[cobalt-users] Newbie-Raq2:Backup, Scripts (what to backup)

[Elwin Loomis <espam@xxxxxxx>]

Hello all,

I am a newbie.. just got a Raq2 last month on closeout from cobalt 
(it is going to be my closet web server).. I know a little bit about 
Linux but I don't know where all the config files for the Raq are 
stored.. I have looked around on the list archives and I was 
wondering if someone could fill me in on what are the most relevant 
directories/files I should be backing up on the Raq? I saw that Jim 
Carey and Steve Werby had a couple script post's but I wanted to make 
sure that I got all of the config files for web, email, and virtual 
sites.

What I would like to do is to tar them, and then move em to another 
machine.. With the intention that if the Raq's HD dies I could stick 
a new HD in, restore it from the restore CD, then copy my tar files 
over and recover all of my virtual domain configs, email addresses, 
web directories, PHP stuff, mySQL stuff etc..

When I first got the thing I thought the web and schedule built-in 
backups would be good enough, but after reading the message board and 
talking with Cobalt Support, I think I would be better off hand 
backing up the relevant files. Cobalt said that sometimes the restore 
doesn't restore the sites and email addresses and I would have to 
re-enter em.. ugh.. and you can't restore larger than 2 gig from the 
web interface..



Any advice would be welcome..

Thanks

Elwin Loomis
elwin@xxxxxxx