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Unix Backup and Restore
Posted by
wildweaselmi
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20 June 2011
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So I am searching high and low for methods of backing up and restoring a centos system.
So far I have limited it down to using rdump which is a way to copy files and directories from server to backup server. Of course first I must backup mySQL databases and then perform rdump.
Next step is to identify the commands to use and then figure out how to put it all into a script and run a cron job.
Exciting stuff. I'll keep you posted.
By the way, I really found a great deal for an O'Reilly book called Unix Backup and Recovery which is normally $53 new, I found on Amazon for $14 (new)... oh yea!
So far I have limited it down to using rdump which is a way to copy files and directories from server to backup server. Of course first I must backup mySQL databases and then perform rdump.
Next step is to identify the commands to use and then figure out how to put it all into a script and run a cron job.
Exciting stuff. I'll keep you posted.
By the way, I really found a great deal for an O'Reilly book called Unix Backup and Recovery which is normally $53 new, I found on Amazon for $14 (new)... oh yea!
option meanings:
0-9 Specifies the level of backup that dump or rdump should perform
u Tells dump to update the dumpdate file.
n Tells dump to notify the members of the operator group when a dump is completed.
f Tells dump what device to use.
W,w Tell dump to perform a dry run that tells you what filesystems need to be backed up