Adam Chlipala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Adam Chlipala wrote: >> I think it probably makes sense now to create an archive of all >> non-restorable disk contents (e.g., /home, parts of /etc and /var) >> and have an admin download it. > > Actually, it's probably better to transfer that data to Abulafia, > whose failures should have low correlation with fyodor, while still > having its own RAID. But I'm still looking for advice on all of the > details of this transfer, still including what to back up.
The following probably need to be backed up:
/boot
/etc
/home
/root
/usr/local
A fyodor admin should double-check the list.
A simple tar invocation like the following ought to be sufficient to
accomplish this, assuming you've put a newline-delimited list of paths
into /root/backuplist. Since the data is piped through gzip rather
than saved and then compressed, it ought to fit.
mkdir /home/tmp ; cd / ; \
tar -czf /home/tmp/backup.tar.gz --files-from /root/backuplist \
--exclude=/home/tmp
This will create /home/backup.tar.gz, which can then be transferred to
Abulafia.
It also might be a good idea to make a backup of the list of packages
that we have installed, and keep around a script which is capable of
restoring that list. I've attached two scripts which save and restore
said list that I made and tested at work.
A simple example:
get packages:
debian-packages-get > /root/debian-packages
restore packages:
debian-packages-install /root/debian-packages
pgpn70jBZHUfd.pgp
Description: PGP signature
debian-packages-get
Description: Binary data
debian-packages-install
Description: Binary data
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