I'm running RH 5.0 on an HP Vectra/VL series pentium desktop PC. I'm a
network manager/administrator and use the box exclusively in that context.
That is - mostly to backup router/switch configs/IOS code. I also have
various network admin tools installed mostly in specific user /home
directories. I use the following script to backup what I think are the
important Linux directories necessary for getting the system restored in
case of a catastrophy:
today=`date '+%Y%m%d'`
tar -cvzPf /backups/linux/linux-ix_$today.tz /etc /home /root
/backups/routers /tmp /var
chmod 600 /backups/linux/linux-ix*
ftp -din my.hp3000.system < .backup-hp_ftp
The basic idea is to re-install Linux and then untar the above archive to
get the system back to a functional state with my user specific stuff
intact. Question is - Is the aboce list of directories reasonable or should
I exclude some of these or include others?
I've also looked at freshmeat.net under console/backup and see that there
are many backup utilities availabe. Would I be better off with one of these
-- any recommendations?
Thanks,
Steve Barrett
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