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@@ -3,3 +3,20 @@ kind - kind is not dirvish
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kind is a tool to organize backups on harddisks.
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It is inspired and follows the same principles as dirvish.
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+A backup server running kind creates images (snapshots) of
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+directory trees on different hosts (clients) on a regular basis.
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+Each image is a complete copy, but unchanged files are
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+shared between different images as hardlink.
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+Basic tool for this is rsync, which must be installed on the
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+server and at the clients. rsync may be used via ssh or as server.
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+For an automated backup via ssh the server must have ssh access
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+to the clients without password (using public key authentication).
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+If the client runs rsync as server it must be configured to allow the
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+server to read the modules to backup.
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+Windows clients can backed up using DeltaCopy as rsync server.
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Wolfgang Ortmann