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Linux - What directories should I exclude when backing up a server?

I'm backing up a Linux server and storing it on another server. I began with a simple rsync -aPh --del server.example.com:/ /mnt/backup Then someone pointed out that I shouldn't back up /proc, since you don't want to restore the /proc of one…
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What is the best way to create backup in an existing gitlab and restore the same backup in a new gitlab server?

What is the best way to backup and restore gitlab incuding all repositories, commit comments, wall comments, wiki etc.
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How To Backup "crontab -e" Files?

I want to do a complete server backup. I already have my backup script copying all of the html/php files for the web app, and the mysql databases, placing them into a .tar.gz file. How can I add the crontab files to that backup? Whenever I save the…
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Do I still need a backup if I have a redudant storage system with rollback capabilities?

My organization recently bought a storage system. It has 1.5Petabyte, with RAID6, and there is an online synced mirror in a physical different location. The system allows rollback / file recovery, by default allowing up to 30 days but this can be…
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Best practices for backup checking?

It is a common situation, when administrator makes system for automatic backuping and forgets it. Only after a system fails administrator notices, that backup system has broken before or backups are unrestorable because of some fault and he has no…
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Should I backup and restore the `mysql` database?

In the process of creating an automated solution for backing up and restoring an entire MySQL server, I've come across the mysql database which seems to contain user accounts, permissions, metadata, that kind of thing. Should this database be…
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How to restore mysql database from the physical files?

I just reinstalled my system, I didn't do dump backup but I still have the physical folder of my previous mysql installations. Is possible to use it to restore and update my current configuration?
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Looking for a free and reliable alternative to Norton Ghost

I am looking for ways to restore my system to a previous state easily. I am using Windows Vista and ubuntu.
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How can I restore a duplicity backup from a certain date?

Is it possible to restore a duplicity backup from a certain time in the past? For example, if I'm making daily incremental backups, is there a way to restore a backup from three days ago?
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Is My Understanding of Windows Bare Metal System / Images Backups vs. File Backups Correct?

So my understanding of it is like this, there are two types of backups, and they are Image Backups and Data / User File backups... Image Backups (System Backups / System State /Disaster Recovery Backups) The Creation Process Can be created with…
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Can you set a backup IP for your server in DNS?

Is there a way that the DNS protocol can naturally hold a backup A record server address, like backup name server or mail server records? When searching for this I only saw results on backup nameservers (NS records). If there isn't a way for DNS to…
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Create a MySQL slave from another slave, but point it at the master

Problem I have MySQL replication setup between 2 servers, master (A) and slave (B). I need to add a new slave to the mix (C). I want this slave to get it's updates directly from the master, I do not want chain replication from the slave. However,…
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Using mongodb tools (mongodump, mongorestore) from another machine

I have a mongodb server (A) and a http server (B). I would like to run mongodump and mongorestore commands on http server (B) to backup data on server B. But these tools comes with mongodb installation and i don't want to install mongodb to my http…
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Ways to convince management of a high cost

new here, greetings and such. My problem is relatively simple, but the situation is a tad odd. Currently, I have just been hired on to improve (essentially fix) a server room for a health care dispatcher. However, their server room is in…
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Robocopy - Overwrite all files unless file in destination is newer

The title pretty much sums it up. I had restored a file share recently from a backup. Come to find out after about a day of users in production we started to notice some files were corrupt. Pulling those files from the backup again shows that the…
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