sbt (SyncML Backup Tool)

The command-line sbt tool allows you to perform a complete backup of a server that exposes its data via SyncML. It does this by querying the server what data stores it contains, then requesting all the content, and storing it opaquely and format agnostically in a local directory. During a restore operation, it simply tells the server to delete all of its data and uploads the previously downloaded version.

Usage

Typical usage comprises first doing a backup and then at some point a restore. sbt does, however, also support doing a discover operation (which simply describes the remote server's storage structure) and a sync operation, which tells sbt to resolve changes to a snapshot that have been made since the last backup or sync.

sbt backup call:

$ sbt --server URL --username USERNAME --password PASSWORD backup DIRECTORY

example:
$ sbt -s https://example.com/funambol/ds -u guest -p guest backup ./backups/latest

Then, to restore the server to that snapshot, simply use the restore command:

$ sbt restore DIRECTORY

example:
$ sbt restore ./backups/latest

Other supported commands:

$ sbt --help            # shows a help screen with all supported options
$ sbt discover DIR      # displays the storage structure of the remote server
$ sbt sync DIR          # brings the DIRectory and the remote server into sync

Enjoy!