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From: Heiko Baums <lists@××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] disaster recovery - planning
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2017 00:34:30
Message-Id: d8df14c8-088f-7607-34d8-1f3358761f8a@baums-on-web.de
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] disaster recovery - planning by thelma@sys-concept.com
1 Am 21.03.2017 um 00:15 schrieb thelma@×××××××××××.com:
2 > Besides standard "data" backup, if I was to plan for a disaster
3 > recovery; what to include in a backup system if I was to rebuild a new box?
4 >
5 > - /etc
6 > - /var/lib/portage/world
7 > - /usr/src/linux/.config
8 > - /var/spool/fax/ (if needed)
9 > - /var/www/localhost/htdocs/ (if needed)
10 > - crontab (users and root)
11 >
12 > What else did I miss?
13
14 /home (I guess that's what you mean with standard "data" backup)
15 /usr/local
16 /root
17 /usr/share/fonts (if needed)
18
19 Actually I would make a backup of the whole system excluding those
20 directories:
21
22 lost+found/
23 /dev/
24 /media/
25 /mnt/ (depends)
26 /proc/
27 /run/
28 /sys/
29 /tmp/
30 /var/export/
31 /var/run/
32 /home/*/.gvfs/
33
34 Heiko

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