Remote backup using backuppc

Alex Schaft

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Hi,

I'm currently backing up bits and pieces of our sme servers using BackupPC. To have a backup that can be successfully restored, should I just grab /etc and /home, and to restore signal pre-restore, restore, and then signal post-upgrade?

Alex

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RvLardin

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Remote backup using backuppc

« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2006, 05:00:55 PM »

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I'm currently backing up bits and pieces of our sme servers using BackupPC

Hi Elax,

A short how-to or an explanation about the method you used to install BackupPC on SME would be *very* apreciated.

RV.

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Alex Schaft

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BackupPC

« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2006, 05:35:02 PM »

Sorry, no such luck

. I currently run BackupPC on FC4 <duck>

I'll give it a hack tomorrow. It's not too difficult to install I think

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tog

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Remote backup using backuppc

« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2006, 04:53:37 AM »

That's cool that you're using backuppc. I am as well.

If you were asking what data needs to be backed up off of sme FROM backuppc, I think you are correct with /home and /etc and I remember correcottly, sme's backup utility it grabs /ro as well. Don't know if there's anything to that.

I grabbed /root just to be safe.

I do think however, that samba may mess up links. There's a chance that restoring etc from backuppc will destroy linked files and dirs. I've scripted a tarring of the dirs I want that can then be snatched by backuppc.

Let us know if you ever do a restore.

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