Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2013 14:23:53 -0400 From: David Magda <dmagda@ee.ryerson.ca> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: system backups (was: Package database) Message-ID: <766C432A-E956-40C4-BA9B-4A3B938A3074@ee.ryerson.ca> In-Reply-To: <CADcmFMV8i%2Baic4uFfb_qbs%2BGjFPign766G5FfQuVd0nQss3ECQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CADcmFMXNFke=pH8264%2ByNXA3_vhMy8m_7sPrHb1N6eRfVd=Vdw@mail.gmail.com> <CAOjFWZ7LeNwH=6-QODVqBRbL-T52b%2BH_kbpdE5UctLH2WNXOZw@mail.gmail.com> <CADcmFMXimdnfoOAi35HwWLW0_wF30OtWrEjddYnGp3qAgHzNCQ@mail.gmail.com> <CADcmFMVeVAAfRv3F_BwjMd7UrssfFqMPrtPrhYas%2B-GsveU5tQ@mail.gmail.com> <CADcmFMXEj5hmFd7J8zNkbvo3fS-_zG_VEzU8ABu3NX8Oeo0kBQ@mail.gmail.com> <op.w2zvnv0r8527sy@212-182-167-131.ip.telfort.nl> <CADcmFMV8i%2Baic4uFfb_qbs%2BGjFPign766G5FfQuVd0nQss3ECQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sep 6, 2013, at 12:23, Jim Ballantine <j.ballantine@gmail.com> wrote: > The backup in /var/backups was a copy of the current DB, so it was not > usable, however there was/is and older backup that was not corrupt. = So I restored > it into /var/db and then update that one. Which is nice reminder to everyone about the importance that fact that a = "proper" backup is a coherent copy of data on independent media. Ideally = one would coherent copies going back in time over various periods in = case earlier ones are corrupted. It's good that this worked out for the OP, but this raises a question in = my mind (as someone who works in IT): what things on FreeBSD are = considered "system files" that need to be regularly backed up? The simplest thing is to just backup all the files on every system, but = are there more critical files. Most people would include /etc and = user/personal data (e.g., /home) as important, but as we've learned in = this thread, there are other files that are important for a properly = working system. Is backing up all /var on the "critical" list? Only = /var/db or /var/backups?
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