Cross Server BTRFS backups?


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There's some info here on how btrfs snapshots and send/receive work, difference is there it's sending locally, to send changes to another server you'd use for example:

 

btrfs send -p /mnt/data/old_snaphot /mnt/data/new_snaphot | ssh root@ip "btrfs receive /mnt/backups"

 

There's no GUI support, so you have to use the console or a script.

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1 minute ago, Jaster said:

but I still need a full snapshot on the source server?

 

Initial snapshot need to be sent in full to the dest server:

 

btrfs send /mnt/data/1st_snaphot | ssh root@ip "btrfs receive /mnt/backups"

 

After that you send only the changes:

 

btrfs send -p /mnt/data/1st_snaphot /mnt/data/2nd_snaphot | ssh root@ip "btrfs receive /mnt/backups"

 

and so on.

 

 

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18 hours ago, Jaster said:

so on the first server I have the data, the initial snapshot and one delta?

Yep.

 

18 hours ago, Jaster said:

or can I get rid/avoid the initial duplicate/snapshot on the source server?

No, but before you change that data that it refers to snapshots don't take any space.

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