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3634.

Rotating NFS Archives

3635.

In this section the shell script will be slightly modified to implement a grandfather-father-son rotation scheme (monthly-weekly-daily):

3636.

The rotation will do a <emphasis>daily</emphasis> backup Sunday through Friday.

3637.

On Saturday a <emphasis>weekly</emphasis> backup is done giving you four weekly backups a month.

3638.

The <emphasis>monthly</emphasis> backup is done on the first of the month rotating two monthly backups based on if the month is odd or even.

3639.

Here is the new script:

3640.

#!/bin/bash
####################################
#
# Backup to NFS mount script with
# grandfather-father-son rotation.
#
####################################

# What to backup.
backup_files="/home /var/spool/mail /etc /root /boot /opt"

# Where to backup to.
dest="/mnt/backup"

# Setup variables for the archive filename.
day=$(date +%A)
hostname=$(hostname -s)

# Find which week of the month 1-4 it is.
day_num=$(date +%d)
if (( $day_num &lt;= 7 )); then
week_file="$hostname-week1.tgz"
elif (( $day_num &gt; 7 &amp;&amp; $day_num &lt;= 14 )); then
week_file="$hostname-week2.tgz"
elif (( $day_num &gt; 14 &amp;&amp; $day_num &lt;= 21 )); then
week_file="$hostname-week3.tgz"
elif (( $day_num &gt; 21 &amp;&amp; $day_num &lt; 32 )); then
week_file="$hostname-week4.tgz"
fi

# Find if the Month is odd or even.
month_num=$(date +%m)
month=$(expr $month_num % 2)
if [ $month -eq 0 ]; then
month_file="$hostname-month2.tgz"
else
month_file="$hostname-month1.tgz"
fi

# Create archive filename.
if [ $day_num == 1 ]; then
[tab]archive_file=$month_file
elif [ $day != "Saturday" ]; then
archive_file="$hostname-$day.tgz"
else
[tab]archive_file=$week_file
fi

# Print start status message.
echo "Backing up $backup_files to $dest/$archive_file"
date
echo

# Backup the files using tar.
tar czf $dest/$archive_file $backup_files

# Print end status message.
echo
echo "Backup finished"
date

# Long listing of files in $dest to check file sizes.
ls -lh $dest/

3641.

The script can be executed using the same methods as in <xref linkend="backup-executing-shellscript"/>.

3642.

It is good practice to take backup media off site in case of a disaster. In the shell script example the backup media is another server providing an NFS share. In all likelihood taking the NFS server to another location would not be practical. Depending upon connection speeds it may be an option to copy the archive file over a WAN link to a server in another location.

3643.

Another option is to copy the archive file to an external hard drive which can then be taken off site. Since the price of external hard drives continue to decrease it may be cost-effective to use two drives for each archive level. This would allow you to have one external drive attached to the backup server and one in another location.