what do you do for Linux image backup/restore??? 1

[BobMCT]

This topic has come up before and while there have been a number of answers there were really no difinitive resolutions.

Assuming one has one or more production servers that might have their production data/programs backed up daily, but what if a disaster occurs and an image of that server must be put into production asap? I would assume that periodically a complete image backup must be made sometime and then used to restore to a new/different machine.

What methods/techniques and/or facilities do you use to accomplish this task? And, have you ever tried a full restore/recovery with it?

Please advise/discuss?

Thanks.

 

[pwesson]

I use my Linux box as a webserver.

Monthly - I use Acronis TrueImage (

http://www.acronis.com/products/trueimage/)

to make an image of the hard drive.
Weekly - I do a tar backup my /etc folder and /html folders
Daily - I backup my mySQL databases



Paul Wesson, Programmer/Analyst

http://www.ipaw.net