Hello!
I know we're about to go a bit OT, but could you please tell me how you
eventually would recover to the last running configuration of y Debian
server by recovering also the installed packages?
I am now thinking about backing up my /etc only: do you think that would
be enough, considering that only squid and iptables are the main
softwares used? Of course, I have some tiny tools like webalizer (which
involves the use of /var/www) and webmin (which I hope has all its
configs in /etc/). Also crontabs are vital for me...
Many thanks,
F.
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From: B. Alexander [mailto:stor...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 2:18 AM
To: General list for user discussion,questions and support
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Backing up whole linux system
Hi Flavio,
If I am honest, I only back up critical files on the system
(/boot, /lib/modules, /home, /root, /etc, /usr/local, etc) using
backuppc, because I can regenerate a Debian base install without
packages in about 15 minutes, and with a relatively small package list
like is generally on a firewall, I can do an apt-get dselect install
from the previous package list in about the same amount of time as a
restore. YMMV, of course, but one side benefit is that I get a fresh
machine out of the deal.
I've really had pretty good experience with a variety of boxes
doing it this way, but it all has to do with your needs.
--b
On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Boniforti Flavio
<fla...@piramide.ch> wrote:
Hello people.
I need to back up my Debian server, which mainly acts as
a gateway (iptables) and proxy (squid). I'd like to back it up in a way
that should enable me to recover the whole system onto a new harddisk
drive, if the actual one would fail.
Is backupPC right for this purpose, or would it be
better to take some sort of "snapshots" with some other software/tool?
Many thanks in advance.
Flavio Boniforti
PIRAMIDE INFORMATICA SAGL
Via Ballerini 21
6600 Locarno
Switzerland
Phone: +41 91 751 68 81
Fax: +41 91 751 69 14
Url: http://www.piramide.ch
E-mail: fla...@piramide.ch--
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