[Les]

Hi,

I've just signed up for some backup space with rsync. I'm running my own dedicated server with Linux and Cpanel / WHM from Xilo (Thanks Matt for sorting it so fast!).

I'm getting WHM to do a daily backup of all my sites and important cpanel files into a fold called /backup on my dedicated server. I would now like to backup the backup folder using rsync over to my
new rsync space.
I haven't got a clue how to copy over the /backup folder over to my rsync space. Could someone help?

I don't just want to use FTP only, I think I could use SSH, I would also like to set this up so it's done every day with con jobs.

Because I'm crap, I will need step by step info on how to do this.

Thanks in advance!

[Les]

OK, an update...

I'm using this line in Putty
rsync -a -e ssh backup / 10436@ch-s010.rsync.net:/backup

I then enter my password when requested by Putty, but then I get this error.....


rsync: link_stat "/root/backup" failed: No such file or directory (2)
file has vanished: "//proc/2/task/2/exe"
file has vanished: "//proc/2/exe"
file has vanished: "//proc/3/task/3/exe"
file has vanished: "//proc/3/exe"
file has vanished: "//proc/4/task/4/exe"
file has vanished: "//proc/4/exe"
file has vanished: "//proc/5/task/5/exe"
file has vanished: "//proc/5/exe"
file has vanished: "//proc/6/task/6/exe"
file has vanished: "//proc/6/exe"
file has vanished: "//proc/34/task/34/exe"
file has vanished: "//proc/34/exe"
file has vanished: "//proc/39/task/39/exe"
file has vanished: "//proc/39/exe"
file has vanished: "//proc/40/task/40/exe"
file has vanished: "//proc/40/exe"
file has vanished: "//proc/186/task/186/exe"
file has vanished: "//proc/186/exe"
file has vanished: "//proc/417/task/417/exe"
file has vanished: "//proc/417/exe"
file has vanished: "//proc/418/task/418/exe"
file has vanished: "//proc/418/exe"
file has vanished: "//proc/427/task/427/exe"
file has vanished: "//proc/427/exe"
file has vanished: "//proc/428/task/428/exe"
file has vanished: "//proc/428/exe"
file has vanished: "//proc/433/task/433/exe"
file has vanished: "//proc/433/exe"
file has vanished: "//proc/1759/task/1759/exe"
file has vanished: "//proc/1759/exe"
file has vanished: "//proc/1831/task/1831/exe"
file has vanished: "//proc/1831/exe"
file has vanished: "//proc/4291/task/4291/exe"
file has vanished: "//proc/4291/exe"
file has vanished: "//proc/9091/task/9091/exe"
file has vanished: "//proc/9091/exe"
file has vanished: "//proc/11046/task/11046/exe"
file has vanished: "//proc/11046/exe"
file has vanished: "//proc/11047/task/11047/exe"
file has vanished: "//proc/11047/exe"
rsync: opendir "//proc/15896/task" failed: No such file or directory (2)
rsync: opendir "//proc/15896/fd" failed: No such file or directory (2)
file has vanished: "//proc/15896/cwd"
file has vanished: "//proc/15896/root"
file has vanished: "//proc/15896/exe"
file has vanished: "//proc/27191/task/27191/exe"
file has vanished: "//proc/27191/exe"

[Matt]

Les,

You only want to backup /backup.. Change the command to.

rsync -a -e ssh /backup :/backup

[Les]

Hi Matt,

Thanks for that. I emailed rsync.net - Secure Offsite Backups, Offsite Data Storage and Remote Encrypted Filesystems, Offsite Backup they replied with this one..

rsync -av /backup 10436@ch-s010.rsync.net:

I used it in SSH and bingo it copied all the backup over to my offsite server.

Thanks for your help.