On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Mister IT Guru <misteritg...@gmx.com> wrote: > On 24/07/10 19:57, Joseph L. Casale wrote: >>> What would be a method of restoring a remote linux based server to it >>> last full backup, (or even it's first!). Is such a move possible? >>> >> Got a management card in it:)? >> >> Seriously, there are a few ways all not without big chance. You can create >> a default grub entry to boot into an instance that doesn't mount your >> destination >> root, instead it has what it needs copied into /boot. Or if you have lots of >> space, >> restore to a new disc then adjust grub... >> >> Hard to suggest an approach not knowing your hardware etc... >> > > I was thinking of a general approach, one that can be run on any linux > box - my end result would be something like, run a restore job on the > target client, and have it reboot, and it's now how it was when I took > it's first backup. It seems a full environment may be needed. >
A custom livecd with bacula on it and some predefined setup should go pretty far on this. -- John M. Drescher ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
