Re: [PLUG] linux backups and bare metal restore

[Lee Marzke <lee@marzke.net>]

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
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