Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 17:27:40 -0500 (EST) From: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: backup to live system? Message-ID: <199912022227.RAA38934@blackhelicopters.org>
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Hello, A client has a 3-stable machine on the exposed Internet that is providing vital services for his company. It's a private T1, private Ethernet, but moderately visible. We have tape backups, but it would still take a while to rebuild this machine. There would be fairly heavy costs associated with downtime. The OS is rock-stable, but it's still fair-to-middlin x86 hardware. We're considering having this machine back itself up every night to another machine on the same network, essentially making a cold-swappable backup. We'd copy /home to /home, /etc to /etc2, and so on for all the vital system files. This way, if machine 1 starts smoking we move /etc/rc, reboot, and boom! we're back up. Would anyone out there care to share their experiences and methods of doing this? I can think of a couple methods off the top of my head, but I'd prefer to learn from others' mistakes. ;) Thanks, Michael To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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