Topic: Backing up SME

[Agent86]

df -h

[root@hostname ~]# df -h
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/main-root
                       39G  2.0G   35G   6% /
/dev/md1               99M   13M   82M  14% /boot
none                  125M     0  125M   0% /dev/shm

Forgive my ignorance please
Why is the size 39G ?
How do I tell if the partition has been expanded all the way properly ?

I have 2)60G drives should it not be somewhere in the 57G range or so ?

Thanks

[k0r54]

Hey,

Ok I have installed dar-2.3.1-1 but am a little unsure of how to run the backup.

I want it so that if SME goes wrong I can format reinstall SME run add my domain and stuff (in the activation thing that comes up) reinstall all my rpm's and then run the backup and all users, ibays, email (from fetchmail) all my fetchmail settings and pretty much everything else is back on through the one restore.

i need it sliced into 4400MB sizes so I can put it to a disk

What command line would I need to run to do that?

Thanks
k0r54

[raem]

k0r54

Install
dar-2.3.2-1.i386.rpm
and the server manager panel/interface to configure it with
smeserver-dar2-0.0.1-1dmay.noarch.rpm  
from
http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/contribs/dmay/smeserver/7.x/

The max file size to burn is 2Gb, so configure it to create parts of approx 1.529Gb, 3 parts will fit on a DVD.

[k0r54]

Hey,

Brill contrib,

for it to backup everything i said what would i need to put in the backup selections?

Thanks
k0r54

[raem]

k0r54

Create a backup job and by default it already includes all the "necessary' folders.
Search forums on backup if you want more info.

I suggest you fully test a backup and restore procedure to prove it really works for your situation and methods.

With respect to restores, it will restore ALL your configuration including domain & server setup etc, so you only need to configure the newly installed OS with enough parameters to get it running on your system in order to do a restore (after reinstalling the backup dar contrib of course).

[k0r54]

Hi I have set that all up but am gettin the following error

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Feb  5 13:05:17 compunetsrv01 /etc/e-smith/web/panels/manager/cgi-bin/dar2[7491]: /home/e-smith/db/dar2: NEW Manual_Backup=dar2||manual|12.00|enabled|Backup|etc/e-smith/templates-custom,etc/e-smith/templates-user-custom,etc/group,etc/gshadow,etc/passwd,etc/samba/secrets.tdb,etc/samba/smbpasswd,etc/shadow,etc/smbpasswd,etc/ssh,etc/sudoers,home/e-smith,root|Compression|0|Description|Manual Backup Full|Exclude||Expiry|0|Mount|/mnt/dar2|Password|xxxxxx|Prune||Slice|1500|Target|\\apc-lp-xp-001-s\SMEBackup|Username|admin|VFSType|smbfs|Verbose|off|admin|VFSType|backupDay|manual|backupTime|12.00|enabled||ext3|Verbose|manual|backupTime|off|admin|status|enabled



Feb  5 13:06:07 compunetsrv01 e-smith-bg: Connecting /mnt/dar2/Manual_Backup to \\apc-lp-xp-001-s\SMEBackup
Feb  5 13:06:18 compunetsrv01 e-smith-bg: Error connecting to 192.168.0.177 (No route to host)
Feb  5 13:06:18 compunetsrv01 e-smith-bg: 7514: Connection to apc-lp-xp-001-s failed
Feb  5 13:06:18 compunetsrv01 e-smith-bg: SMB connection failed

I have set up the share on my windows machine and permision is given to the domain admin, the location username and password is all correct.

This is pulled from the /var/log/messages but i have been using the web panel to activate the backup.

Any ideas?

k0r54

[raem]

k0r54

> Connecting /mnt/dar2/Manual_Backup to \\apc-lp-xp-001-s\SMEBackup

Check the backup destination in the server manager panel.
It should be in the form //workstationname/sharename (with forward slashes).

If it is correct, can you connect to that share using another workstation ?

[k0r54]

Hi,

Ok have tested and yes i can access the share from another windows machine via \\apc-lp-xp-001-s\SMEBackup  but not by // obviously but no username or password crops up.

The problem still occurs with the sme though

Thanks
k0r54

[raem]

k0r54

....But do you have the Target entered as
//apc-lp-xp-001-s/SMEBackup
in server manager panel ?

[raem]

k0r54

db dar2 show
will show you what is actually in the database

eg
test=dar2
    Backup=home/e-smith/files/ibays/test,root
    Compression=2
    Description=test ibay backup
    Exclude=
    Expiry=5
    Mount=/mnt/dar2
    Password=xxxxxxxxxxxx
    Prune=
    Slice=650
    Target=//station9/backup-server
    Username=admin
    VFSType=smbfs
    Verbose=on
    backupDay=manual
    backupTime=23:30
    status=enabled

[k0r54]

Hi mine reads as

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Manual_Backup=dar2
    =manual
    12.00=enabled
    Backup=etc/e-smith/templates-custom,etc/e-smith/templates-user-custom,etc/group,etc/gshadow,etc/passwd,etc/samba/secrets.tdb,etc/samba/smbpasswd,etc/shadow,etc/smbpasswd,etc/ssh,etc/sudoers,home/e-smith,root
    Compression=3
    Description=Manual Backup Full
    Exclude=
    Expiry=0
    Mount=/mnt/dar2
    Password=xxx
    Prune=
    Slice=1500
    Target=//apc-lp-xp-001-s/SMEBackup
    Username=admin
    VFSType=smbfs
    Verbose=off
    admin=VFSType
    backupDay=manual
    backupTime=12.00
    enabled=
    ext3=Verbose
    manual=backupTime
    off=admin
    status=enabled

[k0r54]

ok figured out for some reason i changed my pc name to apc001 and it worked.

My pc name must have just not been valid, any reason why because my pc name means things for my netlogon.

cheers
k0r54

[k0r54]

Hey,

Just a quick question, if i want to do a backup every night what would be the best way to do it. Incremental? Will that just do the changes made that day?

Do I have to do a full backup and then set the incremental up?

Then for a restore run the full and then the incremental?

Thanks
k0r54

[k0r54]

Hi,

As well as the above questions I also have another.

I done a successfull backup and then tried to restore after formating.

Unfortunatly I ran into an error where it would not let me restore from the //apc001/SMEBackup because it was not apart of the domain. (obviously after a format).

I therefore had to run the sme backup 2 desktop I done. After i ran that i could then run the dar restore. Any idea's why this happened and how to get around it?

Cheers
k0r54

[raem]

k0r54

> Do I have to do a full backup and then set the incremental up?

There is no incremental option in dar2 that I'm aware of, so you need to do a full backup every day.
Perhaps you are referring to partial backups of data etc only, using other backup jobs with a limited set of data to be backed up ?


>...tried to restore after formating.

I assume you mean after reinstalling the operating system & the backup dar2 contrib ?


>...I ran into an error where it would not let me restore
> .... because it was not apart of the domain

What is the error that makes you conclude not being part of the domain was your problem.

I'm guessing that by doing the desktop restore you configured the server with basic networking configuration required for your network.
Usually you would do some minimal reconfiguration of your server with it's newly installed operating system prior to a restore, so that it worked on your network eg IP, workgroup name, domain name etc.

Did you do basic reconfiguration before attempting the first restore ?