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Title: What size should the backup be
Post by: Robert on April 10, 2001, 03:25:06 PM

My backup is 74 meg i am just wondering why it is that big and if that is a bad thing

Title: Re: What size should the backup be
Post by: Bobby on April 10, 2001, 11:43:38 PM

It's my understanding that the backup holds not just the configuration settings but all data from your ibays, etc. So if you have a bunch of stuff in ibays or your webserver, your backup can get pretty large.

Title: Re: What size should the backup be
Post by: Rick on April 10, 2001, 11:45:31 PM

Does it back-up the entire hard disk of the e-smith box?

Also RPM's I installed?

Title: Re: What size should the backup be
Post by: Jason Miller on April 11, 2001, 12:02:18 AM

The backup facility is covered in great detail in the e-smith manaual:

http://www.e-smith.org/docs/manual/4.1/admin-backup.html

Summary:
Backup to Desktop - only accounts, ibays, configuration
Tape Backup - entire system
Restore (from Desktop or Tape) - only accounts, ibays, configuration

If you store the rpms you installed in an ibay or a user home directory, then they will also be backed up.

Regards,

Jay

Title: Re: What size should the backup be
Post by: Rick on April 11, 2001, 12:48:43 AM

Sorry,

I thought I read the whole thing :-(

Title: Re: What size should the backup be
Post by: Robert on April 11, 2001, 01:20:10 AM

Thanx for all your help on that matter