On Wednesday 10 September 2003 12:45, Dan Am wrote:
Hi folks, this is just theoretical. But what would be your desaster recovery recipe to get up and running _from tape_ in no time after a complete hardware crash. I see the following factors (any I've forgotten? ): Don't be theoretical. Be practical. I just dropped a drive last week Glad in wasn't on the Raid array I've got.
1) Boot Sector 2) Partions 3) Files
Obviously some image would be preferable. Have any of you dd'd to tape yet ? Any readymede stuff around. Just looking for pointers and experiences in this.
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