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Making copies of data so that the copies may be used to restore the original after a data loss event, or for historical retention.

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Backup with rsync makes the server unresponsive

Setup: I would like to backup 1 TB on a weekly basis from PROD to BACKUP server. The servers run under Linux Ubuntu-1004-lucid-64-minimal 2.6.32-35-server. There is the BACKUP server (where I start the rsync program) and the PROD server with the…
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Continuous Backup Testing?

Is there any software/setup that allows for automatic backup testing daily? by testing i mean test deployment, check setup post deploy warn on bad result? would be nice to use some kind of VM to deploy into. The Platform is Linux The idea is that…
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What is the efficient way to backup large files?

I have the schedule job of backing large files in Windows Server and it takes almost 2 hours to finish. For now, I only use copy command in the .bat and copy the large files to another folder. I'm wondering whether there is more efficient way than…
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Best way to back up a domain controller before upgrading it from 2003 to 2008 OS?

I am trying to convert a DC from a 2003 DC to a 2008 RODC. Before I can do that, I must have a writable 2008 DC in my domain. I have a Windows 2003R2 x86 DC that I would like to upgrade to Windows Server 2008R2 x64. What is the best way to back this…
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Rsyncing VPS's "/" directory to an external drive: Good backup solution?

I have a VPS with Debian 6 (squeeze) and want to back it up on an external drive at home, so that in case of failure I can restore the complete operating system with all software, settings and databases. The solution I think of is to rsync the…
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Why do my backup fail when I target a network share hosted by a Synology DS211 disk station?

My backups are failing when I try to use a network share hosted by a Synology DS211 disk station. They work fine if I target a different network share (i.e. \server1\data\larry). When I run the following command: Wbadmin start backup…
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Full server backup solution (to remote windows share)

I have a working server with a raid > lvm > dmcrypt stack. I would like a backup solution which solves the following problems: Changes only: Only transfer daily change, not the whole X Terrabytes every time. (The ability keep different versions for…
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mysqldump for UNIX domain socket

I have setup a new mysql database with my webhosting provider and the hostname is not the default localhost it is localhost:/tmp/mysql5.sock I think this is becuase they are moving from mysql 4 to mysql 5 My question is how do I use mysqldump to…
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Backup / Restore Windows DNS

How do I backup the Windows DNS (AD) content, in a form that enables simple restore? Partial restore, e.g. a sub-domain, is also nice to have. I am not looking for solutions involving full Windows system backup.
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Using Chef to backup Windows Servers configs - AD,DNS,IIS,DHCP, Exchange the lot

I have been looking at Chef as a tool for backing up config my windows servers. But from what I can see this is geared more towards *nix doesnt look like there are many scripts for backing windwos configurations up for change management. Has anybody…
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How does Duplicity check for modifications (mtime or checksum)?

How does Duplicity determine if the local version of a file has been modified since the last backup? Does it only look for a different mtime/size etc., or does it actually check for modified content, by verifying some kind of content checksum (MD5…
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What is the easiest way to ZIP important files on my VPS and email them to myself?

If I wanted to zip up (or tar.gz up) a list of paths (recursively) on a Linux VPS, then email the ZIP/TAR to myself, then delete the ZIP/TAR, what's the easiest way to do this? A shell script on a cron job, a program, etc.? For example, here's what…
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ssh remote command-fu

I am trying to do a remote backup from behind a firewall. It is really no problem to break this out into its own script that gets called in crontab, but that isn't any fun! What I am trying to do with: pg_dump -U my_user my_database | ssh…
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Have a server, need to figure out a method of backup

My company has an older Dell 2650 server running ArchLinux x64: http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/pedge/en/2650_specs.pdf (2 x 2.4GHz Intel Xeon w/around 3287 RAM according to "free -m") We use it to host our internal company site and to…
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How to repeat failed tape backup attempt in DPM 2007?

How do you repeat a scheduled backup of a protection group if the first backup attempt failed (e.g. if there were no tapes in the library, or if there was an intermittent failure in the library or drive). I know that you can force a backup of single…
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