From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 30 09:36:31 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 EE7D137B401 for ; Wed, 30 Apr 2003 09:36:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gray.impulse.net (gray.impulse.net [207.154.64.174]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DCDA43FB1 for ; Wed, 30 Apr 2003 09:36:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from secabeen@pobox.com) Received: by gray.impulse.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 60419CE; Wed, 30 Apr 2003 09:36:31 -0700 (PDT) To: "Thomas Dwyer" References: <000e01c30f27$4065f230$020010ac@protechnologies> From: Ted Cabeen Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 09:36:31 -0700 In-Reply-To: <000e01c30f27$4065f230$020010ac@protechnologies> ("Thomas Dwyer"'s message of "Wed, 30 Apr 2003 10:46:15 -0400") Message-ID: <87vfww9c34.fsf@gray.impulse.net> Lines: 21 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090007 (Oort Gnus v0.07) XEmacs/21.1 (Cuyahoga Valley, i386--freebsd) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Disaster recovery X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 16:36:32 -0000 "Thomas Dwyer" writes: > 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 Use AMANDA. It's a nice system that uses FreeBSD's native dump and restore utilites to backup any number of UNIX machines to a central backup server with tape or disk. http://www.amanda.org or misc/amanda-server and misc/amanda-client in the ports tree. -- Ted Cabeen http://www.pobox.com/~secabeen ted@impulse.net Check Website or Keyserver for PGP/GPG Key BA0349D2 secabeen@pobox.com "I have taken all knowledge to be my province." -F. Bacon secabeen@cabeen.org "Human kind cannot bear very much reality."-T.S.Eliot cabeen@netcom.com