Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2018 16:44:40 -0600 From: Valeri Galtsev <galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Advice on backups Message-ID: <b98e5ae8-6deb-0560-5b47-900f1b106cdc@kicp.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: <BE8953A062425223C2B04E31@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> References: <BE8953A062425223C2B04E31@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local>
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On 12/5/18 4:29 PM, Paul Schmehl wrote: > I manage a couple of servers on the internet. There are no backup or > test servers, so I have to do everything on live systems that are > serving webpages, handling mail, etc. > > Historically, I've used rsync and ssh to backup server1 to server2 and > vice versa. I decided I would prefer an offsite backup system in case > both servers failed at the same time, and because server2 was running > out of space because of backups. I used bacula for quite long, and recently I'm gradually switching to bacula's fork: bareos. I really recommend bareos (or bacula), it is real backup, open source, enterprise level quality, etc... And yes, I did have to recover stuff, including versions on particular date etc. I hope, this helps. Valeri > > So, I setup some scripts to create gzipped tarballs and transfer those > to my Dropbox account. (I have plenty of space there.) I run the scripts > daily, and the files are named with the date of the backup (e.g. > 120518.websites.tgz) > > On the webserver, I'm backing up /usr/local/www, /etc, and > /usr/local/etc. I've also created a backup directory in my home > directory where I put copies of all the scripts I run, plus a text file > of crontab and a few other things. I then zipped that and copied it to > Dropbox as well. I don't have a script for it, because those things > don't change that often. > > Am I missing anything important? I tested untarring one of the tarballs > into my home directory, and if I understand it correctly, I would need > to untar these in / if I ever need to restore anything. > > Paul Schmehl, Retired > As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions > are my own and not those of my employer. > ******************************************* > "It is as useless to argue with those who have > renounced the use of reason as to administer > medication to the dead." Thomas Jefferson > "There are some ideas so wrong that only a very > intelligent person could believe in them." George Orwell > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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