Hello, How do people verify their backups? Are there some nifty scripts or tools available somewhere. Restoring 20GB+ of data just to find out that tar or dump has trashed some of the data is a tediuos task. Especially because you know you have to do it again when the problem is fixed to ensure that the data really is ok.
Checking the history of both tar and dump reveals so many issues that one has to wonder if it is ever possible to guarantee a safe backup on a linux box. Some cron task that could do a file to file compare or md5 compare would really help me sleep at night. Regards, Ole Kaas
