RAID gotchas!

[Justin W]

Justin W wrote:
> Ferguson, Michael wrote:
>>
>> Justin W wrote:
>>> I just backed up my server using a combination of an LVM snapshot, 
>>> dd to
>>> copy the partition initially, and now it'll be maintained with nightly
>>> rsyncs to a mounted image file. (Note: If anyone is interested, I 
>>> can post
>>> some documentation describing how I set up the backup and the script 
>>> which
>>> will keep my backup up-to-date).
>>
>> Justin, Thanks for the offer. Please post, or send me the 
>> documentation on
>> how to.
>>
>> 'preciate it.
>> Ferg'
>
> I'm currently in the process of rewriting the script and such so that 
> there is not so much manual input.  If I succeed, the script should be 
> quite portable across similar setups, but for now, you're going to 
> have to change many of the path names to how they apply to you.
>
I've completed the update.  This should be much more portable, and 
convenient.  The last upgrade I can see is making a small script to do 
the initial image creation, but I don't think I'm going to be doing that 
any time soon (too many other projects to get started on right now).

Enjoy!

Justin W
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