Mark, Comments below:
--- Mark Street <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Whoa, quite a bit here... > > 1. Windows bites, do it our way or the highway. Yes, I agree. And do it our way, that we obfuscate... > 2. Samba - Get yourself the book by John Terpstra - > Samba 3 By Example - > Practical Exercises to Successful Deployment. > and/or > Download my smb.conf tutorial file and have a go at > joining that domain.... > http://oswizards.com/samba-instruct.conf > If you would like I can give you access to one of my > Linux Admin courses > online. You can study the Samba material to see if > it clarifies things a > little. Samba is a huge subject, especially if you > are going to deploy with > 500+ uses. I highly recommend the book. Thanks. I may need to come back and take you up on this offer. > > I don't think that will solve your problems though, > you need to backup the > Linux server. > 3. See number 2 above. > 4. You can share your private key/identity with the > client and you will not > have to supply a password when you execute your > command. You could do this > with linux boxes easy, windows would be a hassle. > In Linux I could issue the > command, scp -r /var/data/* > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:mydata/ > I didn't know this. If you share the key, then it won't even ask for the password? That's great. I went to great hassle to make an expect script to enter the password for me. Your way would have been much better. > 5. Oh yeah... you could install a DVD writer, CDR > or an additional HDD or > both. Regarding DVD, the text I have read states that one can put a linux filesystem (i.e. ex3(?) ), but that it would be only readable from another linux box. It sounds like that would be perfect for a backup situation. Expecially if I were to do snapshots like you mention below. What do you think? > > Here are a couple tools for you. Mondo Resuce > http://www.microwerks.net/~hugo/about/about.html > > I use another command line program from a cron job > called rdiff-backup - > http://www.nongnu.org/rdiff-backup/ It can take a > snapshot of your > filesystem whenever you tell it to, it also keeps > diffs on all files that > have been changed since the last backup. You can > actually restore a file > from a specific date and time. I snapshot at 3:10am > onto a spare drive in > the machine, I also snapshot my databases every > hour. You can use Mondo to > create an entire system backup onto CD, HDD, NFS or > DVD - > http://www.ccp14.ac.uk/ccp14admin/linux-server/mondorescue/dvd_mondo.html > > > Keep yourself clear of Windows and your choices will > be plentiful and your > difficulty will be diminished. > > Setup another Linux Samba Server for the Windows > clients/users to store their > data on, then back that one up with the tools above. An interesting idea. But we have a purchased solution with an oracle database. I don't want to get into the middle of moving that to a linux box. Especially when I don't have my own backup working yet. :-) > > > Have Fun!!!... and test your backups regularly to > make sure you are indeed > backing up your data. Good advice. Thanks for your input, Mark. I appreciate it. And also for the links. Kevin > > On Sunday 20 March 2005 14:36, Kevin Toppenberg > wrote: > > I know this question is a bit off-topic for the > board. > > If you all have a better place for me to ask, > just > > let me know. > > > > I need a reliable backup solution for my linux > server. > > Here are methods I have explored, unsuccessfully > so > > far. Let me first mention that our office also > has a > > new Windows Server running our billing package. > My > > initial thoughts were to copy my linux data to the > > Windows server, and then let their backup process > save > > my data. > > > > 1. Install Services for Linux (SFU) put out by > Windows > > onto our Windows server. I then created a NFS > share. > > I can view the directory contents of the Windows > share > > from my linux box, but for the life of me I can't > get > > write permission. You have to run a Windows > > namemapper to map linux users to Windows users, > and > > then give that user write permission. Sounds > easy. I > > can't get it to work. The permission system on > NTFS > > is a bit complex to me. > > > > 2. Run a Samba server on my linux box. When I do > > this, I can see the drive from a Windows laptop, > and I > > might even be able to write to it (I can't > remember). > > But when I try to find the file when browsing from > the > > Windows Server, I can't find it. Not sure if I > have > > to join Windows "domain" to work. This descends > into > > a murky realm for me of ActiveDirectories. Also, > I'm > > not sure if my iptables is filtering out the samba > > ports etc. > > > > 3. Run a Samba client on my linux box. I haven't > > tried this, but again I worry that I would have to > > discover how to join the Windows "domain" and be > > validated. > > > > 4. Get scp to work on my Windows server, and scp > the > > needed data up. This would probably work, but I > would > > need to use and 'expect' script to supply the > password > > etc if it is going to be automated. This seems a > bit > > klunky, and will probably be my last resort. > > > > 5. Install a DVD writer on my linux box. This is > what > > I am currently trying to do. I successfully > installed > > a new USB 2.0 IO card, and have now plugged the > drive > > in. I'm lost as to what to do now. I have read > > multiple web sites, and I'm overwhelmed. Right > off > > the bat the install demos talk about possible > kernel > > upgrades etc. It seems that cdrtools is one route > to > > use. I would have to purchase a commercial > license. > > The money is not such an issue, but I would want > to be > > sure it was going to work. > > > > 6. Purchase and install tape backup system for the > > linux box. This may well be a great options, but > I > > have no experience with this. > > > > > > If anyone has any helpful thoughts or pointers > (esp > > regarding option 5 above), I would be very > grateful. > -- > Mark Street, RHCE > http://www.oswizards.com > -- > Key fingerprint = 3949 39E4 6317 7C3C 023E 2B1F > 6FB3 06E7 D109 56C0 > GPG key http://www.oswizards.com/pubkey.asc > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT > Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. > Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? 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