This one time, at band camp, Amos Shapira wrote: >Hello, > >We have a production CentOS 5 server which I need to be able to restore from >scratch (naturally). > >I'm currently backing up /etc, our own program's directory and a dump of our >databases on a daily basis. > >I'm considering adding /var/lib/rpm into the list and was wondering what >else would people recommend me to store away in order to enable me to >restore the system in case it crashes?
The entire filesystem. How much value do you put on the time it takes to restore the server if it dies? Try rsync to a spare disk overnight, or star for getting extended attributed from the filesystem. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
