Help With Restoring
mhanze at hanzehome.com
mhanze at hanzehome.com
Thu Jan 9 04:11:00 EST 2003
> > rsync --delete --stats --compress --recursive --times --perms --links
> > --rsh=/usr/bin/ssh --exclude "tmp/" --exclude "dev/" --exclude "proc/"
> > --exclude "backups/ " --delete-excluded --backup
> > --backup-dir=/backup2/BACKED_UP_SERVER_FQDN/$DAY -a /*
> > CENTRAL_SERVER_IP:/backup2/BACKED_UP_SERVER_FQDN/current && echo
"Daily
> > backup ran on `date`" >> /var/log/backup.log
>
> Notice that if you have any dotfiles in / (that is, flies that begin
with
> a "."), this will not copy them, but normally you wouldn't have dotfiles
> in / so it shouldn't matter. Might want to start using / instead of /*
> from now on though, just for good form.
Thanks fot the tip :)
>
> > This has been working fine and I've even been able to restore files
using
> > scp from time to time. now I'm faced with a bare metal recovery cause
of a
> > botched upgrade from Redhat 7.1 to 8.0 that failed half way through.
This
> > machine was still accessible via console and ssh (putty). I signed in
via
> > ssh and ran...
> >
> > # cd /
> > # scp -r CENTRAL_SERVER_IP:/backup1/BACKED_UP_SERVER_FQDN/current/.* .
> >
> > This was running for a while and then i lost my connection and cant
> > reconnect. I won't have console access till the morning but any advice
> > would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Don't you mean:
>
> scp -rp CENTRAL_SERVER_IP:/backup1/BACKED_UP_SERVER_FQDN/current/. .
>
> ?
>
> The command you list above won't copy anything, since there are no
> dotfiles in the root directory. Also, you have backup2 in the rsync
> command and backup1 in the scp command.
>
> Maybe that was just a typo though...
As never having restored anything more that a few files at a time as the
Linux newbie that I am, I'm sure i was off. Thanks for the tip again :)
Typo it was. Should have been backup2 in the scp command.
>
> One final thought. Sometimes scp has issues with symlinks (as in,
copying
> the target instead of the link). Might want to use:
>
> cd /
> rsync -av CENTRAL_SERVER_IP:/backup1/BACKED_UP_SERVER_FQDN/current/ .
I will try this first thing in the morning when I have console access.
Just one more thing; Based on the script I use, am I SOL or with a little
elbow greese in the morning get my server back?
Thank you for your time and advice. I really appreciate it!!!!!
Mark
>
> Mike
>
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