On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 08:12:05AM -0400, Rob Owens wrote: > On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 09:11:55PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > > Brad Alexander wrote: > > > Mat Enders wrote: > > > > Is there anything else that should be included. > > > > I find /var/backups to contain very useful information such as the > > names and versions of all packages that are installed which is useful > > to a recovery. Here is a minimum list for me. > > > > /etc > > /home > > /usr/local > > /var/backups > > /var/mail > > /var/spool/cron > > > > If you use /srv then it would have local data too. > > > And maybe /opt as well. > Oh, and I also exclude /home/$USER/tmp. I tell users to put large-but-unimportant files there, so they will not clog up my backups (especially the offsite over-the-internet backups). I don't think most of my users respect that rule, but I do and it keeps several hundred gigabytes of unimportant video clips and rips out of my backup drive.
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