hanes Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 (edited) Hi, I have two HD's on a server and I want to back up everything, weekly. I am using the mcc backup tool, but I cannot figure out how to backup EVERYTHING. Should I not bother? (is /etc and /home good enough in case of a crash?). I guess in the other tab I can just say back up /. This is a regular desktop PC (ibm netvista) posing as a server... pretty serious server though that is in use every business day. Also should I be using a different tool for this, or is the mcc one dependable? Hanes Edited January 19, 2006 by hanes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 (edited) Buy a RAID controller... cannot get simpler than that if you want to backup EVERYTHING. Edited January 19, 2006 by scarecrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanes Posted January 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 uh, this is a regular pc. No scsi (no money for scsi drives). No SATA just IDE. I guess I could go software raid... but I would think timed backups are just as good right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaraeez Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 Hi, Dont know if this will help but I have a little script i run daily via cron which backs up certain folders & contents then transfers them over to another PC via ftp #!/bin/sh DATETMP=`date +%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S` cd /home/user1 tar czf /home/user1/mail-backup.tar-$DATETMP.gz \ /home/user1/.Mail \ /home/user1/documents \ ncftpput -u USERNAME -p PASSWORD -V -DD 192.XXX.X.X / /home/user1/mail-backup.tar-$DATETMP.gz & yes I use ncftpput.. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uralmasha Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Depending on how often and how many of your files change, you might also have a look at Easy Automated Snapshot-Style Backups with Linux and Rsync . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVDowning Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 I use the mondo/mindi set of applications from http://www.mondorescue.org/ I backup to dvd, but there are many options available, such as backing up over a network, etc. I know several people who use it and all are happy with it. Might be worth a look see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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