Re: backup strategies
hi osamu...
cool....that your script goes to cdr ...
( looks like a manually run backup script due to "yn" question
but its not a full nor incremental backup since its not backing
up "user defined" system config changes in /usr/local, /usr/lib ??
- good and bad idea... but yet another option to do backups
i think $cdtemp should be in /tmp or /usr/tmp so that the temporary backup
files /home/ftp/cdrimage/ROOT$date.tar.gz does not backup also into
/home/ftp/cdrimage/HOME$date.tar.gz and a partial copy of itself too ??
have fun
alvin
On Tue, 1 May 2001, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> On Tue, May 01, 2001 at 04:11:25PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> > > The cd solution probably has an advantage, since I could use the cd-writer
> > > for other cd-writing too.
> >
> > http://kmself.home.netcom.com/Linux/FAQs/backups.html
>
> Tape is GOOD thing if you have money. For work, this is the answer and
> do not look anywhere else.
>
> Here is poor man's alternative which is better than FD.
>
> I use following script to back up to CD-R (<$1 per 650MB, 3MB more than
> enough to back up system). You may ant to back up more directories like
> /var/spool
>
> Key is to make each backed up file system to reside in different
> partition so they do not go too deep (-l) into large data archive and
> cache like debian mirror. getselection shall get the system back as soon
> as possible.
>
> Currently 3MB including personal CVS archive. (After tar.gz)
> If someone polish this, send me a copy. (Something like "dialog"
> command to select from menu etc...)
>
> --- Start script --- (Hack!)
>
> #!/bin/bash
> echo ====== Back-up system ===== /, /home, /var/cvs
> # set volume label
> date=$(date --utc +"%Y%m%d%H%M")
> cdtemp=/home/ftp/cdimage
> echo "Clean up $cdtemp"
> rm -vrf $cdtemp/*
> echo "Start back up >>>"
> echo $date >$cdtemp/date
> echo "dpkg --get-selection # use --set-selection later to recover"
> dpkg --get-selections | gzip >$cdtemp/dpkg-list.gz
> #echo "ls-lR"
> #ls -lR / | gzip >$cdtemp/ls-lR.gz
>
> echo -n 'Back up to image file (i), CD-R (r) or CD-RW (w). Enter i/r/w: '
> read YN
> echo
> if [ "$YN" = "r" -o "$YN" = "w" -o "$YN" = "i" ]; then
> echo " Entered $YN"
> else
> echo ... Oops! Stop here ; exit 1
> fi
> echo -n "Are you sure ? (y/n)"
> read CNF
> if [ ! "$CNF" = "y" ]; then
> exit 1
> fi
>
> echo
> echo Start making CD image ...
> echo
>
> # create tar file for directory limitted within each file system (-l)
> tar -cvzl \
> --exclude='boot' \
> --exclude='bin' \
> --exclude='dev' \
> --exclude='proc' \
> --exclude='sbin' \
> --exclude='lib' \
> --exclude='tmp' \
> --exclude='usr' \
> -f ${cdtemp}/ROOT$date.tar.gz /
> tar -cvzl \
> --exclude='ftp' \
> --exclude='Mail' \
> --exclude='.netscape' \
> -f ${cdtemp}/HOME$date.tar.gz /home/
> tar -cvzl -f ${cdtemp}/CVS$date.tar.gz /var/cvs/
> # create cd image no more -J
> mkisofs -v -R -V "BU$date" \
> -o $cdtemp/../cd.img \
> $cdtemp
>
> [ $YN = "i" ] && exit 1
>
> echo
> echo Start CD recording ...
> echo
>
> if [ $YN = 'w' ]; then
> OPTN="blank=fast"; echo Rewritable!
> else
> OPTN=""; echo Recordable!
> fi
> echo
> exec nice --20 cdrecord -v -eject $OPTN speed=2 dev=0,0 /home/ftp/cd.img
>
>
> --
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