Topic: USB Backup

[benny]

This is a stupid question, just completed a backup on a usb drive using the facility in the admin panel. How do you restore from the disk and is it a full backup

Thanks
Benny

[byte]

This is a stupid question, just completed a backup on a usb drive using the facility in the admin panel.

Do you mean the USB Backup within the console screen ? If not ignore below  
 

 How do you restore from the disk

When you next time reinstall the SME Server a screen will ask you if you wish to restore your backup with yes/no options, this is the screen just before you setup your admin password after installing.

On saying that because this is in an update it will not be available on a 7.1 ISO, you will have to wait for the next ISO. You could still resintall server with a 7.1 ISO then update to 7.1.2, then back at command prompt issue "db configuration setprop bootstrap-console Run yes" then give it "signal-event post-upgrade;signal-event reboot" and with any luck you will see the new restore via USB backup.

and is it a full backup

Yes.

[benny]

Many thanks, I have tried a few backup systems but seems to me this is the better way to backup. Feeling much more confident, thankyou

[progitto]

I don't think this is a full backup, I've tried it and it give me a 4 Gb backup archive but I have 20 Gb data in ibays.

[pfloor]

I don't think this is a full backup, I've tried it and it give me a 4 Gb backup archive but I have 20 Gb data in ibays.

It should be a full backup of the configuration,  users and passwords, custom templates and /home/e-smith/.  Here is the list.

        'home/e-smith',
        'etc/e-smith/templates-custom',
        'etc/e-smith/templates-user-custom',
        'etc/ssh',
        'root',
        'etc/sudoers',
        'etc/passwd',
        'etc/shadow',
        'etc/group',
        'etc/gshadow',
        'etc/samba/secrets.tdb',
        'etc/samba/smbpasswd',
        'etc/smbpasswd',


NOTE: It does NOT backup web apps in the /opt directory.

Please check your smeserver.tgz tar file and determine if the backup is incomplete.  If it is incomplete, report this to the bug tracker.

[progitto]

I've tried to open the archive with 7z on a winXP pc but it's a currupted file.  
This is so strange, tomorrow I'll try to do a new backup

[benny]

Thats interesting, I am more concerned about backing up Ibays and Mysql than the system, I am running many domains and several databases. Not too conversive with command line stuff always have a fear of killing the machine. Backuppc is installed but not totally comvinced its doing the job as I want it.

[pfloor]

Thats interesting, I am more concerned about backing up Ibays and Mysql than the system, I am running many domains and several databases. Not too conversive with command line stuff always have a fear of killing the machine. Backuppc is installed but not totally comvinced its doing the job as I want it.

Sorry, I should have mentioned that in addition to the backup list above, the system backup also does a mysqldump.  And all the ibays reside under /home/e-smith so it does backup your ibays.

[benny]

Thats great thanks heaps. All I need to do now is set up a test machine and try doing a restore. One more question, wil it restore to a machine that is not identical to the original. I am running 2 sata 250 gb drives with mirroring the test machine is a singel 200 gb ide. I have a feeling that it wont I think it needs to be restored to the original config

[pfloor]

Thats great thanks heaps. All I need to do now is set up a test machine and try doing a restore. One more question, wil it restore to a machine that is not identical to the original. I am running 2 sata 250 gb drives with mirroring the test machine is a singel 200 gb ide. I have a feeling that it wont I think it needs to be restored to the original config

Backup/restore using this process is NOT machine specific.  You should be able to restore to totally different hardware.

SME moto:  "It should JUST WORK".

If it doesn't work, please post a bug report.

[benny]

I will try asap and post result

[raem]

progitto

> I've tried to open the archive with 7z on a winXP pc but it's a currupted file.  

Possibly the 4Gb backup file size is actually a truncated file due to the 4Gb backup file size limit.

[progitto]

There is still the file limit?
It's not only a  Apache limit the 4 gb size?
I think that my problem could be that server disks are quite full and there isn't enought space to create the .tar file.
I'll try to do a new backup this night and I'll post the result.

[byte]

Possibly the 4Gb backup file size is actually a truncated file due to the 4Gb backup file size limit.

Ray - There is no backup size limit if you are using the USB backup within the  console menu.

[benny]

Hi all
Unfortunately the restore from usb did not work. After installing sme on a new pc and updating it with the server manager I ran the commands at the prompt as described previously.
The only thing I did find is the pc would not start with the usb drive attached I had to remove the drive to start machine. Dont know if this has any bearing on the problem. So it seems I am back to square one, any comments or suggestions appreciated
Benny