On Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 10:31:21PM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > I always use the --one-file-system option and explicitly list > the ones I want to back up. That way you don't accidentally > wander into CD or NFS mounts that happen to be seen at > backup time - but you do have to remember to add new ones > when you make changes.
IMO this way is fraught with peril. most of us WILL eventually forget to add something to backups if we use this method. Only a shop that uses highly regimented change control can get away with this in the long run (and i'll bet a dollar that nobody running backuppc falls into that category - i sure don't). If it's not you who forgets, Les, it'll be your replacement, or your coworker. I'd much rather discover that i'd wandered into a CD or NFS directory and deal with that problem than find out at restore time that i wasn't backing up properly. You do all test restores regularly, right? It occurs to me as i write this that my own restore testing is really inadequate. It would require an active agent on the remote host, not just rsync, but being able to specify something like ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES (veritas netbackup syntax) would be great. While we're at it, do veritas one better and make it so that excludes from that can be global rather than per-host. danno ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
