Re: [cobalt-users] Scheduled Backup Failed

["Robert G. Fisher" <rfisher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Aug 14, 2000 at 09:19:26AM -0400, Mike Johnston wrote:
> Your assistance has been greatly appreciated.  Thanks for the Linux command
> list and links to learn more.  I truly understand the backup situation and
> having a reliable backup is high on my list.  When I arrived here there was
> NO disaster recovery plan and I got the 10,000 meter stare when I went
> completely berserk.  I have had to restore from a backup using the GUI after
> having to restore from CD due to a bad hard drive.  I will take your sage
> advice and learn the alternate and obviously more powerful way to administer
> my machine.  Thanks again.

The key here isn't so much the power, but the flexibility.  The archives
you make via the UI are still generated by tar (useful tidbit if you
ever need to restore and for some reason the UI is hosed) and actually
the scripts on the RaQ systems can be very handy, in fact I've been
looking to modify some selections for our RedHat boxes so as to make
them more 'robust' and require less of my personal time.

But understanding the underlying layers and how to issue commands from
the command line is still important.

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Robert G. Fisher                  NEOCOM Microspecialists Inc. 
Senior System Engineer            (540) 666-9533 x 116