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Backup and restore on Linux

Pieter_5 — Fri, 08 Aug 2003 12:42:05 GMT

I would like to know what the standard backup- and restore tools are for Red Hat AS 2.1. For our HP-UX servers we use ignite for OS-backup and fbackup for the daily backup. What are the comparable tools for Red Hat?

Re: Backup and restore on Linux

Jerome Henry — Fri, 08 Aug 2003 12:57:26 GMT

Hi,

Have a look here, you'll find several commands that will suit your needs, even if they are not exactly as easy and elegant as the *backup from HP UX :

http://www.europe.redhat.com/documentation/rhl9/rhl-sap-en-9/s1-disaster-rhlspec.php3

hth

J

Re: Backup and restore on Linux

Krishna Prasad — Fri, 08 Aug 2003 13:39:01 GMT

We use Mondo it is free. It will give you ignite like functionality.

You can boot off of a floppy and backup/restore to tape.

You can restore one file or boot off the floppy and restore the entire OS. If you have dual boot it will even restore the ntfs partion.

You have to be running Linux to restore the ntfs partion then boot into MS.

Re: Backup and restore on Linux

Steven E. Protter — Fri, 08 Aug 2003 15:13:36 GMT

amanda is on the distrubution cd's and can be installed.

mondo is the equivalent of HP-UX Ignite.

I hope on your HP-UX boxes you make_tape_recovery once in a while, because fbackup is not enough to recover a system with a boot or lif problem.

SEP

Re: Backup and restore on Linux

twang — Fri, 08 Aug 2003 15:29:19 GMT

Linux Backup and Restore
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Using tar
- used for creating archive files
- option:
c create archive
x extract file from archive
t view content of archive
j compress archive with bzip2
z compress archive with gzip
- example
make archive + gzip compression:
# tar cvzf /var/tmp/boot.tgz /boot
uncompress archive
# tar tf /var/tmp/boot.tar
extract files into a temp location:
# mkdir /tmp/untarred; cd /tmp/untarred
# tar xvf /var/tmp/boot.tar
# ls /tmp/untarred/boot

Using dump/restore
- backup/restore ext2/3 filesystem
- support full and incremental backups
eg.
# dump -u -f
# restore -rf

Re: Backup and restore on Linux

Huc_1 — Sat, 09 Aug 2003 06:50:18 GMT

I use Dump and Restore I have developped a tailord solution that meet my needs and does it all from crontab (full,weekly,dayly) it does it all at night in single user mode to tape.

I do also use mondo/mindi to CD-RW once in a while for archive.

Also use interactively gnutar very often... I find this more general purpose

But realy it all depend on the ganularity you need for your enviroment.

Jean-Pierre

Re: Backup and restore on Linux

Jean-Pierre Denis — Sun, 10 Aug 2003 01:53:14 GMT

Hi,

we use arkeia and i'm very satisfied. It can run on almost any platform and the interface is very good and stable.

Take a look http://www.arkeia.com/

Thanks,
JP

Re: Backup and restore on Linux

Alexander M. Ermes — Mon, 11 Aug 2003 04:56:31 GMT

Hi there.
What about the good old cpio ?

find / -depth -print | cpio -ocvB > /dev/rmt/0m 2>> logfile &

Rgds
Alexander M. Ermes

Re: Backup and restore on Linux

dirk dierickx — Mon, 11 Aug 2003 05:39:17 GMT

HP's own data protector/omniback also works on linux. the standard commands for backup on linux are tar and dump.
for disaster recovery, i can only recommend mondo.