backup the entire server

[Les Mikesell]

On Thu, 2005-04-14 at 11:20, Kevin Fries wrote:
> | I have database server Informix running on Fedora and I am looking for
> | a script that backs up the entire server to hard drive. Not just the
> | DB but everything, including db as well. I need to compress the files
> | as well.

> We use BackupPC for all backup chores... Only wish there was a Fedora
> RPM for it at one of the repositories.  We use it to backup both Linux
> and Windows machines to a central backup server.

I'll second the recommendation for backuppc.  It's scheme of compressing
files and linking duplicates will cram more data onto a drive than
anything else you'll find and you get your choice of rsync, tar, or
smb sharing as the backup method so you generally don't need to install
any special client programs.

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  Les Mikesell
    les at futuresource.cojm