Want ability to restore from failed upgrade.

[Peter Smith]

Jason Dixon wrote:

> On Feb 23, 2005, at 2:18 PM, Chris W. Parker wrote:

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>>
>> What I'd like to do is make a backup of the entire filesystem (or
>> whatever parts are necessary) that I can use to restore the failed
>> upgrade back to a working state.
>
>
> Stop right there.  Yes, you should have backups.  But don't rely on 
> those solely as your backup in case of upgrade failure.  Your focus 
> should be on building a test system and performing the upgrade there.

Yes, well that's great if you have spare matching hardware.  What about 
the rest of us?

>   Document and test everything.  Then proceed with your production 
> system upgrade, referring to your documentation and, in the worst case 
> scenario, restoring from the backups.
>
> HTH.
>
> -- 
> Jason Dixon
> DixonGroup Consulting
> http://www.dixongroup.net
>
>
I doubt there is any point in testing a server setup on a 200MHz P3 
desktop, is there?

Regards,
Peter Smith