These are prep/cleanup scripts that help ensure a clean backup, and perform steps similar to what the VSS Writer for SQL would do. Linux agent users can enable database quiescing scripts for MySQL, MondoDB and Ingres on a per-volume basis.VSS Writers are a Windows concept and so the writer exclusion section is removed for Linux agents.No Force differential Merge (to be added soon).Backup Insights won’t allow you to perform the analysis for Linux machines/volumes.The Manage Recovery Points page for a Linux machine will not show any screenshots.Protecting Linux PCs must be done from the legacy Add Agent page rather than the new Agent Install Wizard, which is used solely for Windows PCs.There are a few differences in the Datto UI for Linux systems: Installing the agent requires a few simple commands in the terminal to add the Datto repository to the list of sources and download the required package (no reboot is required). To run the agent, machines are recommended to have a minimum of 8GB RAM. The filesystems and formats that the Linux agent supports are ext2, ext3, ext 4 and xfs. The Linux agent also supports Linux versions Fedora 20, 21, and 22 Ubuntu 12.04 and 14.04 CentOS 6 and 7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7 and Debian 7. You can do this on the Device Upgrades page under the Configure menu. However, SIRIS 1 devices and devices converted using GENISIS 1 must be upgraded from Ubuntu 10.4 to Ubuntu 12.04 to back up Linux machines. The Linux agent is compatible with SIRIS 1 and 2, ALTO 2 and XL, Virtual SIRIS, Virtual ALTO, and all devices converted using GENISIS 1 or 2. The Linux agent is offered with unlimited licenses, allowing you to back up as many Linux clients to your Datto device as you wish (barring ALTO 2 devices, which are still limited to two or four licenses depending on the model, and first generation ALTO devices, which do not support Linux agents), space permitting. Also allows for faster operation, maintenance, as well as improvements for supported distros. It allows for community involvement and therefore support for more Linux distros. Now you can ensure business continuity in environments where formerly only manual workarounds and file-only protection was available.Īdditionally, Datto has made several components of the Linux agent open source: the driver, a library for the agent to interact with the driver, and several utilities (one of which provides the ability to compare incremental backups). Yes, you read correctly: this is a new backup solution using existing appliances at no additional cost. With the new Linux agent, Datto users are able to use already-existing Datto appliances to protect other devices on the client’s network for no additional cost. In fact, you can protect both Linux and Windows clients with the same Datto device. Great news for Linux users! Datto just released an agent to back up and protect Linux.
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