diff -ruN e-smith-backup-2.4.0.old/root/etc/e-smith/locale/en-us/etc/e-smith/web/functions/backup e-smith-backup-2.4.0/root/etc/e-smith/locale/en-us/etc/e-smith/web/functions/backup --- e-smith-backup-2.4.0.old/root/etc/e-smith/locale/en-us/etc/e-smith/web/functions/backup 2013-12-12 21:37:57.000000000 -0800 +++ e-smith-backup-2.4.0/root/etc/e-smith/locale/en-us/etc/e-smith/web/functions/backup 2013-12-17 22:38:59.000000000 -0800 @@ -35,36 +35,36 @@ BACKUP_DESC_DAR The server provides three ways to back up and restore your - server: using your local desktop, a tape drive or a workstation drive.

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Three ways are provided to back up and restore your + server: using a tape drive, using a network share or a local + removable disk, or using your local desktop.

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The first method creates a copy of your server configuration and user - data files, and downloads it to your local desktop via your web browser. - Currently your configuration and data files total approximately - $tarsize. The backup file will be somewhat less than this, - depending on how compressible the data are. This file can be used to restore - the server from the console if you copy it to removable storage media - such as a local removable disk.

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The tape backup method uses a software package called $module +

Tape Backup. This method uses a software package called $module to back up your entire hard disk to tape every night. This requires a supported tape drive and a tape that is not write-protected. The backup is performed automatically at the selected time every night (with a reminder automatically e-mailed to the administrator during the day). Currently your hard disk contains $dumpsize of data.

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The workstation backup method uses a software package called dar - to back up your server configuration and data files to a workstation - on your LAN (or a local removable disk). This requires that you provide a - writable share (cifs or nfs) on the backup workstation or have a local - removable disk such as a USB disk. You can manage how many rotating - sets of backup are kept on the backup share, and also make each - set doing incremental backup upon several days. The backup is performed - automatically at the selected time every day. Currently +

Workstation backup. This method uses a software package called dar + to back up your server configuration and data files to a network share + or a local removable disk such as a USB disk. + You can manage how many rotating sets of backups are kept, + and how many incremental backups to have in each set. + The backup is performed automatically at the selected time every day. Currently configuration and data files total approximately $tarsize uncompressed. - Twice the compressed data size must be available on the backup share.

+ Twice the compressed data size must be available on the backup share.

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Backup to Desktop. This method creates a copy of your server + configuration and user data files, and downloads it to your + local desktop via your web browser. + Currently your configuration and data files total approximately + $tarsize. The backup file will be somewhat less than this, + depending on how much the data can be compressed. + This file can be used to restore the server from the console if you + copy it to a local removable disk such as a USB disk.

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All restore methods allow you to restore your configuration and user +

All backup methods allow you to restore your configuration and user data files. Workstation backup provides individual file restore. Ideally, full restore should be performed on a freshly installed server.

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