RE: [cobalt-users] Backup Procedure

["Stephen - Cobalt List" <cobaltlists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just get raqbackup.sh - it does all this and is free :)

Best regards,
Stephen Mc Carron

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-----Original Message-----
From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Simon Pierce
Sent: 07 June 2002 13:52
To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [cobalt-users] Backup Procedure


Hi,

I posted this message a couple of days ago but nobody replied - I'm
desperately hoping someone here can help me out with this.

I'm trying to put together a simple, reliable step by step backup
procedure for a RaQ 3 that would allow people to back up their RaQ to
compressed TAR archives. Unfortunately, I have no way of testing it,
short of an actual failure of my RaQ.

Would it be possible for someone here to read through the procedure
below and tell me if it will work? Would can you forsee any problems?

Better still, is someone willing to TRY it? Also, what do I need to do
to add mySQL databases to this procedure?

Cheers!

Simon


Backup Procedure

1)Telnet in and su to root. Type the following commands.

cd /
tar -cpvz -f /home/backup/etc.tar.gz etc

cd /
tar -cpvz -f /home/backup/var.tar.gz var

cd /
tar -cpvz -f /home/backup/root.tar.gz root

cd /usr/
tar -cpvz -f /home/backup/usr-admserv.tar.gz admserv

cd /usr/
tar -cpvz -f /home/backup/usr-local.tar.gz local

cd  /home/log/
tar -cpvz -f /home/backup/home-log-httpd.tar.gz httpd

cd  /home/
tar -cpvz -f /home/backup/home-spool.tar.gz spool

cd /home/
tar -cpvz -f /home/backup/sites.tar.gz sites

2)Using FTP, browse to the /home/backup/ folder, and copy the TARs to a
safe place. 3)Disaster hits! 4)On a new RaQ, create the folder
/home/backup/ and copy the TARs accross. 5)Telnet in and su to root.
Type in the following commands:

cd /
tar -xfpvz /home/backup/etc.tar.gz

cd /
tar -xfpvz /home/backup/var.tar.gz

cd /
tar -xfpvz /home/backup/root.tar.gz

cd /usr/
tar -xfpvz /home/backup/usr-admserv.tar.gz

cd /usr/
tar -xfpvz /home/backup/usr-local.tar.gz

cd  /home/log/
tar -xfpvz /home/backup/home-log-httpd.tar.gz

cd  /home/
tar -xfpvz /home/backup/home-spool.tar.gz

cd /home/
tar -xfpvz /home/backup/sites.tar.gz

6) Restart RaQ and hope for the best!

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