[Gllug] the tao of backups...

[Ian Northeast]

Tethys wrote:
> 
> >I know i will regret saying this but point no.1 saying backup everything is
> >plain madness, all i backup is /home and /etc/ and my latest Debian kernel
> >package and a list of the debian packages i have installed. To be honest I
> >think that is also a little over the top.
> 
> Enjoy rebuilding your DNS from memory when you realise your backup doesn't
> include /var/named...

I once had to rebuild a DNS master from the files on the slave when the
backup didn't contain... Well the system backup did, but it wasn't very
recent:(

The result was perfectly functional but extremely messy and hard to
manage. Slave files are not in any particular order nor do they contain
comments.

Approximately 4 years later I finished sorting the mess out.

Regards, Ian

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