[CVALE] Backup/Imaging

[Dennis Baker]

If you are backing up repeatedly to the same disk based image you can't beat
rsync.  It is a great low bandwidth/ low drive usage way to update just the
stuff that's changed.  For my web site I like to have a daily backup of my
site plus a weekly archive so I have my own wayback machine.  So I rsync
daily and once a week I tar the locally rsynced directory.

You could also do this backwards,  if you have a test/ development system
and a production server you could make all the changes in the test system
then after it's tested and everything works right sync the production to the
test fairly quickly.

If you are just looking for a straight backup then tar is an awesome...
simple tool.

-- Dennis

On 9/18/06, dan at imabiz.com <dan at imabiz.com> wrote:
>
> Since the list is a little quiet right now, thought I'd pop in a
> philosophical/newbie question:
>
> How best to back up a Linux installation?
>
> I want to try some significant upgrades on my MythTV box (including Fedora
> itself), but I better be able to "go back" since there's a high likelihood
> some bit won't be happy.  [I spend way too much time in the land of
> Windows,
> where there's NO perfect backup scheme, and I'm used to thinking in terms
> of
> disk images vs. file copying.]
>
> In the real world, what works best to "put you back to where you
> were"?  Any
> thoughts/links/details would be appreciated.
>
> -- Dan Langhoff
>
>
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Dennis Da-Ogre http://ogrehut.com
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