bruce wrote:
....
> I'm interested to be able to completely "restore" everything if I need
> to. This would include OS, apps, as well as data..
What I do:
my experiences are I'm better off to install new then to restore the hole disk
Advantages:
- removes old cruft collected via several updates
- No need to time consuming figure out what links and right are set under e.g.
/etc/ /usr
- and since my drive is an SSD I'm able to secure erase it, before a new
install (should speed up the SSD)
In all configs I edited e.g. under /etc I insert a comment (# my_user_name) so
I could easily find them via "sudo fgrep -Ri my_user_name /etc/"
All these files are backuped by hand, every time I change same (currently ~12
files)
I do weekly and monthly (other disk) backup with rsync via an script.
Backup media are rotating disk (SSD's are unreliable media for backup)
I splitted my data:
a) what usually change /home/<my_user_name>, e.g. mail, docs, browser
bookmarks, ...
b) what usually never change under /home/DATA, e.g. Media files, etc.
/home/DATA is linked to my /home/<my_user_name>
My backup routine:
I only backup
- /etc
- /home (at first without /home/DATA !)
- /home/DATA (an extra run of rsync and an extra directory on my backup media)
- /root
- /var/www
- /var/lib/radicale
both last cause I'm using radicale (with default store)
so the first rsync run backups "/etc /home /root /var/www /var/lib/radicale"
with excuded /home/DATA
and the second rsync run only "/home/DATA"
to get a clean box (with a new relase) or when something was unrepairable
damaged (not happend here since Fedora 1 !!!) is
- backup the old box
- create a list what Apps are installed
- secure erase the SSD
- install (new) Linux relase
- restore /home/DATA
- restore user files under /home/my_user_name/
- reinstall the Apps-List
- under /etc backup new installed default configs and move my by hand edited
configs back
- selinux relabel the disk
- check if all my services (e.g. smb, radicale, ...) are correct running
- create a new backup target for the first rsync run (e.g.: F42 => F43 to keep
the F42 backup for some time until all is running correct)
there might be better solution and optimized one ...
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