Well, since no one responded I suppose I'll answer my own question -- maybe it'll help someone searching the archives in the future. Keep in mind this restore has only been up for a weekend, so it's still quite possible I'll find unexpected problems later. I skipped restoring the following files and directories: /proc /boot /etc/grub.conf /etc/fstab /etc/mtab /etc/lvmtab /etc/lvmconf /etc/lvmtab.d /dev /etc/hosts /var/log The reason I skipped /etc/hosts is that I wanted to be sure changes to /etc/hosts while the restore was running didn't interfere with the restore, as the network tape drive is normally accessed using a dedicated backup subnet that wasn't available during the restore. I instead restored this file elsewhere in a second pass just to have it to refer to. I didn't restore /etc/fstab because my filesystems changed during the rebuild. Again, restored this file elsewhere in a second pass just to have it to refer to later, especially since I had several complex network mounts in the original file. Could've restored /var/log, but 1) I didn't want to overwrite current logs with old logs and 2) I didn't really need the old logs. If needed I'll restore them elsewhere later. There was no need to skip restoring the backup client software in this case -- Data Protector clients (not cell managers) require no special consideration of their client software during a restore. Hope that helps someone in the future. -- Trever Furnish, tgfurnish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Furnish, Trever G > Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 6:54 PM > To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: HELP!? Any files I should NOT restore? > > Are there any files I should NOT restore when performing a > "full system" > restore of Redhat Enterprise 3 (Update 6)? > > For example, under HPUX after doing a fresh system install, > I'd exclude the following "seven deadly files" when restoring > over top of the running OS: > /etc/lvmtab > /etc/fstab > /etc/mnttab > /etc/lvmconf/ > /dev/ > /etc/ioconfig/ > /stand/ioconfig/ > > The obvious equivalents under RHEL for lvmtab and lvmconf are > /etc/lvmtab, /etc/lvmconf, and /etc/lvmtab.d. > > The obvious equivalents for /etc/fstab and /etc/mnttab are > /etc/fstab and /etc/mtab. > > The obvious equivalent for /dev is /dev. > > Is there an equivalent for /etc/ioconfig and /stand/ioconfig? > Are there other files I should NOT restore? Anything under > /boot, perhaps? > > -- > Trever > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
