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The KB
ACKUP
User Manual
Version 1.2.11
by Karsten Ballüder
(Ballueder@usa.net)
Maintained by David Frascone
(frascone@users.sourceforge.net)
October 13, 2000
Contents
1. Copyright
2. Copyright
2.1 If you use this software...
2.2 If you spread this software...
3. Introduction
3.1 Purpose of KB
ACKUP
3.2 Features
3.3 Compatibility
3.3.1 supported devices
3.3.1.1 Tape drives
3.3.1.2 Floppy disks
3.3.1.3 Block devices, ZIP drive
3.3.2 M
ULTI
B
UF
and Compatibility
3.4 Limitations, Bugs
3.5 Requirements
3.6 Operating Systems supported
3.7 Reliability...a warning
3.8 Further Information
Where to get those programs?
3.9 Contacts, Help, Support
3.10 Changelog
3.10.1 Changes from 1.2.10 to 1.2.11
3.10.2 Changes from 1.2.9 to 1.2.10
3.10.3 Changes from 1.2.8 to 1.2.9
3.10.4 Changes from 1.2.7 to 1.2.8
3.10.5 Changes from 1.2.6 to 1.2.7
3.10.6 Changes from 1.2.5 to 1.2.6
3.10.7 Changes from 1.2.4 to 1.2.5
3.10.8 Changes from 1.2.3 to 1.2.4
3.10.9 Changes from 1.2.0 to 1.2.3
3.10.10 Changes from 1.1 to 1.2.0
3.10.11 Changes from 1.2.8 to 1.2.9
3.10.12 Changes from 1.2.7 to 1.2.8
3.10.13 Changes from 1.2.6 to 1.2.7
3.10.14 Changes from 1.2.5 to 1.2.6
3.10.15 Changes from 1.2.4 to 1.2.5
3.10.16 Changes from 1.2.3 to 1.2.4
3.10.17 Changes from 1.2.0 to 1.2.3
3.10.18 Changes from 1.1 to 1.2.0
4. Making Backups
4.1 Creating a backup
4.2 Backup types
4.3 Incremental backups
5. Restoring Backups
5.1 Restoring Backups
5.2 Selecting files for Restore operation
5.2.1 Restore all files from archive
5.2.2 Initialise editable list of files from contents directory
5.2.3 Initialise editable list of files from log file
6. Other Actions
6.1 Tape Operation-Menu
6.1.0.1 Rewind Tape
6.1.0.2 Try to Reset Tape Driver
6.1.0.3 Go to n-th Backup on Tape
6.1.0.4 Go to End of Written Data
6.1.0.5 Erase Tape
6.1.0.6 Retension Tape
6.1.0.7 Set tape offline: rewind and unload it
6.2 Other Actions
6.2.0.1 Verify Backup
6.2.0.2 Get Backup Size
6.2.0.3 View Archive Contents
6.2.0.4 View a Log file
6.2.0.5 Delete a Log file
6.2.0.6 Send a Bug Report
7. Scheduled Operations
7.0.1 Introduction
7.0.2 The Scheduling-Menu
7.0.2.1 Set date and time
7.0.2.2
Schedule a backup
7.0.2.3 Schedule a restore
7.0.2.4 Toggle Once Only flag
8. Configurations
8.1 The rôle of Configurations
8.2 How to create a Configuration
8.3 Load a Configuration
8.4 Where to start?
8.4.1 Configuration
Default
8.4.2 Configuration
Floppy-and-Blockdevices
8.4.3 Configuration
ZIPdrive
9. Options Overview
9.1 Command Line Options
9.1.1 -auto-backup Config
9.1.2 -auto-restore Config
9.1.3 -ttymode
9.2 Options set from within KB
ACKUP
9.2.0.1 Set Parent Directory
9.2.0.2 Configuration-Menu
9.2.0.3 Set File Selection Parameters-Menu
9.2.0.4 Configure KB
ACKUP
-Menu
9.2.0.5 Write a Configuration File
9.2.0.6 Load a Configuration File
9.2.0.7 Delete a Configuration File
9.2.1 Set File Selection Parameters-Menu
9.2.1.1 Toggle Local Filesystem Mode
9.2.1.2 Toggle Incremental Mode
9.2.1.3 Set Date For Incremental Backup
9.2.1.4 Edit List of Files to Exclude
9.2.1.5 Set shell pattern for files to exclude
9.2.1.6 Set shell pattern for files to include
9.2.1.7 Toggle use of exclude/include patterns
