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

[Joseph Bishay]

Hello,

Since we are talking about backups, I thought I'd make a comment and 
ask a question.

Comment:  I found Mondo to be excellent for straight-forward, need-to-
restore-after-massive-catastrophe-off-of-CDs piece of software.  
Essentially the bare-bones situation. Ever couple of weeks or so 
(well, more like months actually) I burn off everything to CDs and 
stash away for the inevitable. Works perfectly.

I also use it for NFS backups to a RH9 machine with a large hard 
drive on it.  I use this for more routine /home backups on a weekly 
or less basis.  It creates .iso images of the data on the networked 
drive.  Here is where my question comes into play:  I've had massive 
problems trying to restore from the NFS. Since the backups are 
automatic, I don't have boot-disks to use. And I can't get Mondo to 
point the restore command to those ISOs. It keeps crashing and not 
being able to find it.  Is there a way to deal with this? I 
personally prefer Mondo's ease in setup but if you cannot restore off 
the NFS what's the point? I'll just use Mondo for CD backup and try 
BackupPC for NFS stuff. But having 2 different programs would sort of 
suck...

Thanks,
Joseph