backup the entire server

[David Tonhofer, m-plify S.A.]

You want to look at "Rsnapshot": An rsync -based snapshot utility
at www.rsnapshot.org

--On Wednesday, April 13, 2005 4:25 PM -0400 "Burke, Thomas G." <tg.burke at ngc.com> wrote:

> tar -zcvf <backupname.tgz> <directories_to_backup - can be />
>
> (man tar)
>
> Careful, max file size is 2GB, so you may need to write a script to back up directories separately & make multiple tar files.
>
>     -Tom
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com]On Behalf Of Gentian Hila
> Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 4:22 PM
> To: redhat-list at redhat.com
> Subject: backup the entire server
>
>
>
> Hi guys,
>
> I have database server Informix running on RedHat and I am looking for
> a script that backs up the entire server to hard drive. Not just the
> DB but everything, including db as well. I need to compress the files
> as well.
>
> Or any free utility or program would be great as well.
>
> I am open to any suggestion.
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Genti
>
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