Daily maintenance

[Aart Koelewijn]

On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:38:21 -0400, Paul wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm just wondering what kind of scripts/tasks people run on a daily
> basis. Currently I backup my home and /var/log directories.  Any other
> suggestions?
> 
> Thanks.
> Hi all,<br><br>I'm just wondering what kind of scripts/tasks people
> run on a daily basis.  Currently I backup my home and /var/log
> directories.  Any other suggestions?<br><br>Thanks.<br>

Personally I don't see much use in backing up the /var/log directory. On 
one off my computers, which is also a web and mail server, i find it 
usefull to keep a backup of the /etc/ directory for the configuration. 
But that configuration doesn't change that much, so a backup once or 
twice a year might be sufficient. Further, if you have a database server 
like Postgres or MySql running, it might be usefull to make regular 
backups of the data. I have about 20 years of administration in a 
Postgres database (started once on a Amiga 500 with Superbase) and I make 
regular backups of my databases with pg_dump and keep those on 3 
computers in my /home directory.

Aart