On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 9:32 AM, Don Delp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I used to use a backup script I found online that created .bz2 > archives of each of your directories 1 level up from root. I found it > handy because it would create a different archive for each user and > was a nice balance between huge archives and too many archives. I > lost my backup drive and haven't started backups again yet. >
<snip> Don, I presume you mean "One level up from the current directory" as, by definition, there is nothing above "root", though I suppose it could be "One level down from root". As to your question on backups, it really depends on what your goal is. Do you want to be able to restore the entire system to it's current state or just preserve user files in the case of a failure? It is very important that you determine what you want to backup, what your goals are for the backup, and where the data is that you are trying to backup. For example, don't forget to locate and backup any database files that a user may be using if they are not stored in their home directory and you are trying to preserve user data and decide to only backup the home directories. Another important point is to be sure to test your backups by running a restore and validating that the data was backed up and restored correctly. Also, permissions and other file attributes may be very important to backup. Don't forget that if you are restoring to a different server (and you didn't do a complete system backup) that your users may have different UIDs and GIDs. We have been bitten by this one before and is the reason we use LDAP / AD to manage our users now which also allows us to manage users across multiple servers but does require another level of backups to be done (i.e. you must backup your LDAP user database). If you can give us a bit more detail on what your goals are, we can probably provide a bit more directed advice and it will probably help you get your head around it as well. Andy --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
