tar works really well: http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/tar/Incremental-Dumps.html I've used amanda as well http://www.amanda.org/ for a bare metal type backup we just started playing with systemimager, which is meant for deploying an OS, but can be used to do backups too: http://wiki.systemimager.org/index.php/Main_Page On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 1:14 PM, David Bear <David.Bear@xxxxxxx> wrote: > I don't think this hijacks the thread -- its part of the over all question, > because a good backup solution is useless without a good restoration. > > This is my concern as well - we do a lot of rsycn'ing in addition to using > Tivoli (TSM). TSM is centrally run and provides more of a disaster recovery > option for us rather than a quick 'restore point' solution. I'm sure TSM > could do that as well, but so far, we haven't worked through details of > making that work with the guys that run TSM. > > On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 9:33 AM, cliff here <c4ifford@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Not to hijack the thread from the OP, but I would be curious to see what > > people are doing for a bare metal backups, since most of the actual data > I > > have are usually rsynced. > > > > On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Vincent Van der Kussen < > > Vincent.VanderKussen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > Do you need bare metal recovery or just the ability to restore files... > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > > Vincent Van der Kussen > > > System Consultant > > > mobile: +32473170846 > > > direct: +32 3 369 01 93 > > > Vincent.VanderKussen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > BTR Services > > > Groene Hofstraat 31 > > > 2850 Boom > > > Belgium > > > www.btr-services.be > > > tel: +32 3 450 89 80 > > > fax: +32 3 450 89 89 > > > > > > > > > > > > - DISCLAIMER - > > > This message contains confidential information and is intended only for > > > redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxxx If you are not redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx, you > > should > > > not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. 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