Server Backup Query

[Avi Greenbury]

Jay Ridgley wrote:

> Folks,
> 
> Since there are no user files on my firewall/server system (it is
> headless) running the server edition of 10.04 LTS what should I
> backup other than /etc so that I have any system configuration files
> that are unique to my environment?
> 

It depends on what's important, and what you're backing up against. I
like the idea of routinely rsyncing the entire system to a backup
drive - generally the bits that change frequently are the bits you
particularly want, and that gives you a really quick thing to restore
off.

You would need to provide for things that can't be backed up with just
an rsync, like MySQL data files for example.

-- 
Avi