[cobalt-users] Re: [Cobalt] RAQ2 - Backup HELP!!!!

["Andy Kinney" <andykinney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 22 Nov 99, at 8:21, Bruce Kiley wrote:

> How do you do a full system backup??  According to Cobalt, you can not do
> NFS on the RAQ2, they removed the software.  The Full backup option via
> the browser, never works. What do I do??????

If you don't mind working with the shell and the guts of your RaQ 2, 
try ftpbackup.  It's a small utility you can find in a couple of RPM 
repositories on the net (sorry, don't remember where).  You'll have 
to compile it from the source.  Here's a script that we use to 
backup all needed files on a server to a remote ftp server (RaQ 1, 
2, whatever):

#!/bin/bash

/bin/tar cfp - /home | gzip | /usr/local/bin/ftpbackup -h remote.ftp.server.com -u user -p password -b filename.tar.gz
/bin/tar cfp - /etc | gzip | /usr/local/bin/ftpbackup -h remote.ftp.server.com -u user -p password -b filename2.tar.gz
/bin/tar cfp - /var | gzip | /usr/local/bin/ftpbackup -h remote.ftp.server.com -u user -p password -b filename3.tar.gz
/bin/tar cfp - /usr/admserv | gzip | /usr/local/bin/ftpbackup -h remote.ftp.server.com -u user -p password -b filename4.tar.gz
/bin/tar cfp - /usr/local | gzip | /usr/local/bin/ftpbackup -h remote.ftp.server.com -u user -p password -b filename5.tar.gz


Of course, use information that applies to your situation.  These 
backups are only as reliable as the transmission media and the 
remote ftp server.  We find that they work quite well when 
combined with a cron job and daily tape backup of the remote ftp 
server.  They contain all the files you need to get a new server 
running in place of an old server without so much as a blink.

We're a bit crazy and send this data over our WAN, but in most 
situations, you'll only want to do this over a high capacity LAN.  
We've got a Qube with about 1200MB to backup and it only takes 
about 2 hours (more or less depending on the system load) to 
complete a backup over the LAN.

Sincerely,
Andrew Kinney
President, Advantagecom Networks, Inc.
http://www.advantagecom.net
509-522-3696, extension 101