On Tue, 2 Sep 2003 01:42:25 +0200, "Yves Goergen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Tuesday, September 02, 2003 1:15 AM CET, Marcus Schopen wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm looking for a simple backup script, which uses e.g. dd and > > additionally does some error handling and mail notification. I use > > amanda for my daily and weekly backups, but to feel more secure, I > > installed a second harddrive in my server today. Now I'm looking for > > a nice and secure script, which does a full backup of the first > > harddisk each day. ..'tar cf mail-spool-`date` /var/spool/mail' on Fridays and tar af etc on weekdays? Leaving out compression facilitates diff'ing etc, compression saves space and bandwidth but needs cpu oomph, YMWV. ..on completion, scp to an off-site backup box, businesses survive fires etc with off-site backup, and dies without. Script game. > Why don't you just use RAID to mirror your harddisk? > > Saves you daily backups and gives you instant backup on failure. And > IIRC your system can keep on running 'on one tyre'. ...such as /var/spool on ext3 on raid-1 going ro for a coupl'a days on a wee journal cock-up? "The best of 2 worlds!". ;-) ..monitoring and fix ideas? I mean, a kernel panic is a bit overkill when "the flat tire can be patched-n-pumped". ;-) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
