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Bigfoot65: /* Preparing an External USB Drive */

2020-06-23T03:23:18Z

Preparing an External USB Drive

Bigfoot65: /* Preparing an External USB Drive */

2020-06-23T03:22:54Z

Preparing an External USB Drive

Bigfoot65: /* Mounting an External USB Drive */

2020-06-23T03:22:13Z

Mounting an External USB Drive

Bigfoot65: /* Unmounting */

2020-06-23T03:21:39Z

Unmounting

Bigfoot65: /* Preparing an External USB Drive */

2020-06-23T03:21:02Z

Preparing an External USB Drive

Bigfoot65: /* Mounting an External USB Drive */

2020-06-23T03:19:06Z

Mounting an External USB Drive

Bigfoot65: /* Auto-Mounting */

2020-06-23T03:18:33Z

Auto-Mounting

Bigfoot65: /* Manual Mounting */

2020-06-23T03:17:50Z

Manual Mounting

Bigfoot65: /* Make your backups available on clients (READ ONLY) */

2020-06-23T03:16:52Z

Make your backups available on clients (READ ONLY)

Bigfoot65: /* Email reporting */

2020-06-23T03:16:32Z

Email reporting

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   mkfs -t ext3 -v -L usbdisk /dev/sdb1
 :'''Please Note: THIS WILL ERASE ALL DATA ON /dev/sdb1,  MAKE SURE THIS IS THE CORRECT USB DRIVE AND NOT ANOTHER DRIVE.'''
 The following information is displayed:

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 * Using a "terminal" session, login in using the "root" user ID.
 * The "device name" of the drive needs to be determined.
 Enter the following command:
   dmesg
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 :'''Please Note: THIS WILL ERASE ALL DATA ON /dev/sdb1,  MAKE SURE THIS IS THE CORRECT USB DRIVE AND NOT ANOTHER DRIVE.'''
 The following information is displayed:
 <pre>mke2fs 1.42.5 (29-Jul-2012)
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 Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done</pre>
 * Whenever a drive is formatted in Linux, about 5% is reserved of the total space on the drive for the operating system to continue using the hard drive to operate, even if it gets full. This is totally unnecessary for a USB external hard drive if it stores only data and not to run an operating system.
 Enter the following to remove the reserved space:
   tune2fs -m 0 /dev/sdb1

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 * In the previous section the device name found found via the "dmesg" command. The device name found was "sdb1".
 * We set the set the external drive's "label". It was set to "usbdisk".
 To find the label at anytime via the "root" user ID enter:
   e2label /dev/sdb1

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 * Start a "terminal" session login as the "root" user ID.
 * Issue the following command to unmount the external drive:
-<blockquote> umount /media/usbdrive</blockquote>
+ umount /media/usbdrive
 * Should an error occur indicating that the drive is busy and cannot be unmounted enter the command below. Then try the unmount command again.
-<blockquote> fuser -km /media</blockquote>
+ fuser -km /media
 ===Installing rsnapshot===

