Re: Rsync, Amanda's best friend

[Mitch Collinsworth]

On Fri, 2 Jul 2004, Luc Lalonde wrote:

> In case of backup server failure, I 'rsync' all my configuration files
> in /etc with the Amanda index files onto another server.   If my server
> crashes or becomes unavailable, I have instantaneaous access to my
> backup indices and configurations without mucking about and trying to
> find it on the backup tapes without an online Amanda setup.

We keep ours in our OpenAFS filesystem.  If our amanda server fails,
we stand up another, fire up cfengine on it to install it as an amanda
server, and off we go.

-Mitch

Rsync, Amanda's best friend

[Luc Lalonde]

Hey Folks,
I'm sure I'm not the first one to think of doing this...
In case of backup server failure, I 'rsync' all my configuration files 
in /etc with the Amanda index files onto another server.   If my server 
crashes or becomes unavailable, I have instantaneaous access to my 
backup indices and configurations without mucking about and trying to 
find it on the backup tapes without an online Amanda setup.

I just thought I'd put my two cents worth after reading the message 
about Gavin Henry's backup server crash.

Bye.
--
Luc Lalonde, analyste
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