Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:48:15 +0200 From: Frank Wissmann <frank.wissmann41@web.de> To: John Almberg <jalmberg@identry.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What should be backed up? Message-ID: <4A8EF9FF.7010906@web.de> In-Reply-To: <9F9B85A9-CC10-4793-B38D-4F1E1929BAF6@identry.com> References: <9F9B85A9-CC10-4793-B38D-4F1E1929BAF6@identry.com>
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John Almberg schrieb: > I am currently using rsnapshot to back up these directories on a FreeBSD > 7.2 webserver: > > /etc > /usr/home > /usr/local > /var/cron > > These directories contain all the data and config files that I use... I > think... > > Question: am I missing anything crucial? > > Thanks: John > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Hi! As I think you should backup /var/db/ports and /var/db/packages in case your machine crashes and you might have /usr/local on an extra partition. Then you can easily make a new installation without reinstalling the whole stuff under /usr/local. The named directories contain information about the installed ports/packages and are needed to recover a crashed system. Greetings Frank
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