I'm trying to use an rsync daemon setup to push data from a live server to a backup server.
When I try use the backup switch and point it to a backup directory path on the remote (backup server) machine it tries to copy it locally. I've tried
--backup-dir=/backup/dir/here/
and
--backup-dir=root@xxx.yyy.zzz.aaa:/backup/dir/here/
but this didn't work either.
The backup switch is used to create an archive of changes (deletions) since the last backup. This is not important but it would be nice to get this working. The reason i am using the Daemon is to stop the use of SSH as we have a lot of issues with the key permissions.
This is a simple backup solution and it's all completely internal so we're not too worried about encryption between the servers.
Is it possible to do this without resorting to rsync w/out the daemon or without pulling the data instead?
