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

[David D <david_dean@xxxxxxx>]

Have you've ever actually had the misfortune of trying to restore one of those
little raq backup numbers? Do a search of the user archives and read some of
the other sad stories regarding failed restore attempts. I too was under the
impression that if the time ever came, it's was all going to be "a bag of
chips" to perform a full backup/restore (notta)!

We ended up replacing 200 domains and some 400+ users (and god knows how many
aliases) one by one. It took almost 3 full days to complete.

If you *do* bank on the built-in backup utility, I'd recommend backing-up a
few extra files you might find you need. (note: you may or may not have cname
and fpx conf files on your system)

cp /etc/aliases /home/sites/home/web/backup/aliases.txt
cp /etc/virtusertable /home/sites/home/web/backup/virtusertable.txt
cp /etc/shadow /home/sites/home/web/backup/shadow.txt
cp /etc/passwd /home/sites/home/web/backup/passwd.txt
cp /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf /home/sites/home/web/backup/httpd_conf.txt
cp /etc/httpd/conf/cnames.conf /home/sites/home/web/backup/cnames_conf.txt
cp /etc/httpd/conf/fpx.httpd.conf
/home/sites/home/web/backup/fpx_httpd_conf.txt
chmod 666 /home/sites/home/web/backup/httpd_conf.txt
chmod 666 /home/sites/home/web/backup/cnames_conf.txt
chmod 666 /home/sites/home/web/backup/fpx_httpd_conf.txt
chmod 666 /home/sites/home/web/backup/aliases.txt
chmod 666 /home/sites/home/web/backup/virtusertable.txt
chmod 666 /home/sites/home/web/backup/shadow.txt
chmod 666 /home/sites/home/web/backup/passwd.txt
chown admin.home /home/sites/home/web/backup/aliases.txt
chown admin.home /home/sites/home/web/backup/virtusertable.txt
chown admin.home /home/sites/home/web/backup/shadow.txt
chown admin.home /home/sites/home/web/backup/passwd.txt
chown admin.home /home/sites/home/web/backup/httpd_conf.txt
chown admin.home /home/sites/home/web/backup/cnames_conf.txt
chown admin.home /home/sites/home/web/backup/fpx_httpd_conf.txt

-David

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