Help With Restoring

[mhanze at hanzehome.com]

> > 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

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