Mirror Server

[Wolfpaw - Dale Corse]

Hi Tom,

 I use this to mirror one of our servers to another disk in
the same machine. How we did it was we installed FreeBSD on
that disk in another machine, and then put it in the main
server.. now we just run this script periodically, and
we have a backup solution :)

Hope it helps :)
D.

#!/bin/sh
# Rsync Backup Script

export PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
LIST="bin dev etc lib mnt sbin usr boot dbu home root tmp var"

echo "Copying files.."
#Loop thru the list
for d in $LIST; do
echo -n "... COPYING: /$d/"
/usr/local/bin/rsync --delete -ax /$d/ /disk2/mirror/$d/
echo " "
done

echo "Backup Complete .. Exiting."

--------------------------------
Dale Corse
System Administrator
Wolfpaw Services Inc.
http://www.wolfpaw.net
(780) 474-4095

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-isp at freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Thomas Dwyer
> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 8:01 AM
> To: freebsd-isp at freebsd.org
> Subject: Mirror Server
> 
> 
> Hello;
> 
> I would like to setup a backup server to replace the main 
> server should a disaster occur.  I have experimented abit 
> with rsync and it looks like it would do the job.
> 
> My question is;  what files or binaries should not, or 
> cannot be replicated? Obviously the kernel should be separate.
> 
> I want to be able to take the backup, plug it in where the 
> primary was, change the IP and everything would be as it 
> was up until the point of the last rsync.
> 
> Thanks
> Tom
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