How to take a OS backup in RHEL4

jitendra.gondaliya · 04-23-2007, 03:19 AM

Dear All,

I want to take a OS backup of my RHEL4 machine, plrase suggest me the best OS backup tool and how to take a OS backup.

Thanks & Regards,
Jitendra

Lenard · 04-23-2007, 06:13 AM

The gparted and partimage tools works for me (many others are also available), they are part of the SystemrescueCD;

http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Pages

stress_junkie · 04-23-2007, 10:04 AM

Lots of people love Mondo Rescue.

http://www.mondorescue.org/

mether · 04-23-2007, 10:44 AM

DD is again a good tool to take OS backup with GRUB as well. Give a look to below link :

http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/ddcommand.htm

jiml8 · 04-23-2007, 11:13 AM

I just use dd and pull an image of the system every week or so.

potatoque · 05-07-2007, 03:54 AM

however you need to pay for it
http://www.acronis.com.sg/enterprise/products/ATISLin/

trickykid · 05-08-2007, 12:10 PM

Bacula, Amanda, BackupPC, tar, rsync, cpio, dump are all tools you can use to make backups, and are free.

There's also commercial solutions like Veritas Netbackup, BackupExec, Tivoli, Commvault and many others.

Pick one that suits your needs best.