Remote backups

Preamble

Due to its internals, the WABAC Machine only supports remote backups in a precise way. In fact, the WABAC Machine only supports to run with a local destination. But, thanks to UNIX, a local destination can be a remote share mounted in the local filesystem tree.

Sadly, if you plan to use a rsync module or SSH, you can't use mount. But you may use another "trick" : pull data (server runs the WABAC Machine and connects the client) instead of pushing it (client runs the WABAC Machine).

Protocol	Support
AFP	✅     if mounted locally
SMB	✅     if mounted locally
NFS	✅     if mounted locally
rsync module	✅     if pulling data
SSH	✅     if pulling data

Working with AFP, SMB or NFS

There are basically 2 ways of getting this working. You can either:

• Create an entry in your etc/fstab file,
• Mount the share point on the fly (and unmount it when the backup is done).

The first method isn't covered by this documentation. You will easily find help about this subject on the Internet.

The second method makes use of preflight/postflight scripts. You can even use some functions available in the WABAC Tools to get done quickly.

Working with SSH or a rsync module