On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 09:16:15AM -0500, jlrcon@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > I recommend the old way of tar > Tar has been around for a long time and just basically works. Your can set > it up to run in the background at night > and which nights of the week you want to run. > > tar cvf /dev/st0 /* will backup complete system to scsi dat tape drive > tar xvf /dev/st0 will restore > This is not gui, but it will run with no one logged in. Well, this is a highly oversimplified example. Some comments: - Do *not* use "/*" as it will also try to backup /proc etc. - Do use a bigger blocksize for efficient tape use. - I personally prefer "find ... -xdev -depth ... | cpio" for various reasons. Cheers, -- -- Jos Vos <jos@xxxxxx> -- X/OS Experts in Open Systems BV | Phone: +31 20 6938364 -- Amsterdam, The Netherlands | Fax: +31 20 6948204
