[BackupPC-users] Trying to get started with backuppc

[Dennis B. <den...@gm...>]

Hello, all.

I tried reading through the BackupPC manual, but I found it very cryptic. I
can't tell if I should be using rsync or rsyncd.
Furthermore, I can't determine if I should be using rsync in one scenario
and rsyncd in another.

I have a computer with three hard drives. I'm basically attempting a
son-father-grandfather backup system.

Drive 1 = drive with Windows XP, Fedora, and Ubuntu
Drive 2 = 500 GB drive (for archival purposes)
Drive 3 = 1 TB drive (for archival purposes)

In general, I want to do the following with this computer:

1. Backup materials on drive 1 to drive 2 and drive 3
2. Allow incremental backups of materials on drive 1 to be made to drive 2
and drive 3

I believe in this scenario, I want something, such as rsync, to do the work,
because rsync will only backup files that have changed or are new.

I have another computer (a laptop) with two OSs, bunches of partitions,
etc...
I want to be able to network the laptop to my computer (that of which I'm
currently typing up this email) and have that information stored on drive 3.
I'd like for it to be a incremental backup system, so I suspect it would be
using rsync.

As a side note, I won't mind if everything is only backed up to drive 3 if
BackupPC is limited to backing up to only one drive.

Again, I've read the manual. I don't understand it. I understand that
BackupPC is a powerful backup tool.
It seems to be better than the Simple Backup program I'm using in Ubuntu.

What kinds of options, configurations, and actions must I make to get this
kind of backup setup going?

Thanks for reading.