server rebuilds and disaster recovery
this weekend, im going to have to rebuild my 6.0 server in order to recover from a faulty disk (i have to eliminate a RAID1 array, and break rebuild the RAID5 with one more disk). all my daemons and whatnot, im pretty good at recovering. sendmail, apache, mysql, etc, shouldnt be a problem. what i think i need help with is, what is the best way to recover my previous system's user accounts? this time around my server is going to go from piece-by-piece updates, to a full buildworld before i build all the daemons. can someone recommend a good way to recover my users, or dissertate how they go about doing it successfully? also, any tips outside of users that you think i might benefit from in a rebuild/redeploy, would also be appreciated! thanks a million, jonathan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: server rebuilds and disaster recovery
this weekend, im going to have to rebuild my 6.0 server in order to recover from a faulty disk (i have to eliminate a RAID1 array, and break rebuild the RAID5 with one more disk). all my daemons and whatnot, im pretty good at recovering. sendmail, apache, mysql, etc, shouldnt be a problem. what i think i need help with is, what is the best way to recover my previous system's user accounts? this time around my server is going to go from piece-by-piece updates, to a full buildworld before i build all the daemons. can someone recommend a good way to recover my users, or dissertate how they go about doing it successfully? also, any tips outside of users that you think i might benefit from in a rebuild/redeploy, would also be appreciated! Maybe I'm not fully understanding, but why wouldn't you just backup /etc/passwd (and all it's related master and db files), etc/group, heck, /etc/ in general, then everyone's home directories, /var/cron/tabs and /var/mail (or wherever you store their inbox) ?? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: server rebuilds and disaster recovery
Philip Hallstrom wrote: this weekend, im going to have to rebuild my 6.0 server in order to recover from a faulty disk (i have to eliminate a RAID1 array, and break rebuild the RAID5 with one more disk). all my daemons and whatnot, im pretty good at recovering. sendmail, apache, mysql, etc, shouldnt be a problem. what i think i need help with is, what is the best way to recover my previous system's user accounts? this time around my server is going to go from piece-by-piece updates, to a full buildworld before i build all the daemons. can someone recommend a good way to recover my users, or dissertate how they go about doing it successfully? also, any tips outside of users that you think i might benefit from in a rebuild/redeploy, would also be appreciated! Maybe I'm not fully understanding, but why wouldn't you just backup /etc/passwd (and all it's related master and db files), etc/group, heck, /etc/ in general, then everyone's home directories, /var/cron/tabs and /var/mail (or wherever you store their inbox) ?? and then restore them to the new boxen and run pwd_mkdb(8), of course And then the real question. If this box is currently functioning and all filesystems are intact, what's wrong with dump(8) and restore(8)? Kevin Kinsey -- An atom-blaster is a good weapon, but it can point both ways. -- Isaac Asimov ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: server rebuilds and disaster recovery
On Friday 28 April 2006 13:41, Philip Hallstrom wrote: this weekend, im going to have to rebuild my 6.0 server in order to recover from a faulty disk (i have to eliminate a RAID1 array, and break rebuild the RAID5 with one more disk). all my daemons and whatnot, im pretty good at recovering. sendmail, apache, mysql, etc, shouldnt be a problem. what i think i need help with is, what is the best way to recover my previous system's user accounts? this time around my server is going to go from piece-by-piece updates, to a full buildworld before i build all the daemons. can someone recommend a good way to recover my users, or dissertate how they go about doing it successfully? also, any tips outside of users that you think i might benefit from in a rebuild/redeploy, would also be appreciated! Maybe I'm not fully understanding, but why wouldn't you just backup /etc/passwd (and all it's related master and db files), etc/group, heck, /etc/ in general, then everyone's home directories, /var/cron/tabs and /var/mail (or wherever you store their inbox) well, thats pretty much what im doing right now, i just tarball /usr/home, /etc, /usr/local/etc, /root, a few things from /var. what i need to know is, what is the proper way to re-import these files once the new system is up? cheers, jonathan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
