If possible i would like to hear more talk on doing something like the restore from live distro as doing reliable and non time consuming images is a bitch... Are there any docs or detailed procedures on how to restore to a blank hard drive via a complete back up. I backup up "/" except for the afore mentioned /proc /tmp bla bla ... but what would a recommend live cd be? I use Debian Etch for instance....
Rob Morin Director of Technologies Dido Internet Inc. Montreal,Canada http://www.dido.ca 514-990-4444 Toni Van Remortel wrote: > Nick Triantafillou wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Would the basic procedure of restoring a Linux machine be to re-install >> the base system, get backuppc working (ssh keys etc) then restore the >> folders one at a time (or somesuch) to the client machine? >> >> Or is some kind of re-imaging/netbootable restore method possible to >> avoid that initial step so we're not overwriting every single file we >> just installed when trying to fix the broken system? >> >> > In theory, you could do this: > - take backups from / on the not-yet-dead server, except /dev /proc /sys > /tmp, with rsync > - start the reanimated server with a live cd, set up rsyncd with 1 > module: / (which points to your /dev/sdXY) > - restore the server from BackupPC. > This should work, but will limit you to a detail level as high as your > backup: > - backing up /etc, /usr and /var separately from the original server, > allows you to restore them separately to eg other locations (or other > partitions). But you are not restricted to it (so you can restore it all > to 1 partition). > > But my recommendation on full restoration is this: > - take backups of /etc and /var/lib (or entire /var) > - reinstall your reanimated server with the same distro and version > - restore /etc and /var/lib AFTER installing all the needed software on > your server (like apache2 and mysql) > This is my method. Not yet needed, but as I have some experience in > embedded Linux systems, I know what you need to get a system up and > running ;-) > > More tips welcome, as usual. > > Regards, > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
