diff --git a/docs/40_Usage/10_Backup.md b/docs/40_Usage/10_Backup.md index d9f8b989b26ca804cb7b34d474831dcf2a66f088..1ac1abdaf2e8f4913283c877706859acaac8f295 100644 --- a/docs/40_Usage/10_Backup.md +++ b/docs/40_Usage/10_Backup.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -## Typical Usage +## Description This is the main script to start a backup. The script *backup.sh* is the one to add as a cronjob. It will start diff --git a/docs/40_Usage/20_Database.md b/docs/40_Usage/20_Database.md index daf43898a4235a267500ae86c84276cdea17573a..9b931f2bb5bb9a565f6a236524310b8b8b3ef112 100644 --- a/docs/40_Usage/20_Database.md +++ b/docs/40_Usage/20_Database.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -## Make database dumps +## Description To create backup database dumps without transfer of local directory to a backup target use `sudo ./localdump.sh`. Backup dumps will be stored as gzip files into `/var/iml-backup/[service]`. diff --git a/docs/40_Usage/30_Filetransfer.md b/docs/40_Usage/30_Filetransfer.md index f127b808ede2388464555388ef2db84c73898ead..5fbc0fd2071b3cec743d3dc8422e67b738fbeff3 100644 --- a/docs/40_Usage/30_Filetransfer.md +++ b/docs/40_Usage/30_Filetransfer.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -## Transfer files ## +## Description To transfer local directories to a backup repository use `sudo ./transfer.sh`. diff --git a/docs/40_Usage/40_Cronjob.md b/docs/40_Usage/40_Cronjob.md index 2149ef2998be4b8fc6c79b43d6a7f8b141502a3e..4bc37416c16176b100986674093ebf119faeb59b 100644 --- a/docs/40_Usage/40_Cronjob.md +++ b/docs/40_Usage/40_Cronjob.md @@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ $ cat /etc/cron.d/client-backup ## Desktop notification -If you don't run the backup on a server but on a client you can activate the desktop notification for a user that is logged in. +If you don't run the backup on a server but on a client you can activate the desktop notification for a user that is logged in. It uses *notify-send* to show notification messages. + +In a cronjob that start the backup script as root must know the user that should get the notifications. Set a variable `SUPER_USER=<USERNAME>` in your cron file. Example: @@ -57,5 +59,5 @@ $ cat /etc/cron.d/client-backup SUPER_USER=axel -*/17 * * * root /usr/local/bin/cronwrapper.sh 1440 /opt/imlbackup/client/backup.sh 'iml-backup' +17 * * * * root /usr/local/bin/cronwrapper.sh 1440 /opt/imlbackup/client/backup.sh 'iml-backup' ```