Dear all, I am resending this again in the hopes of getting a response as I haven't got any. Would someone be so kind as to give some ideas to a helpless, clueless newbie? >Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 13:01:50 -0700 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: wildgrass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: disaster recovery of linux server > > >Dear all, >I am a newbie to this list and also a newbie to linux. > >I am seeking advice of anyone who has knowledge/experience of disaster >recovery >of a linux server. > >I have a production linux box running RH6.2, and since it is running >proprietary >unsupported software (Groupwise WebAccess using Apache-Jserv to be specific) I >have no idea if any updates I do to the box will break it. > >Hence, I need to know how to recover the server in the event that it >breaks, and >I need some ideas to get me started since I have not done disaster >recovery on linux before. >I am currently doing backups using taper, and if I were to backup all >files (except >for /proc and /var/log), what are the steps I need to take to recover my >original >configuration? >eg. >What other files should I skip for the backup other than /proc and /var/log? >Do I need to change to single user mode? >What things do I need to do before I can start the restore? >Any pitfalls I should look out for? > >Any tips/advice will be appreciated. > >wildgrass _______________________________________________ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
