If you have an older version of "du", you may also want to check the
# "du_args" parameter below.
#
#cmd_du         /usr/bin/du


# Uncomment this to specify the path to rsnapshot-diff.
#
#cmd_rsnapshot_diff     /usr/local/bin/rsnapshot-diff


# Specify the path to a script (and any optional arguments) to run right
# before rsnapshot syncs files
#
#cmd_preexec    /path/to/preexec/script


# Specify the path to a script (and any optional arguments) to run right
# after rsnapshot syncs files
#
#cmd_postexec   /path/to/postexec/script


#########################################
#           BACKUP INTERVALS            #
# Must be unique and in ascending order #
# i.e. hourly, daily, weekly, etc.      #
#########################################


#interval       hourly  6
interval        daily   7
interval        weekly  4
#interval       monthly 3


############################################
#              GLOBAL OPTIONS              #
# All are optional, with sensible defaults #
############################################


# Verbose level, 1 through 5.
# 1     Quiet           Print fatal errors only
# 2     Default         Print errors and warnings only
# 3     Verbose         Show equivalent shell commands being executed
# 4     Extra Verbose   Show extra verbose information
# 5     Debug mode      Everything
#
verbose         2


# Same as "verbose" above, but controls the amount of data sent to the
# logfile, if one is being used. The default is 3.
#
loglevel        3


# If you enable this, data will be written to the file you specify. The
# amount of data written is controlled by the "loglevel" parameter.
#
logfile /var/log/rsnapshot.log


# If enabled, rsnapshot will write a lockfile to prevent two instances
# from running simultaneously (and messing up the snapshot_root).
# If you enable this, make sure the lockfile directory is not world
# writable. Otherwise anyone can prevent the program from running.
#
lockfile        /var/run/rsnapshot.pid


# Default rsync args. All rsync commands have at least these options set.
#
#rsync_short_args       -a
rsync_short_args        -aAX
#rsync_long_args        --delete --numeric-ids --relative --delete-excluded




# ssh has no args passed by default, but you can specify some here.
#
#ssh_args       -p 22


# Default arguments for the "du" program (for disk space reporting).
# The GNU version of "du" is preferred. See the man page for more details.
# If your version of "du" doesn't support the -h flag, try -k flag instead.
#
#du_args        -csh


# If this is enabled, rsync won't span filesystem partitions within a
# backup point. This essentially passes the -x option to rsync.
# The default is 0 (off).
#
#one_fs         0


# The include and exclude parameters, if enabled, simply get passed directly
# to rsync. If you have multiple include/exclude patterns, put each one on a
# separate line. Please look up the --include and --exclude options in the
# rsync man page for more details on how to specify file name patterns. 
# 
#include        ???
#include        ???
#exclude        ???
exclude         /dev/*
exclude         /proc/*
exclude         /sys/*
exclude         /tmp/*
exclude         /run/*
exclude         /mnt/*
exclude         /media/*
exclude         /lost+found
exclude         /home/ftp/
exclude         /export/


# The include_file and exclude_file parameters, if enabled, simply get
# passed directly to rsync. Please look up the --include-from and
# --exclude-from options in the rsync man page for more details.
#
#include_file   /path/to/include/file
#exclude_file   /path/to/exclude/file


# If your version of rsync supports --link-dest, consider enable this.
# This is the best way to support special files (FIFOs, etc) cross-platform.
# The default is 0 (off).
#
#link_dest      0


# When sync_first is enabled, it changes the default behaviour of rsnapshot.
# Normally, when rsnapshot is called with its lowest interval
# (i.e.: "rsnapshot hourly"), it will sync files AND rotate the lowest
# intervals. With sync_first enabled, "rsnapshot sync" handles the file sync,
# and all interval calls simply rotate files. See the man page for more
# details. The default is 0 (off).
#
#sync_first     0


# If enabled, rsnapshot will move the oldest directory for each interval
# to [interval_name].delete, then it will remove the lockfile and delete
# that directory just before it exits. The default is 0 (off).
#
#use_lazy_deletes       0


# Number of rsync re-tries. If you experience any network problems or
# network card issues that tend to cause ssh to crap-out with
# "Corrupted MAC on input" errors, for example, set this to a non-zero
# value to have the rsync operation re-tried
#
#rsync_numtries 0


###############################
### BACKUP POINTS / SCRIPTS ###
###############################


# LOCALHOST
backup  /               localhost/
#backup /etc/           localhost/
#backup /usr/local/     localhost/


# RSYNC.SAMBA.ORG
#backup rsync://rsync.samba.org/rsyncftp/       rsync.samba.org/rsyncftp/