Shane, Your backup strategy depends on what the server is being used for. Generally, is 3x faster to kickstart a box than to do complete restore from tape or ghost image. Your anaconda-ks.cfg in /root will give you an exact configuration for a re-install. We generally tar the /etc, /home, /var/www(Apache) , /u0? (Oracle) directories to another server and then backup that data to tape. If your installation includes custom applications, this of course can get a bit more involved. There is no single 'right-way' to do this , practices vary widely from company to company.. -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shane Presley Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 9:56 AM To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: General restore procedures Hello, I have a general question about recovery procedures from a bare metal system. This is covered briefly in the System Administration Guide, but I don't complete follow it. We have a server with a single hard drive, but room for two hard drives. We use Veritas NetBackup to backup that drive. But it could be tape, or anything else. That's not really the issue. Once we have a full backup of the drive, we want to simulate a disaster recovery. So we do a backup, remove the drive with out data , and insert a fresh blank drive. Vertias suggests that we install the RedHat OS onto the new drive, insert a second drive into slot2, and restore onto slot2. So I assume I just partition the new drive in slot2 just like my recovery image (with a big / and a small /boot). That works. But once we remove the drive with the temporary copy of RedHat (slot1) and move the drive with our restored data into slot1, it won't boot. How do I make RedHat know that this is a bootable drive? Or more generically, do you have procedures for recovery from a full tape backup. Also, when I did the restore I had to mount the second drive as /restore. I assume I need to change that so the drive is now / Thanks Shane -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message. Any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
