RE: [cobalt-users] Scheduled Backup Failed

["Mike Johnston" <mike.johnston@xxxxxxxxxx>]

-----Original Message-----
From:	cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert G. Fisher
Sent:	Thursday, August 10, 2000 11:35 AM
To:	cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:	Re: [cobalt-users] Scheduled Backup Failed

On Thu, Aug 10, 2000 at 10:48:21AM -0400, Mike Johnston wrote:
> I have a Raq 3 and have a scheduled FTP backup of the entire Raq going to
a
> user FTP site on the Raq that I then download to another machine.  The
first
> night it worked well and I received an email telling me the backup was a
> success.  Since then I receive an email each day saying the backup failed.
> I have checked the FTP and sure enough there is no backup.  The failed
> backup email gives me no indication why it failed and looking at the GUI I
> cannot figure out what is happening.  Any suggestions on how to find out
why
> the backup is failing and what to do to make it work correctly?

Huh?  You FTP the backup to a virtual site on the same RaQ3?

Yes I do.  I have only a single Raq that is used to host our website and
email.  It is isolated from the corporate network and therefore difficult to
send the ftp somewhere else.  In addition we have only one virtual site on
the Raq.  I send the backup FTP to a user account set up for just that
purpose.  This became necessary when the upgrade to 3.0 caused the manual
GUI backup to fail by timing out.  I do not leave the backup on the Raq
however.  As part of my routine I FTP to the user site and download the
backup to my corporate network for safe keeping.

Could you be more specific or perhaps post this script
that you run the backup with?

I am not using a script to run the backup.  I am using the browser based GUI
to accomplish my admin tasks.  I am afraid I am a newbie to the Unix and
Linux world and am a bit too busy to learn the intricacies of the better
ways of administering the machine.  You can set up a scheduled backup with
the GUI however there is little control over how and when it runs using this
method.  I know there are better ways to do these admin tasks but for
efficiency I can't beat the GUI right now.

Thanks for taking the time to help me solve this one.

Mike Johnston
I.T. Manager
Fastco Threaded Products Inc
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Robert G. Fisher		     NEOCOM Microspecialists Inc.
System Administrator/Programmer      (540) 666-9533 x 116


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