Lee Marzke on 28 May 2009 14:19:54 -0700 |
For an somewhat off-topic answer.If you just virtualize your OS's the bare metal restore becomes trivial, just a copy of the VM. ( Or even a SAN snapshot )Most servers are not CPU bound, and if you have a SAN the only limit to the number of VM's on a DL-580 is your RAM.Why wouldn't virtulization be considered long before messing with a h/w restore ? With VMware ESXi and Xen being free these days, there are so many options even before you get a budget approved. Lee Neill R wrote: We take a full OS level backup of our linux systems each night. I now am tasked with doing a bare metal restore. My plan of installing the base OS and the backup exec agent and dumping down all data directories did not work (/etc. /home /usr /bin /lib) Anyone have experience with this? We run RHEL on HP DL580 hardware, HP SAN, Qlogic cards, etc, etc....pretty nice systems, real crappy backup tools. (Backup Exec 11D and RALUS) Thanks in advance ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug -- "Between subtle shading and the absence of light lies the nuance of iqlusion..." - Kryptos Lee Marzke, lee@marzke.net http://marzke.net/lee/ IT Consultant, VMware, VCenter, SAN storage, infrastructure, SW CM +1 800-393-5217 office +1 484-348-2230 fax +1 610-564-4932 cell sip://8003935217@4aero.com VOIP begin:vcard fn:Lee Marzke n:Marzke;Lee org:;VMware, SAN, infrastructure, SW CM adr:;;;Collegeville,;PA;19426;USA email;internet:lee@marzke.net title:IT Consultant tel;work:+1 800 393 5217 tel;fax:+1 484 348 2230 tel;cell:+1 610 564 4932 url:http://4aero.com version:2.1 end:vcard ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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