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replication is a script which is designed to manage replicating two sets of
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replication is a script which is designed to manage replicating two sets of
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ZFS snapshots. There are tons of them out there, and this is pretty
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ZFS snapshots. There are tons of them out there, and this is pretty
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simplistic, especially as compared to some of the more throurough ones like
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simplistic, especially as compared to some of the more throurough ones like
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repl, etc... However, the ones I found did more than I wanted. I wanted
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something which did a replication. No snapshot creation, no pruning, and no
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fancy configuration or file naming convention.
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replicate can be called simply from the a cron job (periodic) by putting the
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source and target as parameters, ie
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perl replicate source target
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either source or target may have a hostname prepended, separated by a colon.
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So
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perl replicate src:source target
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I wrote replication to handle a specific problem. I wanted an 'Air Gap'
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I wrote replication to handle a specific problem. I wanted an 'Air Gap'
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server for backup. When the server was turned on, it would contact its
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server for backup. When the server was turned on, it would contact its
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upstream server, sync, then shut down. The key to unlock the encrypted file
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upstream server, sync, then shut down. The key to unlock the encrypted file
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server is stored external to the Air Gap server and, if not found, the
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server is stored external to the Air Gap server and, if not found, the