On Thursday 06 April 2006 11:27, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello list, > > This isn't a strictly LTSP question but has arised because I'm using LTSP. > > With all the users' /homes in one place, I'm struggling to come to > terms with backups. > Before using terminals, I didn't backup users' homes because they were > distributed on each PC. If one HD on a users' PC broke, bad luck. > > But now, although I am using RAID1, if I were to loose their homes, it > would be a major disaster. I am backing up onto a tape but that is > gets filled up very fast. > > What solutions have been tried out? > I've heard about using terminals' HD to backup data. Is this a good idea? > > Any suggesting or clues please.
If your data is valuable, and it sounds as if it is then: A standalone machine on the network, power it on, rsync /homes, power it off (the backup is isolated from intrusion, power and for me remote enough for fire). Works very well and is not slow. Use a disk caddy and daily, weekly, monthly backups if that is what you need. Here's my mirror script: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #! /bin/sh # rsync -av -e ssh --delete /etc/ reggit:/tigger/etc rsync -av -e ssh --delete /var/ reggit:/tigger/var rsync -av -e ssh --delete /usr/local/ reggit:/tigger/usr/local # rsync -av -e ssh --delete /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/ \ reggit:/tigger/opt/ltsp/i386/etc # rsync -av -e ssh --delete --exclude=/www/SuSE10 --exclude=/www/SuSE /home/ \ reggit:/tigger/home # rsync -av -e ssh --delete /srv/ reggit:/tigger/srv # mysqldump -uroot -pxxxxx --all-databases >/tmp/`date +%b%d`.sql rsync -av -e ssh /tmp/`date +%b%d`.sql reggit:/tigger/`date +%b%d`.sql # ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tigger knows reggit's root ssh key James ------------------------------------------------------- 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 _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
