FW: [SLE] Backups
When I back up via YAST, I specify the following options --
*) Search files that do not belong to any packages *) Back up hard disk system areas
I have done a complete recovery of some entire high-level directory that I had originally created myself (for example, the Oracle database software directory and the Oracle database data directory). I'm hoping I have everything that way. I have deleted the Oracle software directory, done a full recovery of that directory, and everything is there and works just
before. I am hoping by doing a backup this way that I have everything
By the way, this device is somewhat pricey. I paid $403.95 for it in early '03. There may be cheaper networked devices around that have the same functionality. Greg -----Original Message----- From: Greg Wallace [mailto:jgregw@acsalaska.net] Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 11:33 PM To: 'Carlos E. R.' Cc: 'suse-linux-e@suse.com' Subject: RE: [SLE] Backups I have a Linksys EFG80, which is an Ethernet networked storage device. It is a Unix based operating system running Samba, which is designed to be used on a Windows network or workgroup set-up. If you install Samba on Linux, you can back-up directly to it. It comes with one 80G drive and a slot for a second drive up to 120G. I used to back up directly to it, but my backups got so big that CP would crap out about 2/3 of way through (maybe I was overflowing buffers on the Linksys). The device also has an FTP and Print server. I now log into it via FTP and do a "send". That way, it controls how fast it wants to move the data and I've never had any problems. I have both a Windows and a Linux machine on my network. My printer is hooked up to this device and I can print to it from either printer. It's a pretty handy device for a small home network. Just an FYI. Greg W -----Original Message----- From: Carlos E. R. [mailto:robin1.listas@tiscali.es] Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 9:10 AM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: RE: [SLE] Backups The Tuesday 2004-07-06 at 18:31 -0800, Greg Wallace wrote: like that
has changed since my initial installation.
Yes, you do get a backup of modified files. But those not modified, that came from an rpm on CD are no copied. It is a kind of incremental restore, such a one that a full restore can be a real pain. I know, it happened to me.
All this I tell from memory; but I was caught by it before.
I prefer a really full backup to CD or DVD.
No CD or DVD will hold all of my data. It's like 6 or 7 gigabytes. But I have a networked storage device with an 80G capacity, so I save it over there. One you "backup to CD", are you saying you point YAST to the CD, or are you using some other software to do a byte by byte image copy?
I do my backups manually. I use "mkzftree" to create a compressed tree of files and directories which are a copy of everything on the HDs I want to backup. Then I break them in chunks roughly 4.7 GB (using mc). Those compressed trees I convert to images using "mkisofs -z -R ...", which I finally burn to DVD using xcdroast. The result is two DVDs with a full compressed backup of my Linux filesystem, which can be mounted normally (mount...) and explored or restored using any standard Linux tool, like konkeror, midnight commander (mc), cp, whatever: zisofs compressed CDs/DVDs can be read transparently by the Linux kernel, they are decompressed on the fly. It is a complicated way of doing a backup, and needs about 160% of your fs as free space. But the end result is very usable. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com
for those in the us there is ebay.com or pricegrabber.com which indexes sales sites. Most of the guys in my local group sell off their old stuff so thats how I got my little hub. Good Hunting. CWSIV On Thu, 2004-07-08 at 00:45, Greg Wallace wrote:
By the way, this device is somewhat pricey. I paid $403.95 for it in early '03. There may be cheaper networked devices around that have the same functionality.
Greg -----Original Message----- From: Greg Wallace [mailto:jgregw@acsalaska.net] Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 11:33 PM To: 'Carlos E. R.' Cc: 'suse-linux-e@suse.com' Subject: RE: [SLE] Backups
I have a Linksys EFG80, which is an Ethernet networked storage device. It is a Unix based operating system running Samba, which is designed to be used on a Windows network or workgroup set-up. If you install Samba on Linux, you can back-up directly to it. It comes with one 80G drive and a slot for a second drive up to 120G. I used to back up directly to it, but my backups got so big that CP would crap out about 2/3 of way through (maybe I was overflowing buffers on the Linksys). The device also has an FTP and Print server. I now log into it via FTP and do a "send". That way, it controls how fast it wants to move the data and I've never had any problems. I have both a Windows and a Linux machine on my network. My printer is hooked up to this device and I can print to it from either printer. It's a pretty handy device for a small home network. Just an FYI.
Greg W
-----Original Message----- From: Carlos E. R. [mailto:robin1.listas@tiscali.es] Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 9:10 AM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: RE: [SLE] Backups
The Tuesday 2004-07-06 at 18:31 -0800, Greg Wallace wrote:
When I back up via YAST, I specify the following options --
*) Search files that do not belong to any packages *) Back up hard disk system areas
I have done a complete recovery of some entire high-level directory that I had originally created myself (for example, the Oracle database software directory and the Oracle database data directory). I'm hoping I have everything that way. I have deleted the Oracle software directory, done a full recovery of that directory, and everything is there and works just like before. I am hoping by doing a backup this way that I have everything that has changed since my initial installation.
Yes, you do get a backup of modified files. But those not modified, that came from an rpm on CD are no copied. It is a kind of incremental restore, such a one that a full restore can be a real pain. I know, it happened to me.
All this I tell from memory; but I was caught by it before.
I prefer a really full backup to CD or DVD.
No CD or DVD will hold all of my data. It's like 6 or 7 gigabytes. But I have a networked storage device with an 80G capacity, so I save it over there. One you "backup to CD", are you saying you point YAST to the CD, or are you using some other software to do a byte by byte image copy?
I do my backups manually. I use "mkzftree" to create a compressed tree of files and directories which are a copy of everything on the HDs I want to backup. Then I break them in chunks roughly 4.7 GB (using mc). Those compressed trees I convert to images using "mkisofs -z -R ...", which I finally burn to DVD using xcdroast.
The result is two DVDs with a full compressed backup of my Linux filesystem, which can be mounted normally (mount...) and explored or restored using any standard Linux tool, like konkeror, midnight commander (mc), cp, whatever: zisofs compressed CDs/DVDs can be read transparently by the Linux kernel, they are decompressed on the fly.
It is a complicated way of doing a backup, and needs about 160% of your fs as free space. But the end result is very usable.
-- Cheers, Carlos Robinson
-- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com
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