On Sun, 30 Mar 2014 16:24:32 +0200 jdd jdd wrote:
Le 30/03/2014 14:57, Carl Hartung a écrit :
On Sun, 30 Mar 2014 09:01:11 +0200 jdd jdd wrote:
but how do you test this restore? For data it's pretty easy to restore in a temporary place, but for system?
I'm sure there are more knowledgeable / sophisticated methods available but I just install the replacement drive and partition it (first 'dry run.') Then I restore, chroot in and run the bootloader installation. I use the same method to migrate installations to larger hard drives.
yes, but this needs acces through an opther install or rescu disk, and most rescue disks are short in tools
what I asked is did you test your last backup method?
Absolutely! It isn't a "backup solution" until it's been tested and proven to work. WRT 'most rescue disks are short on tools', I have not experienced this in recent years. I use three 'rescue' tools on a regular basis: 1) "rescue mode" booted from an openSUSE 12.2 full install DVD (IIRC, the 12.3 GM counterpart has an ACPI related 'wrinkle' at boot that I simply prefer to avoid.) 2) openSUSE 12.3 Live Stick 3) Clonezilla boot CD, primarily used for backing up (cloning) non-Linux partitions.
locally (as desktop), I never really backup system. I case of failure, I reinstall the newer distribution, but I have a hosted server (two, in fact) and I maintain rsync backups, but restoring is not easy, and tsting the restore even less.
In real, the only case I tried to restore a system, I failed :-(
Servers are a completely different realm. In my experience, for the very reasons you've described, unless you have actual physical access to the machine or reliable and experienced hands-on support available, it is usually much more expedient and reliable to recreate the installation from scratch and then restore, from backups, whatever user space, databases and config files are needed to bring the services back online. Carl -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org