Re: [cobalt-users] Full Restores... they are kidding, right?

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Roy A. Urick" wrote:

> OK, interesting question. it seems I am not the only one seeing that the GUI
> restores just dont seem to work (why are they there?).

They probably work for a small site's owner to backup his/her own site. 
I don't know, I've never tried, but it looks like that's what they're
there for.

> Upon digging thru the KB, I find that Sun recommends rebuilding the box to
> the patch level that the box was last backed up, then re-create the sites
> (in the same order mind you), THEN restore using the restore utility. Thats
> all well and good... unless you have 100 sites on the box.

That's because the restore utility only restores site data; nothing
about the setup of the site, which is stored in various places
throughout your RaQ.

> Is it just me, or does that COMPLETELY negate a full server backup?  When I
> restore any other OS (not counting apps that do "bare metal" restores) I
> only have to get the basic OS and the restore software on the box; not get
> it 90% there manually, ONLY restoring user created files.  I can understand
> getting the OS back on first, but come on, this is riddiculous.

If you do a complete backup of the RaQ, there's nothing to stop you from
doing a complete restore.  Cobalt/Sun does NOT include software for you
to do so.

> SO... on a positive note,  anyone know of any reasonably priced backup (and
> restore)  solutions that actually DO work and are reasonably priced for a
> small business? (less than $500)

Any solution that will completely backup and restore linux hard disk
should work on your RaQ.

> Does a reasonable full system restore even exist for RAQs?

See sentence above <smile>.

I'm actually involved in a project to create a "backup-RaQ" solution; no
price exists yet; in fact no information exists yet on whether it will
be hardware, software, or combination.  Look for announcements later
<smile>.  Any discussion should be on cobalt-developers, not here.

Jeff
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