So I recently installed an Overland Arcvault 12 tape library on a server
to back up /var/log/ and /home. The server is an out-of-box RHEL 5
install, with all packages selected, in an isolated lan, with no package
updates. Also, this is a live server that cannot be brought down for
backups, and some files may be actively in use during the dump - just
gotta live with it.
Since I know EL5 and C5 are the same, and the level of support I get from
RH is actually less effective and slower than resources such as this
list, I'm looking here, first.
Up to this point I was backing up to a USB-mounted external 1 TB hard
drive.
I was using a script containing:
/sbin/dump -0v -z2 -f /media/usb_drive/dump0 /home
I played with restore on that, and it tested fine.
For the tape, I thought it would be nice to add /var/log (should have done
it before, but didn't think of it...)
Trying to adapt the knowledge to a tape library...
/sbin/dump -0 -v -z2 -f /dev/nst0 /var/log
/sbin/dump -0u -v -z2 -f /dev/nst0 /home
I have a cron job that dumps the results to /var/log/dump.log, and a
review of the log file claims all went well. Now for the restore...
I just tried playing with different options of restore, but could not
successfully restore anything. I ensured I was in a scratch area so as
to hopefully not overwrite current files.
What is the proper procedure for dumping and restoring now? Should I be
dumping to /dev/nst0/dump? What restore commands would I use to recall
a file?
I'd like to keep things as simple as possible - people have suggested
legato and amanda, but for now, I would think/hope dump and restore would
work.
Thanks.
Scott
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