Good Backup Solution?

garrontmo · n00b Joined: 18 Apr 2002 Posts: 57 Location: Seattle, WA

What are people using for good backup solutions. I'm looking for something easy and preferable in portage. I tried downloading and setting up Mondo Rescue, but I had difficulties. Can someone make some suggestions.

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Garron

user124 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 02 May 2002 Posts: 86

http://www.partimage.org/ .. good if you do not want to restore a smaller saved partition onto a bigger one..

after all.. i still prefer a "tar cvpj"

user124

Nitro · Posted: Mon May 13, 2002 9:21 pm Post subject:

My server gets backed-up by a home made bash script. It dumps my database, copies my files, tar and bzip em up on a second harddrive. I setup cron to run it every week.

I haven't had to use any of the back-ups yet. I guess that is a good thing.

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pjp · Administrator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 20067

Any chance that your script would/could find its way here: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewforum.php?f=25?

arkane · l33t Joined: 30 Apr 2002 Posts: 918 Location: Phoenix, AZ

I personally use mkcdrec. It's a script ( I think just an SH script, with a helper app to split a tar) that is easy to use IMHO.

I back up to CD with it... although that limits you to backing up while your on site, you can back up to tape, remote tape, remote disk, etc.

If you want to know more about it, go to http://mkcdrec.ota.be

I found it on freshmeat a long time ago, and it's progressed nicely. (even makes bootable el-torito cds from your current boot image)

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McVeigh · Posted: Tue May 14, 2002 1:05 am Post subject:

I use a tar script that runs nightly then those files are rysycd to a remote server in the bosses home.

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