thanks Greg, I think rsync is the way to go to back up the data but we need a nice tool to totally restore the boot image. To do that we are using Mondo because it is super easy, however I doubt it supports restoring the boot image to totally different hardware. We may later consider LiveBackup for that reason
On Mon, 2008-03-17 at 11:07 -0400, Greg Smith (gregmsmi) wrote: > Hi Bryan, > > Tony is the one who wrote the book on storage! :-) I think he is > traveling lately so not sure if he is keeping up with the flow. > > He did write some scripts for you on this in the past: > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Az990tony/backup > > I think the idea was to backup from one server to another via rsynch. > You probably need a boot image/CD too and you may want to archive > backups at some interval to tertiary storage (tape or CD) just to cover > a dual failure case. > > The on lesson I have learned is to try a restore every now and then. > Make sure you have a restore procedure and test it on occasion. There's > nothing worse than thinking you are backed up when you aren't... > > Thanks, > > Greg S > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bryan Berry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bryan Berry > Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 12:38 AM > To: Ananta Manandhar; Tony Pearson; Greg Smith (gregmsmi) > Cc: sulochan acharya > Subject: easy backup solution for Linux? > > Ananta ji and Tony ji, > > Can you guys recommend an easy backup solution for the school server? > Right now we intend to use LiveISO (can't find URL, am off-line). But > since you guys are storage experts can you think of an easy backup and > restore solution for the School Server off the top of your heads? > > I encourage you guys to join the new Nepal mailing list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Nepal > > You should know that there are two groups working on OLPC in Nepal: > OLE Nepal (Sulo, Ram Singh, myself and others) and OLPC Nepal > > Rabi Karmacharya, Mahabir Pun, and myself helped found OLPC Nepal back > in November 2006 together w/ 2 recent college graduates Shankar Pokharel > and Ankur Sharma. Mid-2007, there was a dispute over who would lead the > group, Shankar or Rabi. Most of the group sided w/ Rabi but the > organization was legally registered to Shankar, so we had to create a > new legal entity OLE Nepal. Long story short the two organizations > co-exist but the relationship is not always friendly. It is unfortunate. > > We aren't really sure what OLPC Nepal (basically Shankar and Ankur) is > up to, what their activities are. But we hope they contribute to the > larger project. > > The Nepal mailing list is for anyone interested in OLPC for Nepal and > not tied to a specific organization. I want to see it as a forum for > moving this project forward in Nepal. Hope this clears things up. > > Best Regards, > > -- > Bryan W. Berry > Systems Engineer > OLE Nepal, http://www.olenepal.org > -- Bryan W. Berry Systems Engineer OLE Nepal, http://www.olenepal.org _______________________________________________ Server-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
