On 2010-04-08 osmcr...@gmail.com wrote: > I'm running Suse 10.3 Server and looking for a script like this that > will backup all the system config files and any others that I would > want, this is a db and mailbox users backup for my mail server ?.. > But I plan migrating to a new server, using the same distro that's why > I'm preparing it for restore again in case of emergency > > Any comments are welcome [...] > cp -Rp /var/lib/mysql/* /media/backups/db/db_$DATE > cp -Rp /var/lib/imap/* /media/backups/db/db-imap_$DATE > cp -Rp /var/spool/imap/user/* /media/backups/users/users_$DATE
Unless you stopped the respective daemons beforehand, these are likely to leave you with inconsistent databases after a restore. Either stop the respective services for the time of the backup, or use the appropriate export tools (e.g. mysqldump for MySQL). You can't simply copy the files of a running database. Also I'd suggest to use "rsync -a" instead of "cp -Rp" for performing file backups. Regards Ansgar Wiechers -- "Abstractions save us time working, but they don't save us time learning." --Joel Spolsky
