What changes would I need to make to this script to make it write out to a USB hard drive instead of burning to a CD/DVD? Also, does this script backup all system data including the ISPCONFIG data? In other words, if I used this script and had to completely reload my system from scratch, would I simply need to copy the data from this backup back onto my server to get back to the point I am at now? Is there a RESTORE Script that would be used to restore if necessary? This is GREAT STUFF! Thanks for sharing it! - Jim
If you use rsync for backups the restore is quite simple all you change is origin and destination ^^ However I don't know where you have installed your ISPCONFIG stuff... it just depends... I haven't used ISPCONFIG yet... but if you basically just mirror/backup all the data then you shoud, in theory, just be able to put everything back again If you have mounted your usb drive on like /mnt/usbdrive or whatever just change the location of the destination to that...
If you're looking for backup solutions, have a look here: http://www.howtoforge.com/taxonomy_menu/1/34 If you want to know what you need to backup to restore ISPConfig from a backup, have a look here: http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2717&highlight=moving+ispconfig
Falko, Thanks for your reply. However, I have already reviewed all of these files. These all refer to the setup of an additional system or server for backup and redundancy purposes. What I want to do is simply back up all of my data onto a spare USB hard drive. I don't want to dedicate another system just for this task. I am more interested in knowing how I can modify MPHAYESUK's script to output to a USB drive instead of CD/DVD. Or...If I write my own script using RSYNC, which options should I turn on to insure that I preserve all directories/permissions, etc. If I do it this way and my system crashed, I would simply have to reload SUSE 9.3 and then copy my data back from the USB drive. Is this correct??? Thanks for your input! - Jim
Normally, you'd just have tp modify some paths, that's all. You could also write your own script, normally you only need the cp command. Have a look here: http://www.howtoforge.com/mirroring_with_rsync You don't need to copy the files to a backup system, you can use rsync to make backups on the same system, too. Yes.
