vBACKUP

An OpenVMS BACKUP style saveset utility for Linux: save, restore, verify.

Version	X01-25
Status	Active development
Platforms	Linux; Windows images (MinGW-w64)
Licence	Apache License 2.0
For whom	Linux administrators who need backups with verification and recovery from damage.

What it is

One command with BACKUP qualifiers. A saveset keeps owners, permissions, nanosecond times, xattr, POSIX ACLs, capabilities, chattr flags, hard and symbolic links, sparse files, FIFOs and devices. A checksum of every block and file; XOR blocks (/GROUP_SIZE) and Reed-Solomon (/PARITY=m) repair damaged blocks.

Why

Damage to a saveset is always detected, and the loss is limited to the files in the lost blocks.

Quick start Examples

vbackup /home/rrl /backup/rrl.bck /VERIFY
vbackup /backup/rrl.bck /LIST
vbackup /backup/rrl.bck /tmp/restore

Source: vBACKUP/README.md

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