[nzlug] Backups for dummies

[Howard]

on 4/09/2006 10:50 a.m. Michal Ludvig wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have a customer with many offices around the country, each equipped
> with a small Linux server. These servers need to be backed up, say
> once a week or two do a full backup, and every day either data only
> or some increments. The backups must go to DVD-R (most servers won't
> need more than one or two disks) and the day to day operation will be
> handled by untrained office staff (put a new DVD media in and
> eventually push a button on the screen).

on 4/09/2006 12:28 p.m. Liz Q wrote:
> Have a look at mondo rescue Its pretty nifty
> 
> Liz

I second mondo (again...)

Curses interface - or just script it to do a full backup to CD/DVD(s) or
a CD/DVD iso file(s).  You can just pop a disk in, and it will pop out
when complete with a bootable, bzip'd backup of the whole server, or
just whatever you want to backup. Pop another disk in ready for the next 
day's crontab.  You could possibly get the script to run immediately, 
every time you put a disk in (don't ask me how...!) or wrap in in an 
html page or something.

I create bootable ISOs then move them over nfs to another server.  I 
burn a few to disks when I get time and store them offsite.

Howard