Re: [cobalt-users] backup methods

["Gerald Waugh" <gerald@xxxxxxxxx>]

> At 02:24 PM 10/09/01 -0700, you wrote:
> >Definitely I have posted this ? a couple times, would
love to know how
> >people are backing up the whole drive,.
> >plus
> >is it possible to do it remotely or do I have to plug a
machine in the back
> >of it or something.
> >
I use rsync http://rsync.samba.org
I haven't perfected it yet, I started with backing up "/"
directory.
and then started excluding things, that I would not want to
sync to
a restored system. I have not attempted to restore the "/"
directory.
I have restored (resynced) various directories from the
backups from
time to time.

I run rsync on the eth1 ports, thus not loading down the
Internet port.
I run it from cron.daily, the backup server has large drives
and
it runs the cron job, backing up 1 Qube3, 1 RaQ2 and 3 RaQ4.
The Cobalt servers are running an rsync daemon which only
accepts
connections on the eth1 port and only the backup servers IP.
rsync only writes the changes, so it runs rather quickly, 2
to 3 minutes,
although the first time it took a long time.

Gerald