[lug] Looking for best way to avoid scripting password: Question from a listener

[Chip Atkinson]

Hi Paul.

My ideal would be to back up the entire server so that in the event of an
emergency, nothing would be lost and restoration would be "easy".

I want to back stuff up from my remote server to my desktop at home
(local).  I do want to create a safe copy that is available locally.
There are a number of considerations, one of which is keeping the number
of running machines to a minimum.  The remote server is currently behind a
firewall machine and my desktop machine wakes up in the early AM, backs up
the server and then shuts down if nobody is logged in.  

Lee's suggestion about the external USB drive is pretty simple and
effective but I find myself resisting the use of external USB drives,
partly because I'd have to buy another piece of equipment and partly
because, in my ignorant opinion, usb drives tend to run a bit hot which
reduces disk life as well.  (Based on a sample size of two).

On Mon, 6 Apr 2009, Paul E Condon wrote:

<snip> > thought of?
> 
> Chip, I'm trying to learn from listening, but I am uncertain as to what you
> are trying to backup, and where the resulting backup-image is to be located.
> 
> You are in some place you think of as local (as opposed to 'remote'). There
> is a remote server. Is the remote server something for which you wish to
> create/update an image copy on your local host? Or is the remote server in
> a 'safe' place, and you want to create a safe copy backup of your local
> operation at that safe site, away from local hazards? Or is it both? 
> 
> Thanks,
> -- 
> Paul E Condon           
> pecondon at mesanetworks.net
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