Re: [cobalt-security] Backing Up

[Matthew Nuzum <cobalt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2001-12-24 at 22:10, Dayan D. Jeremiah wrote:
> Dear All,
> 
> What is the best way to backup the Cobalt RAQ4? We need to backup all our
> config files
> and client sites.
> 
> 
> Yours Sincerely,
> 
> Dayan D. J.
> 
IMHO, rsync is the best way.  I've written a tutorial on how to set it
up and posted it at www.bearfruit.org for all to read.

Additionally, I know of one person who is drafting a very comprehensive
backup and restore document.  Once it is complete, it too will be posted
at bearfruit.org.  For now, it supposedly can be seen at
www.keric.co.uk, but I couldn't find a link to it.

The reason I like rsync is because it allows you to have a hot copy on
hand at all times.  It is very bandwidth conservative as well, which
allows me to backup the server w/out killing my bandwidth allotment with
my ISP.

The instructions illustrate a basic example of how to backup the
server's site files, config, email boxes, PostgreSQL and MySQL.

Hope this helps,
Matthew Nuzum