[cobalt-users] Disaster recovery

["Gary S. Ownsby" <gary@xxxxxxxxx>]

Reinoud, re your message below:

    "Message: 11
    From: Reinoud van Leeuwen <rvanleeuwen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
    To: "'cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'"
    Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 11:47:25 +0100
    Subject: [cobalt-users] Disaster recovery

    Hi,

    Since I just received a Raq 4r and I am still waiting for the recovery
CD I
    was wondering
    - has anyone done some disaster planning for RaQ boxes?
    - what are the essentials to backup?
    - are scripts available to dump the Postgress database where all the
site
    information is stored?

    I searched the web and found nothing. The RaQ manual I downloaded said
some
    document would be available under qqq.cobalt.com/support but I didn't
find
    it. RaQ support could only forward me to Cobalt professional
services..."

Excellent question.  I'm trying to decide upon a disaster recovery process
myself but with only limited success.  I talked to one of the Cobalt
software engineers at a conference in Dec 2000.  It doesn't appear that
there is a slick way to recover now...though he offered some hope that there
would be a solution in the near future.

I worry about our RAQ3 failing and the hours of effort it would take to
recover.  Surely, there must be a good way.  I hope someone has one to
discuss or offer to the group.

Gary

Gary S. Ownsby
Smoky Mountain Webs
A Division of The Heritage Group
http://www.smokymountainwebs.com
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