Re: [OpenAFS] Server recovery

2004-10-26 Thread Jeffrey Hutzelman
On Tuesday, October 26, 2004 13:44:59 -0400 Moose Finklestein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On the one hand, we also back up our /usr/afs/db directories. We do it by a) making sure we're not using the sync-site and b) turning off the PT/VL servers before copying the files. In addition, the dump fil

Re: [OpenAFS] Server recovery

2004-10-26 Thread Moose Finklestein
On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 17:29:36 -0400, Jeffrey Hutzelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Monday, October 25, 2004 10:58:22 -0700 Renata Maria Dart > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Jeff, we create a backup of the entire /usr/afs/db directory > > every night (and in addition every night we m

Re: [OpenAFS] Server recovery

2004-10-25 Thread Jeffrey Hutzelman
On Monday, October 25, 2004 10:58:22 -0700 Renata Maria Dart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Jeff, we create a backup of the entire /usr/afs/db directory every night (and in addition every night we make a copy of the boot drive of our database servers onto an alternate drive). Is there anything mo

Re: [OpenAFS] Server recovery

2004-10-25 Thread Renata Maria Dart
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Re: [OpenAFS] Server recovery

2004-10-22 Thread Jeffrey Hutzelman
On Friday, October 22, 2004 13:24:46 -0400 James Burns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thanks, that worked great. I can't believe I've been sitting around with a broken cell for this long when the solution was so simple. Oh well... For what it's worth, I recommend making regular backups of the prdb,

Re: [OpenAFS] Server recovery

2004-10-22 Thread James Burns
Thanks, that worked great. I can't believe I've been sitting around with a broken cell for this long when the solution was so simple. Oh well... -James On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 11:44:01 -0400 (EDT), Derrick J Brashear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 22 Oct 2004, James Burns wrote: > > > > > H

Re: [OpenAFS] Server recovery

2004-10-22 Thread Derrick J Brashear
On Fri, 22 Oct 2004, James Burns wrote: Hello all, I wrote back in May about the problems I was having with my server. It turned out that the that the prdb had been corrupted and there were no longer any users or groups, including system and admin. I asked then and I'm asking again, what should I d

[OpenAFS] Server recovery

2004-10-22 Thread James Burns
Hello all, I wrote back in May about the problems I was having with my server. It turned out that the that the prdb had been corrupted and there were no longer any users or groups, including system and admin. I asked then and I'm asking again, what should I do to recreate these basics so I can star