[lug] backup install

[j davis]

so i really have alot of configs and binaries here and there...so i would 
perfer
to use some tiny boot distro to untar all of my backup without 
reinstalling...
having winex and all my games restored...and transcode etc. etc.
so could i use you script and set / as the sorce to tar? then just boot from
floppy/cd with boot floppy and untar with a generic 'tar -xvf'?

Thanks,
jd



>From: dan radom <dan at radom.org>
>Reply-To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
>To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
>Subject: Re: [lug] backup install
>Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2002 19:02:39 -0600
>
>i've found that i don't really need full partition backups.  if something 
>drastic happens i would rather reinstall the OS and copy selected 
>configuration files and mail spools and all that stuff doem backup.  i 
>backup al lmy hosts using a tar to an nfs autofs mount.  i run it on linux 
>and netbsd systems, and it works like a charm.  i redirect stderr to 
>/dev/null so i don't hear it complain about files that aren't there, as all 
>the systems have different setups and functions.  same script runs on all 
>hosts.  here's the script.  this gives me 3 weeks of backup to restore 
>from, which i periodically burn to cd.
>
>dan
>
>
>#!/bin/sh
># dan at radom.org  |  04.01.2001
>#
>export PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/pkg/bin:/usr/pkg/sbin
>date=`date '+%m-%d'`
>hostname=`hostname -s`
>files="\
>         /etc \
>         /var \
>         /home \
>         /usr/TSS \
>         /usr/local/etc \
>         /usr/pkg/etc \
>         /usr/tftpboot/SMS* \
>         /usr/local/etc \
>         /usr/local/apache \
>         /usr/local/bin/rc.firewall \
>         /usr/local/netsaint \
>         /usr/local/share \
>         /usr/local/lib/php.ini \
>         /usr/src/sys/arch/i386/conf/pluto \
>         /usr/pkg/etc \
>         /var/spool/mail \
>         /usr/src/linux/.config \
>         /storage/apache \
>         /storage/pgsql \
>         /root \
>"
>
>rm -f `find /mnt/autofs/backup/ -atime +21 -type f`
>tar zcfp /mnt/autofs/backup/$hostname-$date.tar.gz $files
>
>
>
>* j davis (davis_compz at hotmail.com) wrote:
> > Hello,
> >  I had a scare yesterday when my mail server went down...thought
> > motherboard died
> > but it was just the agp slot. Anyway...thought i was going to have to
> > reinstall
> > redhat plus all the other stuff i have installed ( cgi scrips, webmail 
>etc.)
> > So i am wondering if some one could point me to some info on makeing a
> > exact copy of every partion i have and a way to restore my backup in the
> > event of
> > trouble. I have a cd-burner and network drives to work with.
> >
> > thanks,
> > jd
> >
> > jd at taproot.bz
> > http://www.taproot.bz
> >
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thanks,
jd

jd at taproot.bz
http://www.taproot.bz

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