best way to make a full backup of a system

ESGLinux esggrupos at gmail.com
Thu Jan 21 13:18:51 UTC 2010


Hi,

but If I use the ks file It leaves the system as I installed, I´ll lost all
of my configurations, isn´t it?

ESG

2010/1/21 Marti, Robert <RJM002 at shsu.edu>

> A kickstart takes no time. There's a ks file in /root after you
> install a box.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jan 21, 2010, at 5:48, "Bohdan Sydor" <bohdan at harazd.net> wrote:
>
> >> On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 3:41 PM, ESGLinux <esggrupos at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>> I have just installed and configured a RHEL Server and now that
> >>> this work
> >>> is
> >>> finished I want to make a complete backup of it. The goal is that
> >>> if it
> >>> breaks I can recover it as quick as possible.
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'd recommend two possibilities: to create a bootable image or to
> > prepare a kickstart file.
> >
> > 1. To create a disaster recovery image you can use mkCDrec:
> > http://mkcdrec.ota.be/ --- simply by using the make command, you
> > create
> > a bootable CD/DVD in order to restore the system on another machine.
> >
> > 2. To prepare a kickstart file it takes more time, but it is very
> > flexible and powerful solution. You can provide non-interactive
> > installation and configuration with this mechanism. See RH
> > Installation
> > Guide for details:
> >
> http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5.4/pdf/Installation_Guide.pdf
> >
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > --
> > Bohdan Sydor
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> > www.sydor.net
> >
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