Re: [SLE] What to backup

From: - Edwin - (copperwa11s_at_yahoo.co.jp)
Date: 11/02/04

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    Hi,

    On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 9:45:43 -0500
    David Sexton <dasexton@cox.net> wrote:

    > Hi I am running suse 9.1 and wish to come up with some type
    > of backup system. How ever I don't know what I should
    > backup. I was thinking that /home and /etc should be backed
    > up. Can any one give me some suggestions on what to
    > backup? I was thinking I could use yast they have a nice
    > backup tool. to make tar files.

    This really depends on what the box is for. Anyway, you've
    already mentioned the important ones (/home, /etc). If you'd
    like to keep your log files you might want to backup /var as
    well. If you're using /srv to serve files (html, etc) you
    might want to keep a backup of that as well, etc. 

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