Aftermath?
I tried everything I could think of to regain access to the board with no luck.
No problem! I have the beta backup service. (I know, it is a beta)
I tried every conceivable thing to recover with the backup service, the new daily backup, the 3 day old weekly backup, and the 10 day old snapshot. All of them failed.
I would like to know what went wrong. Were the backup snapshots compromised by the system problem? Was my procedure incorrect? I just clicked on the appropriate restore button. I even tried deleting all of the existing images. I only use about half of the available disk space for my image as well.
I'm not complaining at all. I have completely recovered the new site via other means and it is fully operational with a new install of CentOS 5.3.
I would just like to know what I should have done to utilize the backup service for its intended purpose. This was one of those opportune learning experiences!
Thank you,
Jeff
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@RossH:
So the backup service is unreliable….good to know sigh….
It's a Backup service BETA. Remember?
@spearson:
@RossH:So the backup service is unreliable….good to know sigh….
It's a Backup service BETA. Remember?
Beta does not mean broken….which apparently this is.
If we are talking less then a %90 recovery rate then it isn't beta, its broken.
I think the Linode backup does image backups, which is useful for recovering after really hosing your system. HashBackup does "always incremental" file backups, so it's fast. It has easy file retention settings, like "keep the last 7 days, last 4 weeks, and last 3 months of backups".
I've tested it on about 5 different Linode distributions, with no problems. It's statically linked, so basically, you just download it and execute it, and it'll work no matter what kind of stuff you do or don't have installed on your Linode.
Send me some comments if you try it: prirun at gmail.com
Jim