Hi, I use BackupPC for backups, and Urbackup for disaster recovery, imaging the boot drive only. BackupPC does the data drive.
http://www.urbackup.org/ Gerald ----- Original Message ----- > Two completely separate backup schemes are needed here. > One for full "cold-metal" restores of the boot/OS level stuff, and > IMO this is best done with "imaging" style software, in your case > specifically targeted for windoze/ntfs systems. These don't need to > be done very frequently, as little is changing from day to day. BPC > is not intended to provide for this kind of backup, especially > regarding Windows. Many Linux sysadmins simply re-install their OS > from automated scripts and then restore config files rather than > bothering to fully image their boot/OS partitions, but Windows isn't > suited to that approach. > The type of backup is for working data, which requires the frequent > full/incremental/archive that BPC is designed for. Details about the > infrastructure "under" the filesystem are irrelevant to BPC, except > when considering how to optimize performance when a small "backup > window" becomes an issue. > What you are doing with LVM snapshotting should only be necessary for > certain applications that keep their files open, like DB servers, > Outlook and some FOSS mailsystems. And then only if these services > need to be kept running as close to 24/7 as possible, otherwise your > scripts can just close the server processes down until the backup is > complete and then bring them back up again. > I can't advise on the NTFS-specific extended attributes and > newfangled security stuff, but unless you're using software that > specifically leverages that MS-proprietary stuff, it shouldn't IMO > be an issue. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. > Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. > Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 > _______________________________________________ > 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/
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