[K12OSN] Re: Bare metal backup strategy with RAID 10

[Krsnendu dasa]

On 29/10/2007, Krsnendu dasa <krsnendu108 at gmail.com> wrote:
> We have BackupPC set up to backup /home and configuration files.
> Does anyone know of a good strategy to backup a complete system (that
> is using Linux software RAID 10)?
>
> Without RAID we can use SysrescueCD and then use Partimage to make an
> image copy of the partition that / is mounted on. This allows us to
> attempt updates etc, and if it doesn't work we can go back to the last
> working system without having to reinstall and reconfigure the whole
> system again (smbldap, flash with sound, printers etc.)
>
> I don't think partimage works with RAID 10. Is that right?
> Are there alternatives? Is it possible to just tar the whole / tree
> and achive the same effect?
>
I forgot to mention LVM. If it can work with LVM it is even better.