Hi, I have a Linux server working very well. It consists of a lot of software like qmail and stuff which I downloaded and compiled. And also a lot of configurations, users etc. during reinstall if I just use the distro ( CentOS in this case) I would spend a lot of time again to get the server in the same working order.
I would like to sort of image it so I can reinstall it painlessly if it crashes. Or I can install it on some other server so as to replicate the setup.
What are the best ways to do this? (Apart from using commercial Imaging or Disaster Recovery software.)
With warm regards Koustubha Kale
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On Saturday 06 January 2007 17:20, Koustubha Kale wrote:
Hi, I have a Linux server working very well. It consists of a lot of software like qmail and stuff which I downloaded and compiled. And also a lot of configurations, users etc. during reinstall if I just use the distro ( CentOS in this case) I would spend a lot of time again to get the server in the same working order.
just backup home var and etc
I would like to sort of image it so I can reinstall it painlessly if it crashes. Or I can install it on some other server so as to replicate the setup.
scp to another server rsync bacula
What are the best ways to do this? (Apart from using commercial Imaging or Disaster Recovery software.)
You can use gnu software in every imaginable commercial way subject to not violating the gpl. I do.
--- jtd jtd@mtnl.net.in wrote:
On Saturday 06 January 2007 17:20, Koustubha Kale wrote:
Hi, I have a Linux server working very well. It consists of a lot of software like qmail and
stuff
which I downloaded and compiled. And also a lot of configurations, users etc. during reinstall if I
just
use the distro ( CentOS in this case) I would
spend a
lot of time again to get the server in the same working order.
just backup home var and etc
I would like to sort of image it so I can
reinstall it
painlessly if it crashes. Or I can install it on
some
other server so as to replicate the setup.
scp to another server rsync bacula
I am looking for a way to image a working server into a installable CD set. Which can be carried around, installed somewhere else easily etc.
Any OSS for doing this?
With warm regards Koustubha Kale
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Koustubha Kale wrote:
I am looking for a way to image a working server into a installable CD set. Which can be carried around, installed somewhere else easily etc.
Any OSS for doing this?
You don't need to install any special packages. You need to learn the procedure for taking backups and restoring using existing commands in your OS. I forgot the commands but I remember in my RHEL classes, our professor had backed up an entire Solaris OS from a Sun machine, on a tape drive, formatted the partition and reinstalled the entire system by simply restoring from the tape drive.
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On 1/6/07, jtd jtd@mtnl.net.in wrote:
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What are the best ways to do this? (Apart from using commercial Imaging or Disaster Recovery software.)
I have a similar but a different problem..... I need to install Debian GNU/Linux in a lab of about 50 computers.Is there any possiblities of doing something like creating a image in one hard disk and installing it from that instead of installing the base system in each system individually (something like gHost images for the M$ OS)....
Balachandran Sivakumar wrote:
On 1/6/07, jtd jtd@mtnl.net.in wrote:
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What are the best ways to do this? (Apart from using commercial Imaging or Disaster Recovery software.)
I have a similar but a different problem..... I need to install Debian GNU/Linux in a lab of about 50 computers.Is there any possiblities of doing something like creating a image in one hard disk and installing it from that instead of installing the base system in each system individually (something like gHost images for the M$ OS)....
Setup a server machine with the dump and install others from network.
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On 06/01/07 17:59 +0530, Balachandran Sivakumar wrote:
On 1/6/07, jtd jtd@mtnl.net.in wrote:
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What are the best ways to do this? (Apart from using commercial Imaging or Disaster Recovery software.)
I have a similar but a different problem..... I need to install Debian GNU/Linux in a lab of about 50 computers.Is there any
Netboot and FAI.
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On 06-Jan-07, at 5:59 PM, Balachandran Sivakumar wrote:
I have a similar but a different problem..... I need to install Debian GNU/Linux in a lab of about 50 computers.Is there any possiblities of doing something like creating a image in one hard disk and installing it from that instead of installing the base system in each system individually (something like gHost images for the M$ OS)....
something like this? http://sourceforge.net/projects/smartfrog
Dear Terrence,
On 1/6/07, jtd <jtd at mtnl dot net dot in> wrote:
You can use gnu software in every imaginable commercial way subject to not violating the gpl. I do.
My god! You violate GPL? Such a sacrilege and you are publicly admitting it!. :-)
-- Rgd JTD
With regards,
On 06-Jan-07, at 10:11 PM, Dinesh Shah wrote:
You can use gnu software in every imaginable commercial way subject to not violating the gpl. I do.
My god! You violate GPL? Such a sacrilege and you are publicly admitting it!. :-)
he is on his way to excommunication, quoting ESR, violating GPL ... who knows what next
On Sunday 07 January 2007 12:08, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
On 06-Jan-07, at 10:11 PM, Dinesh Shah wrote:
You can use gnu software in every imaginable commercial way subject to not violating the gpl. I do.
My god! You violate GPL? Such a sacrilege and you are publicly admitting it!. :-)
he is on his way to excommunication, quoting ESR, violating GPL ... who knows what next
HA HA. Guess wot. got a licenced copy of windows xp media edition and installed on my debian media center box. HELP i am crossing over to the dark side. Then reality struck. BSOD.
HA HA. Guess wot. got a licenced copy of windows xp media edition and installed on my debian media center box. HELP i am crossing over to the dark side.
May the force be with you :-)
To KG: Do not underestimate the power of the dark side :-)
Regards,
- vihan
On Mon, 2007-01-08 at 13:40 +0530, Vihan Pandey wrote:
HA HA. Guess wot. got a licenced copy of windows xp media edition and installed on my debian media center box. HELP i am crossing over to the dark side.
May the force be with you :-)
That should be - May the _Source_ be with you!
Koustubha Kale wrote:
Hi, I have a Linux server working very well. It consists of a lot of software like qmail and stuff which I downloaded and compiled. And also a lot of configurations, users etc. during reinstall if I just use the distro ( CentOS in this case) I would spend a lot of time again to get the server in the same working order.
I would like to sort of image it so I can reinstall it painlessly if it crashes. Or I can install it on some other server so as to replicate the setup.
What are the best ways to do this? (Apart from using commercial Imaging or Disaster Recovery software.)
See http://www.mondorescue.org/ OR http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/
Mondo is well recommended.. in any-case google for 'bare-metal recovery' for more answers.
--- Dhawal Doshy dhawal@netmagicsolutions.com wrote:
I would like to sort of image it so I can
reinstall it
painlessly if it crashes. Or I can install it on
some
other server so as to replicate the setup.
What are the best ways to do this? (Apart from
using
commercial Imaging or Disaster Recovery software.)
See http://www.mondorescue.org/ OR http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/
Mondo is well recommended.. in any-case google for 'bare-metal recovery' for more answers.
Mondo looks the part. Will try it. Thanks.
With warm regards Koustubha Kale
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