[SFS] Server Status
Shawn Perry
shawn@redmop.com
Wed, 20 Sep 2017 10:36:43 -0600
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I use either Veeam or Macrium for Windows Backups. Note, if you sign up to
download Veeam, they will call you every time you download.
Shawn T Perry
Red Mop Computing Services
phone: 303-881-2623
email: shawn@redmop.com
On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 3:22 PM, Dan Kulinski <daniel@kulinski.net> wrote:
> Failure is one of the best teachers. I am also moving the way cfedde is
> and moving more into public repositories and provisioning with ansible. I
> also have a VPS that backups personal documents although this is a simple
> rsync and I would like to expand it to backup my wife's windows laptop.
> Since we are on the topic of backups, if people on this list have Windows
> machines, how do they handle backups?
>
> On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 3:06 PM, David L. Willson <DLWillson@thegeek.nu>
> wrote:
>
>> Yeah. I screwed this up at least 3 ways.
>>
>> - no regular backups
>> - no RAID
>> - poor problem diagnosis and diagnosis
>>
>> I'm always grateful when I find a place that's willing to hire and keep a
>> special fellow like me.
>>
>> --
>> David L. Willson
>> Teacher, Engineer, Evangelist
>> COA LFCS CCAH RHCE CLP
>> Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267)
>> http://sofree.us
>>
>> This is a good time for a r3VOLution.
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Backups are such a pain until you need them. I'm still running a dump to
>> a usb drive "occasionally" but for the most part the stuff I care about is
>> somewhere in the cloud: VPS, Gitlab, Google Drive. I suppose I land on a
>> different part of the Venn diagram that has reliability in one circle and
>> security in another.
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 2:51 AM, David L. Willson <DLWillson@thegeek.nu>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I lost a hard drive yesterday. I was able to restore from a backup, but
>>> the backup was three weeks old.
>>>
>>> Affected systems are:
>>> - zimbra.thegeek.nu
>>> - zimbra.sofree.us
>>> - mailman.thegeek.nu
>>> - fishes.sofree.us
>>>
>>> My plan is to configure daily backups today.
>>>
>>> There's a funny story here about a failing hard drive locking up the
>>> system that I had *just* setup backups on, and me diagnosing it as a
>>> problem with the backup script, and disabling the backups "until I can
>>> re-arrange things", which turned out to be three weeks later, when the hard
>>> drive stopped working completely. Lesson: Take the backups. If the system
>>> locks up during or near backups, take the backups manually and often.
>>>
>>> --
>>> David L. Willson
>>> Teacher, Engineer, Evangelist
>>> COA LFCS CCAH RHCE CLP
>>> Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267)
>>> http://sofree.us
>>>
>>> This is a good time for a r3VOLution.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
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lank">shawn@redmop.com</a></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 3:22 PM, Dan Kulinsk=
i <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:daniel@kulinski.net" target=3D"_b=
lank">daniel@kulinski.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gma=
il_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-lef=
t:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">Failure is one of the best teachers.=C2=A0 I am als=
o moving the way cfedde is and moving more into public repositories and pro=
visioning with ansible.=C2=A0 I also have a VPS that backups personal docum=
ents although this is a simple rsync and I would like to expand it to backu=
p my wife's windows laptop.=C2=A0 Since we are on the topic of backups,=
if people on this list have Windows machines, how do they handle backups?<=
/div><div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5"><div class=3D"gmail_extra" sty=
le=3D"display:block"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at=
3:06 PM, David L. Willson <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:DLWillso=
n@thegeek.nu" target=3D"_blank">DLWillson@thegeek.nu</a>></span> wrote:<=
br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left=
:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style=3D"font-family:times new =
roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000">Yeah. I screwed th=
is up at least 3 ways.<br><br>- no regular backups<br>- no RAID<br>- poor p=
roblem diagnosis and diagnosis<br><br>I'm always grateful when I find a=
place that's willing to hire and keep a special fellow like me.<span><=
br><br><div><span name=3D"x"></span>--<br>David L. Willson<br>Teacher, Engi=
neer, Evangelist<br>COA LFCS CCAH RHCE CLP<br>Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267)<br>=
<a href=3D"http://sofree.us" target=3D"_blank">http://sofree.us</a><br><br>=
This is a good time for a r3VOLution.<span name=3D"x"></span><br></div><br>=
</span><hr id=3D"m_6688230442996399141m_-6859567967602109894zwchr"><div><di=
v class=3D"m_6688230442996399141h5"><blockquote style=3D"border-left:2px so=
lid #1010ff;margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px;color:#000;font-weight:normal;=
font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-ser=
if;font-size:12pt"><div dir=3D"ltr">Backups are such a pain until you need =
them.=C2=A0 I'm still running a dump to a usb drive "occasionally&=
quot; but for the most part the stuff I care about is somewhere in the clou=
d: =C2=A0VPS, =C2=A0Gitlab, Google Drive.=C2=A0 I suppose I land on a diffe=
rent part of the Venn diagram that has reliability in one circle and securi=
ty in another. =C2=A0</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra" style=3D"display:bloc=
k"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 2:51 AM, David L.=
Willson <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:DLWillson@thegeek.nu" targ=
et=3D"_blank">DLWillson@thegeek.nu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote cla=
ss=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;pa=
dding-left:1ex"><div><div style=3D"font-family:times new roman,new york,tim=
es,serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000">I lost a hard drive yesterday. I was=
able to restore from a backup, but the backup was three weeks old.<br><br>=
Affected systems are:<br>- <a href=3D"http://zimbra.thegeek.nu" target=3D"_=
blank">zimbra.thegeek.nu</a><br>- <a href=3D"http://zimbra.sofree.us" targe=
t=3D"_blank">zimbra.sofree.us</a><br>- <a href=3D"http://mailman.thegeek.nu=
" target=3D"_blank">mailman.thegeek.nu</a><br>- <a href=3D"http://fishes.so=
free.us" target=3D"_blank">fishes.sofree.us</a><br><br>My plan is to config=
ure daily backups today.<br><br>There's a funny story here about a fail=
ing hard drive locking up the system that I had *just* setup backups on, an=
d me diagnosing it as a problem with the backup script, and disabling the b=
ackups "until I can re-arrange things", which turned out to be th=
ree weeks later, when the hard drive stopped working completely. Lesson: Ta=
ke the backups. If the system locks up during or near backups, take the bac=
kups manually and often.<br><br><div><span></span>--<br>David L. Willson<br=
>Teacher, Engineer, Evangelist<br>COA LFCS CCAH RHCE CLP<br>Mobile 720-333-=
LANS(5267)<br><a href=3D"http://sofree.us" target=3D"_blank">http://sofree.=
us</a><br><br>This is a good time for a r3VOLution.<span></span><br></div><=
br></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div>
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