How do you make sure that you are alerted when your backups go wrong?
That backup script has been in continuous development over the years, so I have a good idea what errors will show up and why.
Then again, I tend to use those backups quite often in rebuilding my system, usually after a distro upgrade. I find a complete system rebuild usually works out better than an 'upgrade in place' so I am always aware of what is happening with the backups. Due to the daily backups, a complete system rebuild after a crash or in a distro upgrade takes at most an hour or an hour and a half.
The daily backups themselves get discarded in an 'reverse exponential' fashion, giving lots of recent backups and not so many older backups.
* Get notified when backups fail or take too long via email, slack, webhook, etc.
* Run your backup scripts and tools with our open source agent, which takes cares of reporting backup results to the dashboard.
* Alternatively, write your own integration with our API to report backup results and send logs yourself.
We'll launch privately soon at https://backupshq.com, I'd love to hear what you think of the idea. We haven't decided on pricing yet, but would like to offer free usage for personal use. Either way, I'll hook you up with some free credit.
I suggest you build in an email function that sends an message if it fails.
On a separate DVD: Email, documents, spreadsheets, diagrams, etc.
Ransomware can't re-write DVDs.