Re: [cobalt-users] RE: Second drive in RaQ3i (sys backups)

["Dean Russ" <dean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We have setup up 2 Raq 2's. One is live and we have one on standby. We have
the backup sync up the data to the backup everynight using a utility called
rdist. If the primary fails we start up the second one. A few months ago our
Raq 2 crashed and we found out that the Cobalt backup solution for the Raq
2's is virtually useless since it can only be restored onto the same
machine.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Diana Brake" <diana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 4:55 PM
Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] RE: Second drive in RaQ3i (sys backups)


> >How do you go about setting something up like that? (for the complete
idiot)
>  >chad
>
>
> At 04:20 PM 5/24/00 -0700, you wrote:
> >I have been using the cobalt backup utility for close to a year
> >without a hitch whatsoever. I do a full backup once a week and
> >incrementals every evening. The files are automatically sent via
> >ftp to a linux server when the backup has completed. I really
> >couldn't imagine a simpler solution.
> >
> >Brandon Wheaton
> >UNIX Systems Engineer
> >ValiCert, Inc.
> >1215 Terra Bella Ave.
> >Mountain View, CA 94043
> >650.567.5430
> >----
> >Computers are useless; they can only provide answers.
> >~Pablo Picasso
>
> I'm very interested also. I have two Raq2s with identical configurations.
I
> want to make the second one be a standby for the first. Not a RAID set up
> as such, but so that I can unplug the production server and plug in the
> backup if/when necessary. I want to backup the first to the second every
> night or so. Any "gotchas" that I should be aware of? Can I do an FTP
> backup to this second server without special software?..cron?
>
> Diana
>
>
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