9.2.1.8 Protect newer files during restore
9.2.1.9 Set Advanced Options-Menu
9.2.2 Configure KB
ACKUP
-Menu
9.2.2.1 Create Report on Backup
9.2.2.2 Set Name of Editor to use
9.2.2.3 Follow Backup/Restore-Process on Screen
9.2.2.4 Toggle use of restore-log file
9.2.2.5 Set Compression/Encryption Mode
9.2.2.6 Toggle Use of Double Buffering
9.2.2.7 Set # of buffers for double buffering
9.2.2.8 Verify Archives After Writing
9.2.2.9 Archive Type Menu
9.2.2.10 Change KB
ACKUP
Directory
9.2.2.11 Select device for backup-Menu
9.2.2.12 Remote mode settings-Menu
9.2.2.13 Toggle use of remote mode
9.2.2.14 Set hostname to connect to
9.2.2.15 Set user to use for login
9.2.2.16 Verify whether settings work
9.2.2.17 M
ULTI
B
UF
Options-Menu
9.2.2.18 Set Directory for Temporary Files
9.2.2.19 Set command for viewing online manual
9.2.3 Select device for backup-Menu
9.2.3.1 Attempt to autodetect tape device
9.2.3.2 Check tape drive for compatibility
9.2.3.3 Set device type
9.2.3.4 Enter your own device/archive file
9.2.3.5
/dev/fd0
and
/dev/fd1
9.2.3.6 Blockdev filesystem type
9.2.3.7 Blockdev make filesystem command
9.2.3.8 Set floppy format-Menu
9.2.4 Set waiting time for device
9.2.4.1 Set device for resetting driver
9.2.5 Remote mode settings-Menu
9.2.5.1 What is it?
9.2.5.2 Toggle use of remote mode
9.2.5.3 Set hostname to connect to
9.2.5.4 Set user to use for login
9.2.5.5 Verify whether settings work
9.2.6 Archive Type Menu
9.2.6.1 Use Afio
9.2.6.2 Use Tar
9.2.6.3 Set additional command line parameters for Afio
9.2.6.4 Set additional command line parameters for Tar
9.2.7 Advanced Options-Menu
9.2.7.1 Backup Only Files Specified
9.2.7.2 Edit List of Files to Include in Backup
9.2.7.3 Initialise List of Files to include
9.2.7.4 Set Find Expert Mode
9.2.7.5 Set Find-Options
9.2.7.6 Set Option to Manually Edit List of Files
9.2.7.7 Toggle Directories-Only Flag
10. The M
ULTI
B
UF
Program
10.1 What is M
ULTI
B
UF
?
10.2 How does it work?
10.3 The Multivolume Archive-Menu
10.3.1 Set M
ULTI
B
UF
block size
10.3.2 Set number of M
ULTI
B
UF
blocks per call
10.3.3 Use sequence information in M
ULTI
B
UF
10.4 M
ULTI
B
UF
Command Line Options
A. Frequently Asked Questions
A.1 Introducing the FAQ
A.2 How can I...?
A.2.1 How can I choose multiple directories?
A.2.2 Exclude a directory tree from backup?
A.2.3 Restore my files manually?
A.2.4 Restore a system no longer booting?
A.2.5 How can I use my removable hard disk?
A.2.6 How can I do automatic backups?
A.2.7 How can I use an auto-loader?
A.3 Can I...?
A.3.1 Can I make backups of my DOS partitions?
A.3.2 Can I make backups over the network?
A.4 Common problems
A.4.1 I cannot read or verify any tape archive.
A.4.2 I cannot restore my old archives.
A.4.3 I get ``No valid KBackup header''
A.4.4 KBackup does not work with FTAPE?
A.4.5 I want to pass additional options to
tar
or
afio
.
A.4.6 I cannot use KBackup as a normal user.
A.4.7 KB
ACKUP
does not find any device?
A.4.8 Remote operation does not do multiple volumes.
B. Copyright and Conditions of Use
B.1 Preamble
B.2 TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
B.3 NO WARRANTY
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David Frascone
2000-10-13
