RVM is an archive manager that uses rsync to manage backups of multiple clients across multiple logical partitions (vaults). It has some features that some other rsync-based backup schemes lack, such as being written in C++, needing no scripts or other programs than rsync and any binaries on which rsync depends (such as SSH), the ability to manage multiple instances of rsync connections to separate clients in parallel, the ability to use multiple logical partitions (vaults) in a configurable fashion for purporses of redundancy and added reliability, and the use of hard links for files that have not changed from one archive to the next.
Rvm was developed on an x86 platform using Linux RedHat 9.0 w/ GCC 3.2.2 and an UltraSPARC platform using Solaris 8 w/ GCC 2.95.5.
Rvm uses GNU autoconf/automake scripts for compilation and installation. See the generic instructions in the INSTALL file for details.
The latest version of RVM may be found at:
http://rvm.sourceforge.net
http://freshmeat.net/projects/rvm
See the AUTHORS file for author contact information.
The author welcomes all constructive comments/criticisms, bug reports, and especially patch files.
Every now and again, the author actually thinks he knows what he's doing.