Schwenk, Jeanie wrote: >Is there a recommended backup system for mandrake? We use legato on all our >other operating systems here but I was just informed by our sysadmin that >linux-mandrake is not supported. I need a backup system because my linux >machine is now utilized by everyone in our department and the database is >growing. Can't afford to lose this data. > >Jeanie > Depends on what your backup needs are. If they're extensive, run a search on any Linux software site for solutions; if they're simple, just write a little script to do the job using tar. The simplest would just be to tar and zip all home directories, then ftp to another computer or move to a backup device such as a zip drive. The following, for example, would back up all home directories to another machine (assuming you have ncftp installed, which I wholeheartedly recommend - it's far and away my favourite ftp client).
tar zcf - /home | ncftpput -c -X /home/me/junk anotherbox.mycompany.com /home/me/backup.tar.gz In this case /home/me/junk is a file listing the types of file that you don't want included (you probably don't want to back up everybody's Netscape cache, for example). See man ncftpput for details. Sir Robin >__________________________________________________________________ >This is Linux country. On a quiet night, you can hear NT re-boot. > > LOL > > -- "Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It's lovely to be silly at the right moment" - Horace Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent �niversitesi Ankara 06533 http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin
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