Re: [CentOS] backup to disk

2008-04-01 Thread Brian Mathis
On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 9:04 AM, Ray Leventhal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm looking for common practices for backing up user data to disk. My user > data is all in /home. I'm also interested in what folks are doing for > things backing up os and configs. > > Any pointers on setting

Re: [CentOS] backup to disk

2008-03-31 Thread Ray Leventhal
Les Mikesell wrote: Ray Leventhal wrote: > Thanks for the thoughtful reply. I've cloned the OS drive already and it is safely locked away. We're an entirely off-internet system, so updates aren't even a problem. The issue is the user data and with what you and others have written, I'm consi

Re: [CentOS] backup to disk

2008-03-31 Thread Les Mikesell
Ray Leventhal wrote: > Thanks for the thoughtful reply. I've cloned the OS drive already and it is safely locked away. We're an entirely off-internet system, so updates aren't even a problem. The issue is the user data and with what you and others have written, I'm considering doing a local

Re: [CentOS] backup to disk

2008-03-31 Thread Max Hetrick
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ray Leventhal wrote: > Thanks for the reply and link. I'm looking this over right now. If you look to use rsnapshot, there's a guide on the CentOS wiki. http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/RsnapshotBackups Regards, Max -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Vers

Re: [CentOS] backup to disk

2008-03-31 Thread Ray Leventhal
Ned Slider wrote: Ray Leventhal wrote: I'm looking for common practices for backing up user data to disk. My user data is all in /home. I'm also interested in what folks are doing for things backing up os and configs. In a mixed Linux/Windows environment, I deployed a Linux backup serve

Re: [CentOS] backup to disk

2008-03-31 Thread Ray Leventhal
Barry Brimer wrote: Hi, I'm looking for common practices for backing up user data to disk. My user data is all in /home. I'm also interested in what folks are doing for things backing up os and configs. Have you looked at rsnapshot ?? Hi Barry, Thanks for t

Re: [CentOS] backup to disk

2008-03-31 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 31/03/2008, Ray Leventhal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > PS - sorry if this shows up twice...I posted on 29 March, but never > saw it on the list :) It did arrive on the list. :-D Alan. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos

[CentOS] backup to disk

2008-03-31 Thread Ray Leventhal
Hi, I'm looking for common practices for backing up user data to disk. My user data is all in /home. I'm also interested in what folks are doing for things backing up os and configs. Any pointers on setting up rsync, cpio, etc would be appreciated. Pointers to good how-to's especially wel

Re: [CentOS] backup to disk

2008-03-30 Thread Tony Molloy
On Saturday 29 March 2008 18:54:38 Ray Leventhal wrote: > Hi, > > I'm looking for common practices for backing up user data to disk. My > user data is all in /home. I'm also interested in what folks are doing > for things backing up os and configs. > > Any pointers on setting up rsync, cpio, etc

Re: [CentOS] backup to disk

2008-03-29 Thread Ned Slider
Ray Leventhal wrote: Hi, I'm looking for common practices for backing up user data to disk. My user data is all in /home. I'm also interested in what folks are doing for things backing up os and configs. Any pointers on setting up rsync, cpio, etc would be appreciated. Pointers to good h

Re: [CentOS] backup to disk

2008-03-29 Thread Barry Brimer
On Sat, 29 Mar 2008, Ray Leventhal wrote: Hi, I'm looking for common practices for backing up user data to disk. My user data is all in /home. I'm also interested in what folks are doing for things backing up os and configs. Any pointers on setting up rsync, cpio, etc would be appreciat

[CentOS] backup to disk

2008-03-29 Thread Ray Leventhal
Hi, I'm looking for common practices for backing up user data to disk. My user data is all in /home. I'm also interested in what folks are doing for things backing up os and configs. Any pointers on setting up rsync, cpio, etc would be appreciated. Pointers to good how-to's especially wel