[techtalk] Fwd: disaster recovery of linux server

[wildgrass]

Dear all,
I am resending this again in the hopes of getting a response as I haven't 
got any.
Would someone be so kind as to give some ideas to a helpless, clueless newbie?

>Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 13:01:50 -0700
>To: techtalk at linuxchix.org
>From: wildgrass <wildgrass at postone.com>
>Subject: disaster recovery of linux server
>
>
>Dear all,
>I am a newbie to this list and also a newbie to linux.
>
>I am seeking advice of anyone who has knowledge/experience of disaster 
>recovery
>of a linux server.
>
>I have a production linux box running RH6.2, and since it is running 
>proprietary
>unsupported software (Groupwise WebAccess using Apache-Jserv to be specific) I
>have no idea if any updates I do to the box will break it.
>
>Hence, I need to know how to recover the server in the event that it 
>breaks, and
>I need some ideas to get me started since I have not done disaster 
>recovery on linux before.
>I am currently doing backups using taper, and if I were to backup all 
>files (except
>for /proc and /var/log), what are the steps I need to take to recover my 
>original
>configuration?
>eg.
>What other files should I skip for the backup other than /proc and /var/log?
>Do I need to change to single user mode?
>What things do I need to do before I can start the restore?
>Any pitfalls I should look out for?
>
>Any tips/advice will be appreciated.
>
>wildgrass