Re: [cobalt-users] The big backup question (Raq)

["Stephane Gervais" <stephane@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Scott Beale" <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 10:30 AM
Subject: [cobalt-users] The big backup question (Raq)


> Hey guys, how are you backing up all the files on your Raqs?
>
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    I setup a script to 'tar' and 'gzip' the important files and stick them
in a directory every night (put the script into /etc/cron.daily). Then I use
AT and WSFTP to get them from the RaQ to an NT machine. Then from there it
goes to tape just like all the other files on the NT box.

    I found out what the 'important' files are by doing a backup on the RaQ
when there were only a few clients and seeing what got backed up. Most of
the stuff I thought should be plus some RaQ specific stuff.

    I also suggest having three scripts, one for the site, one for the logs
(if you care about them) and one for the settings (/etc, etc.). This keeps
the sizes manageable so if you need one file it doesn't take all day to get
it.

Stephane
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