1. Use the CRON job process in FreeNAS do an RSYNC between the VMDK drive and my host OS (OEL6.5). This will get my files out of the VMDK and onto a separate drive mounted on OEL6.5. RSYNC is feature rich allowing me to copy only files that have been changed.
Here is my RSYNC script on the FreeNAS system:
Since this script will need to automatically login to my host OLE6.5, I'll need to setup passwordless login for SSH. I do this using the following commands:
jsmith@local-host$ [Note: You are on the guest VMBox FreeNAS system here]
jsmith@local-host$ ssh-keygen
Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/home/jsmith/.ssh/id_rsa):[Enter key]
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): [Press enter key]
Enter same passphrase again: [Pess enter key]
Your identification has been saved in /home/jsmith/.ssh/id_rsa.
Your public key has been saved in /home/jsmith/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
The key fingerprint is:
33:b3:fe:af:95:95:18:11:31:d5:de:96:2f:f2:35:f9 jsmith@local-host
Now Copy the SSH Key to my host OEL6.5 keystore:
cat /home/jsmith/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh root@192.168.1.250 'cat >> .ssh/authorized_keys'
2. Once I get the files onto the OEL6.5 mounted volume, I use CrashPlan to upload the files into the CrashPlan cloud. CrashPlan has a nice GUI (Java) and is one of the few that supports all platforms, including Linux. They are also surprisingly economical; $59/year for unlimited space.
3. Finally I purchased a CyberPower UPS (CP1350AVRLCD) to protect against surprise outages and to regulate my AC power. This was a pretty good deal for $125. This is the only one I could find that has Linux compatible software for shutdown and monitoring.
