Point, well taken, sometimes you are too close to the issue and don't think clearly.
Obviously it should (will be) part of the acceptance of the software to document a proper backup procedure. Thanks for pointing it out. On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 4:03 PM, Steven Peck <sep...@gmail.com> wrote: > Why does the the developer get to dictate... oh never mind. > > Tell the developer that you need a backup/restore plan as part of the turn > over to production and have such documentation be added to the scope of work > for (his buddy :) the consultant along with an actual test of the backup > restore plan. > > Don't try and blindly design the plan yourself, make the people who put you > in the corner responsible for deliverable along with you. You are also > going to need a plan for updating CentOS in a manner that won't break your > application too so I'd get that documentation as well while you're at it. > Despite many myths, Linux has security and software updates as well. > > As to the VMware backup being enough? Might be, but how will you know > without a documented backup/restore plan of the application itself? > > Steven Peck > http://www.blkmtn.org > > > > On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Stefan Jafs <stefan.j...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Ok, I’m venturing into the big unknown . . . . . . . world of Linux and >> the reason is, we are setting up an e-commerce site and the developer >> insists on using Linux for the webserver. So I hired a consultant and had >> the server up and running in an afternoon and they are now loading the web >> software as we speak. >> >> >> >> So my question is about backup. I’m running this in VMware 4.0 and my >> backup Software is BackupExec 2010 R2. I have the Agent for VMware >> infrastructure and can back up the VM that way, just did it and it worked. >> >> Now my question is would this snapshot backup be sufficient or should I >> get the Agent for Linux and be able to do an GRT backup? >> >> >> >> What are your suggestions? >> >> >> -- >> Stefan Jafs >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > -- Stefan Jafs ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
