Proper backup and restore -- is there a way?

[W. Scott Lockwood III]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marcus Reid [mailto:marcus at blazingdot.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 12:29 AM
> To: W. Scott Lockwood III
> Cc: 'Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions'
> Subject: Re: Proper backup and restore -- is there a way?
> 
> On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 11:44:59PM -0600, W. Scott Lockwood III wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-users-
> > > bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Marcus Reid
> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 11:39 PM
> > > To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> > > Subject: Proper backup and restore -- is there a way?
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am trying to find out the best way to make backups of an Ubuntu
> > > machine that allows me to restore to bare metal, boot, and go home.
> >
> >
> > Have you looked at Bacula at all?
> 
> I have now :)  It's a full system with all of the baggage and overhead
that
> comes along with that.  I just want some files that I can use to restore,
and I'd
> rather do it myself rather than depending on some software to know how to
> do the bare-metal restore.
> 
> I'd like to retract the snapshot requirement though, as I don't think
there is a
> way to do snapshots in Linux without getting really nasty with LVM and I'd
> rather just back the databases up separately.
> 
> Marcus

That's not there yet for Linux, that I am aware. You could periodically
reboot into a live environment and clone the drive, or make an image. That's
about it. Bacula works well for what it is.

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W. Scott Lockwood III