Christer Edwards wrote... > Is it safe to just rsync [remote]:/ [local];/ ? Would the /dev or > other folders cause issues with this? Would it be safer to implement > a more detailed rsync script excluding certain areas?
If you're using Linux (you didn't show or tell) you should indeed exclude /proc and /sys. Not doing this wouldn't do much harm except wasting bandwidth and storage, especially if you're kernel still shows the physical memory in /proc/kcore :-) I've successfully used such a backup for a recovery after the original system crashed. But do not rely on that before you've tested your setup. Especially the "--numeric-ids" option is probably a good idea unless you've virtually identical systems. Christoph -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html