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how to backup OpenBSD?
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so where's the starting point for that ? I mean while on current .. Last edited by ocicat; 20th February 2012 at 05:09 AM. Reason: editing for clarity |
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Hi Jgimmi !!
I'll read faq 14 .. thanks adn sorry for going off-topic as often .... |
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Yet another daemonfowl thread which required being split from its parent:
http://www.daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=6826 |
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oh sorry Ocicat .. it seems I've become an incarnation of off-trackness .. a laughing stock .. hhh .. just there are lots of probs I am encountering and my luck having more than one machine to work on after each mess .. lol .. and my luck too being here learning BSD industry ..
I'll try to keep posts to-the-point .. |
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As an openBSD system can be rebuilt from scratch quite quickly, I've always appreciated rsync for its ability to track changes-only and ship them off-machine over minimal bandwidth.
'Recovery' via full Restore vs. clean Rebuild from known-to-be-clean image or source plus changes is a much debated topic. If you're tapping your 'recovery' because of malware or security or confidence breech, then REBUILD (not RESTORE) is prescribed. In such cases, rsync can -- again -- be your friend as it will show what file(s) are different from the baseline. You should FIRST be defining your RECOVERY objectives (and scenarios - data loss only, system impairment, or bare metal), including recovery time objective (RTO) and recovery state objective (RSO). Knowing these, then select a backup tool/methods that fulfill your RTO/RSO objectives. Picking the backup first, is cart before the horse. All that said, 'bacula' is arguably the gold (if not platinum) open source backup project that is more than swiss-army-knief (i.e. competent) enough, if implemented well, to address your (any) probable RTO/RSO cases. But do give rsync a look over if you have two or more machines (one sync machine, plus one or more backup target machines). Cheers, /S
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Never argue with an idiot. They will bring you down to their level and beat you with experience. Last edited by s2scott; 20th February 2012 at 09:33 AM. |
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Thank you so much S2scott !!
I'm through the manual .. there is a lot to be read before I can apply what you suggested .. |
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