Re: [Nagios-users] Backing up Nagios on Ubuntu 10.04

2011-01-06 Thread Andy Graybeal
On 01/05/2011 05:39 PM, Max Schubert wrote: While a live back up is definitely a good idea, if you start storing your configuration tree in a version control system off server - CVS, GIT, SVN, any other one you choose - then the back up issue on the live server only becomes one of backing up

Re: [Nagios-users] Backing up Nagios on Ubuntu 10.04

2011-01-06 Thread Max Hetrick
On 01/05/2011 05:39 PM, Max Schubert wrote: While a live back up is definitely a good idea, if you start storing your configuration tree in a version control system off server - CVS, GIT, SVN, any other one you choose - then the back up issue on the live server only becomes one of backing up

[Nagios-users] Backing up Nagios on Ubuntu 10.04

2011-01-05 Thread Andy Graybeal
Greetings, I would like to backup Nagios. I'm imagining rsyncing the files to another server that runs a backup job to tape each night. I'm on Ubuntu 10.04 and used it's package management system to install Nagios, so this isn't a compiled version. I'm not exactly sure where all the Nagios

Re: [Nagios-users] Backing up Nagios on Ubuntu 10.04

2011-01-05 Thread Tony Yarusso
What it really comes down to is exactly *what* you want to back up. If it's just the configuration, then the stuff in /etc should be all you need. The stuff in /var will contain the current state (logs, lock files, status.dat, etc.). The things in /usr should only be things that are

Re: [Nagios-users] Backing up Nagios on Ubuntu 10.04

2011-01-05 Thread Andy Graybeal
On 01/05/2011 01:10 PM, Tony Yarusso wrote: What it really comes down to is exactly *what* you want to back up. If it's just the configuration, then the stuff in /etc should be all you need. The stuff in /var will contain the current state (logs, lock files, status.dat, etc.). The things in

Re: [Nagios-users] Backing up Nagios on Ubuntu 10.04

2011-01-05 Thread Max Schubert
While a live back up is definitely a good idea, if you start storing your configuration tree in a version control system off server - CVS, GIT, SVN, any other one you choose - then the back up issue on the live server only becomes one of backing up retention.dat, which has changes you / your users