Backup, best method, split up into parts? howto?

[Riccardo]

Hi guys, I have quite big websites. how do i do a backup containg mails, databases, plesk settings, web accounts and data pretty much everything

BUT split the output file into several pieces? is that possible?

pleskbackup --all <backup file name>

 

[faris]

You can use the split command in Linux to split files into chunks.

split -b 700m filaneme filename.chunk

will take filename and create files of 700Mb split with names like filename.chunkaa and filename.chinkab

Alternatively you can pipe things into split for it to do it in the fly.

e.g.

tar -cvf - /home/me | split -b 700m - backup.tar.chunk

will tar everything in /home/me and pipe it to split, which turns it into chunks.

I'm not 100% sure what syntax you'd use with psa's backup utility and how you'd use plit with it.

Use "split --help" or "man split" for more info.

Also have a quick look at http://www.bioinspired.com/users/ajg112/computing/backups.shtml#split though this is all tar related. It gives you a starting point though.

ALSO doesn't the plesk backup manual talk about splitting the backups and the syntax required? I'm sure it does. Or did.

Faris