On Wed, Aug 9, 2023 at 8:42 AM Wächtler, Jan <jan.waecht...@amasol.de>
wrote:
> The Overview description of backuppc states that it is a
>
> “ .. system for backing up Unix, Linux, WinXX, and MacOSX PCs, desktops
> and laptops …”
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>
>
> Is there any reason why this list does not include Server systems?
>
> I am using it for years now to backup (web/application/database)-server
> data and configuration, is there any reason why I should not do so?
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>
Databases can be a problem because they update all the time so you may not
get a consistent snapshot unless you use the tool specific to the database
to perform a consistent dump to a file, then let backuppc back that up.
Similarly with active windows machines you may need to use tricks to make a
shadow filesystem copy to get files that would be locked. Other than that,
the only issue is that it won't do a bare metal restore, so you have to be
prepared to do an OS and app install or use another approach to get to a
point where backuppc can put the files back. If instead, you just want to
grab an old copy of a file or directory lost or corrupted by mistake,
backuppc is better than most at that. Of course in a production system
you should really have a formal version control system and deployment
process to fix that sort of thing.
--
Les Mikesell
lesmikes...@gmail.com
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