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

[Kris Dahl <kris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

on 1/27/00 11:58 AM, Stephane Gervais at stephane@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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?
>> 
> <snip>
> 
> 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.

On my linux workstation here at work, I have the files automatically tar'd
and gziped in much the same fashion, only I use ncftpput to send them to my
server at home.

I think you can get ncftp and the nftpput/get sources compiled pretty
easily.

-k