[hobbit] Backing up hobbit

[Josh Luthman]

I've only had Hobbit running since last Monday.  I have restarted it twice
to ensure that my configurations would take place (things like changing the
WWW hostname).  I last restarted it yesterday and it has been running since
yesterday, so I know if it is restarting it takes more then a day.  I have
40787 total core* files in ~/server and 569364 total core* files in
~/server/bin - couldn't possibly have restarted that many times!

Stef - If you have two Hobbit servers and duplicate your actions, why do you
note your actions?  My original plan was to tar the home directory of the
hobbit user, but as

"Hobbit User" - I could use rsync and it would make backups though I
normally don't use rsync as I like to have daily backups, in case I make a
mistake on Monday, the backup is done Tuesday and I catch it on Wednesday -
I can revert to Sunday with daily backups.  Rsync could have backed up my
problem making it useless in this scenario!  I have a scripts that backup
necessary components (like databases) and then finally tar with gzip
compression and then SCP the file to a remote data center (I also use public
keys to automate this).  I have found this works very well in my situation
and has saved my life in the case of a MySQL database crash!

Would it be safe for me to delete these core files and start working on this
task from this day forward?  What can I use to read these core files?  I
noticed they're not text files so I assume there is some bb utility to read
them.  With the exception of these core* files, I would expect Hobbit to
peak at 200MB which I could do in a ~3 minutes

Thanks!
Josh

On 10/18/07, Hobbit User <hobbit at epperson.homelinux.net> wrote:
>
> On Thu, October 18, 2007 16:54, Josh Luthman wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone have any suggestions on what to backup?  I don't have the
> > luxury of using tapes or another machine on the same LAN, so I am
> > transporting this data over the Internet.  While bandwidth is not a
> > concern, I'd much rather not have to transport a gigabyte every morning
> > =)
> >
>
> I have a lot of other configuration data on the hobbit server, relevant to
> Continuity of Operations issues, so my backup requirements are broader.  I
> just push the entire contents of the box offsite every night using rsync
> over ssh with a public/private key setup.  rsync is very intelligent about
> what needs to be pushed, and the transfer is usually well under a gig.
>
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