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 * Using a "terminal" session, login in using the "root" user ID.
 * The "device name" of the drive needs to be determined.
-<blockquote>Enter the following command:
+Enter the following command:
   dmesg
-<blockquote>The following information is displayed:
+The following information is displayed:
 <pre>[11122.304178] usb 2-4: new high-speed USB device number 5 using ehci_hcd
 [11122.422152] usb 2-4: New USB device found, idVendor=0bc2, idProduct=3320
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+                     .
+                     .
-[11123.516813]  sdb: sdb1
+[11123.516813]  sdb: sdb1</pre>
 * The "device name" is "sdb1".
 * The USB drive needs to be "unmounted".
-<blockquote>
   umount /dev/sdb1
-</blockquote>
 * Format drive for ext3 filesystem and set drive label name as "usbdisk".
-<blockquote>
   mkfs -t ext3 -v -L usbdisk /dev/sdb1
 :'''Please Note: THIS WILL ERASE ALL DATA ON /dev/sdb1,  MAKE SURE THIS IS THE CORRECT USB DRIVE AND NOT ANOTHER DRIVE.'''
-<blockquote>The following information is displayed:
+The following information is displayed:
 <pre>mke2fs 1.42.5 (29-Jul-2012)
 fs_types for mke2fs.conf resolution: 'ext3'
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+                     .
+                     .
-Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
+Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done</pre>
 * Whenever a drive is formatted in Linux, about 5% is reserved of the total space on the drive for the operating system to continue using the hard drive to operate, even if it gets full. This is totally unnecessary for a USB external hard drive if it stores only data and not to run an operating system.
-<blockquote>Enter the following to remove the reserved space:
+Enter the following to remove the reserved space:
   tune2fs -m 0 /dev/sdb1
-</blockquote>
-<blockquote>The following information is displayed:
+The following information is displayed:
   tune2fs 1.42.5 (29-Jul-2012)
   Setting reserved blocks percentage to 0% (0 blocks)

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 * Navigate to the "etc" directory with the "cd" command and make a backup of the current fstab file.
-<blockquote> cd /etc
+ cd /etc
   cp /fstab /fstab_bak
-</blockquote>
 * Using a preferred file editor (i.e. vi, nano), open the fstab file.
-<blockquote> fstab
+ fstab
-</blockquote>
 * Near the bottom of the and after the other fstab entries, add the following:
-<blockquote> LABEL=usbdisk        /media/usbdisk       ext3    defaults        0 0
+ LABEL=usbdisk        /media/usbdisk       ext3    defaults        0 0
-</blockquote>
 * Now save the fstab file and exit the editor.
 * Navigate to the /media directory and create a "usbdisk" directory. This is where the external drive will be mounted, this is called a "mount point".
-<blockquote><pre>cd /media
+ cd /media
-mkdir usbdisk</pre></blockquote>
+ mkdir usbdisk
 * Make sure the external drive USB cable is connected to the server and is powered up.

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 Create a //hda/backup share in the HDA webinterface
-:chkconfig nfs --level 2345 on
+ chkconfig nfs --level 2345 on
 add a read only NFS export:
-:nano /etc/exports
+ nano /etc/exports
 add
-:/media/usbdisk/.private/.snapshots/  127.0.0.1(ro,no_root_squash)
+ /media/usbdisk/.private/.snapshots/  127.0.0.1(ro,no_root_squash)
 Save file
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 Unfortunately mounting an NFS share in fstab did not work on my machine after a reboot, so I chose an alternative configuration that mounts the share later in the booting process:
-:nano /etc/rc.local
+ nano /etc/rc.local
 Add
-:mount -r -t nfs localhost:/media/usbdisk/.private/.snapshots/  /var/hda/files/backup/
+ mount -r -t nfs localhost:/media/usbdisk/.private/.snapshots/  /var/hda/files/backup/
 save file
 [[Category: Apps]]

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 * Add the following to crontab for a weekly email report on rsnapshot:
-:0 */4 * * *       /usr/bin/rsnapshot hourly 2>&1 | /root/rsnapreport.pl > /root/rsnapreport
+<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: keep-all;">0 */4 * * *       /usr/bin/rsnapshot hourly 2>&1 | /root/rsnapreport.pl > /root/rsnapreport
-:00 22 * * 6       /usr/bin/rsnapshot du >> /root/rsnapreport | nail –r "somereturnadress@provider.com" -s"HDA backup report" -S smtp=smtp.yourprovider.com youremail@provider.com < /root/rsnapreport
+22 * * 6       /usr/bin/rsnapshot du >> /root/rsnapreport | nail –r "somereturnadress@provider.com" -s"HDA backup report" -S smtp=smtp.yourprovider.com youremail@provider.com < /root/rsnapreport</pre>
 '''Please Note:''' The above information maybe out of date due to technology changes. Please feel to update as required.