Re: [cobalt-security] Back up and restore it

["Robbert Hamburg" <rhamburg@xxxxxx>]

Hmmmm

I tried but renameing a back up to *.tar.gz doesn't work. Gives me a file is
corrupt error.

Regards,


----- Original Message -----
From: "malcolm wild" <cobaltsec@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-security@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2001 10:32 PM
Subject: RE: [cobalt-security] Back up and restore it


> As far as I know you can't automatically restore a partial site from a
full
> server backup, but you can rename the .raq file to a .tar.gz and unzip it
> then manually extract the sites data and upload it that way.
>
> However if you've got any live data sites i.e. writing to textfile DBs tar
> does have some problems with reading/backup/verifying files that have
> changed which can result in corrupted backup files.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cobalt-security-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:cobalt-security-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Robbert
> Hamburg
> Sent: 01 July 2001 20:32
> To: cobalt-security@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [cobalt-security] Back up and restore it
> Importance: High
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I have done somethinking (yes.... it is possible in the weekends too....
> :)).
>
> Weekly I create a full server back up configured over the admin interface.
I
> download them locally and put away.
> I'm wandering: I have never tested the procedure. Is this working smoothly
?
> How much time does it take to restore from a backup.
> Is it possible to restore files from within that back up without having to
> restore the entire file ?
>
> Has anybody tested this procedure once ?
>
> Just wandering.
>
> Robbert
>
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