From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 21 20:17:02 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A41C1106568D for ; Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:17:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank.wissmann41@web.de) Received: from fmmailgate03.web.de (fmmailgate03.web.de [217.72.192.234]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 649558FC13 for ; Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:17:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp08.web.de (fmsmtp08.dlan.cinetic.de [172.20.5.216]) by fmmailgate03.web.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D28510EBC66D; Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:47:42 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [77.134.71.162] (helo=grissom.einundvierzig.org) by smtp08.web.de with asmtp (WEB.DE 4.110 #314) id 1Mea5O-0003BN-00; Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:47:42 +0200 Message-ID: <4A8EF9FF.7010906@web.de> Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:48:15 +0200 From: Frank Wissmann User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: John Almberg References: <9F9B85A9-CC10-4793-B38D-4F1E1929BAF6@identry.com> In-Reply-To: <9F9B85A9-CC10-4793-B38D-4F1E1929BAF6@identry.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: frank.wissmann41@web.de X-Sender: frank.wissmann41@web.de X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18jwngc1QQCAyHPxnMrbdP3tVZshnmvLSQKEi7N 0bKsG2k4imqb0w0fkxwTGmQAMQ0gaUO3FOpIzQ+Z15LVT5Pbjn UxebXPeUl7axq3uUkl+w== Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What should be backed up? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:17:02 -0000 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