[nflug] Open File Backup

[Richard Hubbard]

Stop me if you heard this one before.

Set up a replication of your data to a specific location where nobody else uses it.
Back up that location.

Domino does an excellent job of doing its own backup via replication, and then your normal fs backup procedures work great.  
No xtra$$, no extra learning curve.  There may be some subtle drawbacks if you need to restore, as in, you need to realizes it is a replica you are restoring, rather than an "authoritative" backup, but once you know that, you can force the restore..
 
Richard Hubbard 
Technology Solutions Inc

----- Original Message ----
From: Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com>
To: nflug at nflug.org
Sent: Friday, March 2, 2007 9:27:44 PM
Subject: Re: [nflug] Open File Backup

eric wrote:
> Cyber Source wrote:
>
>   
>> Justin Bennett wrote:
>>  
>>
>>     
>>> Hello All,
>>>
>>>   I'm looking for a backup product that will allow me to backup files
>>> that are currently in use, namely Lotus notes databases on a Domino
>>> server running Linux. Traditionally I've been a full backup with TAR
>>> type of guy, I don't have so much data where I've had to go
>>> incremental (yet).
>>>   I don't like the hassle of incremental backups, having to maintain
>>> a database of tapes, ect. I like to throw it to a tape with tar, and
>>> know it's there and that tape will work anywhere. However in my
>>> experience Tar doesn't do so hot when the file is being changed while
>>> it's being backed up. :)
>>>
>>>   With that said I need a solution that will allow me to do a full
>>> file system backup that has open file protection, however I'm looking
>>> for something simple, I'm not looking to get into the backend database
>>> scenario if I don't have to.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Justin
>>>
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>>>    
>>>
>>>       
>> I'm still a fan of dump ;)
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> Linus is mad at you Cyber :)
>
>   
Dump works just fine for me, hasn't let me down yet. That's ok, I also
hear he's a KDE head too and hates Gnome, so he obviously has some
judgment errors ;). For a guy that's suppose to be all about choice, I
was really surprised to read this....
http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS8745257437.html
but that's ok, as long as he keeps doing what he does with the kernel,
it's all good!
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