Re: [OT] Backup solutions - watching

[Alvin Oga]

On Fri, 21 Mar 2003, Jamie Lawrence wrote:

 If you use it, I recommend keeping a close eye on it.

if you use any backup system ...
- restore that backup data to a new disk regularly
and see that all the files are there..

ls -laR /Original  /tmp/x.x
ls -laR /Restored-from-Backup  /tmp/y.y

and start comparing/diff'ing for missing files
( and yeah..dont use the options shown above.. :-)

might wanna use awk too check for certain things only
(filenames, links) and ignore time for example..

c ya
alvin


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Re: [OT] Backup solutions - watching

[Jamie Lawrence]

On Fri, 21 Mar 2003, Alvin Oga wrote:

 
 
 On Fri, 21 Mar 2003, Jamie Lawrence wrote:
 
  If you use it, I recommend keeping a close eye on it.
 
 if you use any backup system ...
   - restore that backup data to a new disk regularly
   and see that all the files are there..
[...]

Yes, certainly, if you rely on your backup, both test and verify.

What I was getting at specifically was that after experimenting with
rdiff-backup, I found it problematic.

It very well could be that I did something stupid, or that the software
sucks, or that my computer is punishing me for being a US aggressor. I
dunno. 

I was merely interested in provoking due diligence for those who choose
to employ that particular software. 

-j, who makes an effort to speak in more than ellipses.


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Jamie Lawrence[EMAIL PROTECTED]
... in making the freedom-for-safety swap, we haven't just dishonored
the dead of 9/11.  We've helped something else die too.
   - Nick Gillespie



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