I have been searching around for a solution, but have not been able to find one, so hopefully someone in the forums can give me a hand. Here is the situation: I have been put in charge of a file/email server after the previous admin quit. I have used ubuntu desktop for a few years and consider myself pretty proficient, however I have very little experience with the server edition. What I am trying to do is make a complete backup image of the server (think Norton Ghost image or the builtin Windows Server backup). Basically, it would be a disaster recovery image. Should anything happen, I can throw in a disk and reimage the server and get it running with as little time/effort possible. Ideally, I would like to be able to setup the software create backups automatically (or failing that, setup a cron job) every week, or whatever time period my boss wants.
Server is running 10.04.1 x64 server edition, no GUI. I don't think the hardware is relevant, but its got dual xeon processors, 6GB ram, 3ware raid controller--OS array is 3x750GB Western Digital RE3 raid5, Data array is 12x750GB WD RE3 raid10. Currently, the OS array is using 10ish GB and I doubt it will ever exceed 50GB, and will be the only array that needs to be backed up. I have a folder mounted on the server, which points to a SMB share on a separate server, where the data is currently being copied up to (a script that just does cp -r /home /etc /var/www /media/backupserver--not the best solution, but it is what was previously setup).
I was reading about Bacula, but it seems rather difficult to configure and use. Are there any other (easier to use) solutions available that can accomplish this? I am not opposed to using Bacula, but if there is a simpler program that does the same thing, I would rather use it.
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Originally Posted by CharlesA
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