[K12OSN] Backing up a server...best methods

[Pete]

David Trask wrote:

>I know this subject has been out there before, but now it's my turn.  I
>had my Samba/LDAP server go down (not totally, but I couldn't get myself
>out of the mess...so....)  I thought I had made good backups with Mondo,
>but when I went to use it....it wouldn't work.  So....I'm wondering about
>some easy ways to do an entire bare metal backup of my server.  I have
>plenty of space on an NFS share with a full gigabit link between both
>servers.  My Samba/LDAP server does have 4 drives that are RAID'ed in
>various manners....(ie: RAID 0 for Swap....RAID 1 for /home....etc)  How
>can I back this up?  I'm open to anything from simple "tar" and "dd" to
>using another program...to somehow using Mondo correctly.....  In Mondo I
>created ISO's and put them on the NFS share....I burned disc one and
>loaded it in the server, but no go.....it told me my CD was "eccentric"
>and to use the floppies....and the floppies were'nt recognized....(the
>device not recognized...but it works fine)....?????  At this point I'm
>rebuilding and then I'll put the home dirs back, but planning for "next
>time"
>
>David N. Trask
>Technology Teacher/Coordinator
>Vassalboro Community School
>dtrask at vcs.u52.k12.me.us
>(207)923-3100
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I use ghost for linux http://freshmeat.net/projects/g4l/
Due to the setup I don't have to back-up user data from the linux box.
So restore the image and yum update is enough to get things going.

Peter