From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 3 15:36:11 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10BD137B401 for ; Sat, 3 May 2003 15:36:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gateway.serverguy.net (c17867.rochd2.qld.optusnet.com.au [211.28.102.221]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A9ED843F93 for ; Sat, 3 May 2003 15:36:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mailreader@optushome.com.au) Received: (qmail 15512 invoked from network); 4 May 2003 08:37:08 +1000 Received: from forseti.serverguy.net (HELO forseti) (root@192.168.0.1) by gateway.serverguy.net with SMTP; 4 May 2003 08:37:08 +1000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: freebsd-list@tac-au.com To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 4 May 2003 08:40:46 +1000 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <03050408404601.00254@forseti> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit cc: tom@dwyers.ca Subject: Re: Disaster recovery X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-list@tac-au.com List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 May 2003 22:36:11 -0000 To add to this, if you have two machines you could run the vrrpd to do the IP change for you. On Friday 02 May 2003 03:57, you wrote: > If funds permit, have a completely redundant FreeBSD machine standing by. > Use cron and rsync to periodically copy data files over to the secondary > machine. If the primary machine fails, simply change the IP number of the > secondary machine to that of the primary, and viola, you are back online. > Of course you will lose any emails or web data that has changed since the > last rsync, but you lose data anyway if you have to get it off a tap. Any > databases will need a "point of failure" recovery scheme. > > Also, you may want to put a tape drive in the secondary machine and backup > the rsync'd data to the tape. This removes the tape backup task from your > primary machine. > > Dale Ahrens > Chief Technology Officer > Sopris Surfers, Inc. > 970-963-7873 > dale@sopris.net > www.sopris.net > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-isp@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Thomas Dwyer > Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 8:46 AM > To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org > Subject: Disaster recovery > > > Hello > > We are in the final stages of a migration from Win2k to FreeBSD for Web > Server and Email. > > Everything is ready for the big switchover. I would like some advice on > disaster recovery planning. What to use for remote backup (tar?). And > with a .tar file, is it possible to resore the /usr partition over top of a > clean FreeBSD install .. etc > > Thanks > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-isp@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-isp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-isp@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-isp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Cheers, Travers mailreader@optushome.com.au