For those of you who asked me and other interested parties, attached is the .tar.gz file of the source code for ftpbackup. It is only 13Kb. I didn't write it, so don't ask me how to use it. Read the documentation included. Hopefully this will help with your backup woes on the cobalt platform. Use at your own risk and have fun. Sincerely, Andy Kinney On 24 Nov 99, at 11:41, cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > 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
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