Re: [Ltsp-discuss] System Crash

2002-10-16 Thread Peter Billson
Linda, There is a lot more to a full disaster recovery plan then I could possibly write in an email. In a nutshell I: 1) Rsync the main server to the hot backup daily 2) Do a full weekly backup to tape using bru 3) Do a daily incremental backup to tape 4) Rotate the tapes on a six week rotatio

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] System Crash

2002-10-15 Thread Linda M.A
  Thanks for the information Pete. Can you share with me how to do the system backup for ltsp servers (software etc)?  I really appreciate the help. Thanks. Linda  Peter Billson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Linda,What do you mean by "system crash?" Are you talking about hardware failure or are yo

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] System Crash

2002-10-15 Thread Peter Billson
Joseph, Yes, I do mean that the second server is running all the time with heartbeat running to switch servers should the primary fail. The two servers are kept syncronized so that they are (almost) mirrors of each other. I should note that this will not allow the LTSP users to just keep on

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] System Crash

2002-10-15 Thread Joseph
On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 12:41, Peter Billson wrote: > Linda, > What do you mean by "system crash?" Are you talking about hardware failure or are >you used to the 'World of Windows' where the OS tend to dribble on itself? In the >world of Linux the 'dribble' problem doesn't exist but the hardware

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] System Crash

2002-10-15 Thread Peter Billson
Linda, What do you mean by "system crash?" Are you talking about hardware failure or are you used to the 'World of Windows' where the OS tend to dribble on itself? In the world of Linux the 'dribble' problem doesn't exist but the hardware problem still does. All servers will fail, it is just a

[Ltsp-discuss] System Crash

2002-10-14 Thread Linda M.A
Hi, What are the contingency plans if the system crash (LINUX Red Hat 7.2 kernel 2.4.5 & LTSP kernel core 3.4)? Should we do a system backup etc? Thanks for the help.    Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos, & more faith.yahoo.com