On 7/24/06, Adam Thornton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
It strikes me that file-level backups are generally a lot easier to work with, and use less archival media.
File level backup is great for "oops backup" when you erased a few files and want them back. I am not sure whether you ever tried to restore the entire server from file level backups when you lost the disk. Typically you will need to re-install a new system and then restore your backups on top of that. Think about how that works for many servers at the same time (because it probably must be a major problem if you actually lost DASD). I have been involved in several attempts to recover a system from file level backup, but none worked like planned. Last one I remember we found TSM trying to restore the upgraded glibc over the vanilla install of SuSE. Once you start looking at it, you will find that many servers don't really have data that you need to backup. You might be better off with some tooling to quickly create a fresh server and some structure to manage any customizing you do on top of that. Which eventually leaves the servers that actually hold business data in some application, and you can look at the best way to deal with those applications. Rob ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
