on Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 01:15:10AM +0200, Marcus Schopen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 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
Kirk Strauser wrote:
At 2003-09-02T04:58:31Z, Jacob Anawalt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
I guess if your 2nd hard disk is the same size or larger than the first
and you want an exact copy of everything then dd might be the way to do
it.
Umm, no. dd gives consistent backups *only if* the d
on Tue, Sep 02, 2003, Yves Goergen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> 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'.
Mirrored RAID is not a backup solution.
A backup is
At 2003-09-02T04:58:31Z, Jacob Anawalt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I guess if your 2nd hard disk is the same size or larger than the first
> and you want an exact copy of everything then dd might be the way to do
> it.
Umm, no. dd gives consistent backups *only if* the drive being copied not
m
On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, Marcus Schopen wrote:
>
> > Fault tollerance and data backups are not the same thing, they are just
> > different components of a data protection policy.
yup ..
> > My advice would be (as a minumum) to take a full backup on Monday night and
> > incrementals or differential
On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, Marcus Schopen wrote:
> >
> > Why don't you just use RAID to mirror your harddisk?
- dd is NOT backup ... its an easy way to get data corruptions
when disk-A has badblocks that are different that the badblocks
on target disk-B
- luckily, badblocks are rare and
Jacob Anawalt wrote:
[...snip...]
if($base eq '/home' and $ar eq 'data')
{
#Special case for the /home/data archive, clean out old files
`find /home/data/mail/ -ctime +1 -exec rm {} \\;`;
`find /home/data/log/ -ctime +1 -exec rm {} \\;`;
`find /home/data/ -ct
I've read the other posts, but am starting back with your origional to
keep your full questions.
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 week
On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 03:43:22AM +0200, Marcus Schopen wrote:
> Joyce, Matthew wrote:
> >Fault tollerance and data backups are not the same thing, they are just
> >different components of a data protection policy.
> >
> >My advice would be (as a minumum) to take a full backup on Monday night and
> -Original Message-
> From: Marcus Schopen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, 2 September 2003 11:59 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: simple backup script
>
>
> Joyce, Matthew wrote:
> [...]
> > RAID only provides resilience against
On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 11:24:20AM +1000, Joyce, Matthew wrote:
> RAID only provides resilience against hardware failures, it does not protect
> anyone from user errors or mishaps which occurred yesterday, or last week,
> or last month.
It also doesn't protect you against the computer being struck
Joyce, Matthew wrote:
[...]
RAID only provides resilience against hardware failures, it does not protect
anyone from user errors or mishaps which occurred yesterday, or last week,
or last month.
right!!!
Fault tollerance and data backups are not the same thing, they are just
different components o
> -Original Message-
> From: Yves Goergen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, 2 September 2003 9:43 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: simple backup script
>
>
> On Tuesday, September 02, 2003 1:15 AM CET, Marcus Schopen wrote:
> > Hi,
&g
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 u
Yves Goergen wrote:
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 secu
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
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
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