From: Ciro Iriarte (cyruspy_at_gmail.com)
Date: Tue Jul 04 2006 - 05:30:39 CEST
Message-ID: <a998a0140607032030he7b966fpf6f29cd21f65d554@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 23:30:39 -0400 From: "Ciro Iriarte" <cyruspy@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [suse-sles-e] Disaster Recovery
2006/7/3, Alexei Roudnev <Alexei_Roudnev@exigengroup.com>:
>
> Yast2 backup is a very good method to _restore to the starting point_,
> BUT you must verify backup - sometimes it can
> create broken xml file (for example, by writing ++ into the xml tag name,
> because package name contained c++).
>
> But idea is great - YaST2 backup create profile for auto install, and you
> can run it (auto install) and have system
> restored. You can remove 'acrive' part of this file, if you don't want
> system to restore changed files (but want to keep system
> partitioning and configuration only).
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Ciro Iriarte <cyruspy@gmail.com>
> *To:* Alexei_Roudnev <Alexei_Roudnev@exigengroup.com>
> *Cc:* suse-sles-e@suse.com
> *Sent:* Friday, June 30, 2006 7:31 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [suse-sles-e] Disaster Recovery
>
> 2006/6/30, Alexei_Roudnev <Alexei_Roudnev@exigengroup.com>:
> >
> > YaST backup is not well debugged; be careful.
> >
> > It is good to 'clone' servers but not to make a full backups.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ciro Iriarte" < cyruspy@gmail.com>
> > To: <suse-sles-e@suse.com>
> > Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 6:59 AM
> > Subject: [suse-sles-e] Disaster Recovery
> >
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > We are implementing HP Openview Data Protector 5.5 and i'm looking a
> > way
> > to
> > > complement the plain data backup with a disaster recovery procedure,
> > did
> > > anyone implemented something like that?, i think my options are:
> > >
> > > - Yast Backup module + Autoyast
> > > - MondoRescue
> > >
> > > Any ideas?.
> > >
> > > We are running SLES9SP3 and SL9.2 (soon to be replaced with SLES9SP3)
> > on
> > > Proliant (production) and WhiteBox (testing) servers.
> > >
> > > Ciro
> > >
> >
> >
> The bulk data is going to be backed up with DataProtector, i'm looking for
> a quick and reliable way to restore the base system as a starting point to
> restore the data from DP if my system melts down.
>
> Ciro
>
Hmmm, i'll check my options...
Ciro
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