Re: How do I back up a running system?
On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 2:43 PM, Robert S
<robert.spam.me.senseless@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have debian running on a "headless" system. I'd like to back the entire
> system up. Its difficult with a bootable disk without a monitor (so
> Clonezilla etc are out). I've tried mondoarchive but it usually bails out
> before it completes the backup.
>
> Are there any suggestions? A simple script would be nice.
>
What do you want to backup? How much time do you have to restore the
backup? Is it a server that needs to be up and running within minutes?
Or do you have a few hours to restore the server? I usually use a
combination of rsnapshot, mysqldump and an offsite backup program
such as CrashPlan.
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