Hi again. Don't know what's going on with the notifications...

I think I might know what the problem is with the FSes not mounting at boot. The /etc/fstab lines should read:
/dev/sdb1 /backup ext3 defaults 1 1
/dev/sdc1 /backup2 ext3 defaults 1 1

Defaults is plural in fstab.

Try that out for size.

Dave

The "S" fixed it. Thanks a bunch! Now I have to share and backup from one to the other. Wish me luck. Im sure I will have a few more questions. Thanks for sticking with me to the end. I really appreciate all the help.

Is this something that can be scheduled to run every night auto?
"The backup's probably easiest done with rsync over ssh, something like:
# rsync -av --delete -e ssh /backup linux2:/backup

Or maybe tar (more traditional) over ssh:
# cd /
# tar cvf - /backup | ssh "cd /; cat - | tar xvf -"

rsync's far, far more efficient once the first backup's done, but tar works everywhere (even on Solaris and various other unix, but I'm guessing that's not a big deal for you right now).

Dave"

If you ever come to America let me know I will buy you lunch.

Hey man.

There's a decent howto on rsync on LQ here:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/...etween_servers

If you want to have it run completely unattended, you'll have to set up SSH keys so you don't get asked for a password. There's a another rather good howto on LQ for just that here:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/...ation_with_ssh

Any questions about the above, just shout. SSH using keys can be slightly picky about the exact configuration of your machines (permissions etc), but I think I've seen every misconfiguration that's possible, so it shouldn't take long to figure out if it doesn't work first time.

Dave

I have syncback running a job from 1 server to another already for our oracle backup. I tried to create 2 more jobs to back up linux1/backup to linux2/backup and linux1/backup2 to linux2/backup2. Both jobs failed stating cant access server. But I was able to read/write to all four folders so Im not sure what the issue is?

I already use syncback so I would rather just stick with that for now. This has taken so long that both myself and the customer is ready to move on.

Thanks again.....

Bumping my last post to send you an email.....

Hi again.

I wasn't aware there was a syncback release for Linux, so I'm not familiar with how it works. Is there a demon that runs on each machine?

Dave

I got it working. I have syncback running on the windows fax server. I found a password problem with one of the linux servers and fixed that. Now the backups are working. Thanks again for all the help. I could not have done this without you helping me. I learned a lot about linux. It can be a real PITA. Not sure if I will ever do a linux server again. I know windows inside and out and it is simple to get things done in windows. Sorry to say time just does not allow me to spend 2 months setting up servers. Installs need to happen in hours not months. I guess if I used redhat I could have called support but they would have been on the phone for days helping me.

Thanks again.
Michael

Fair enough. Glad you're up and running. I've learned a thing or two in this thread too.

Unix is a royal pain in the arse at first. Eventually, though, you learn to enjoy it.
Much like a good vindaloo, really.

Dave

Murphys law........

NO sooner we get both linux boxes going and we have the windows box go down. I had an nvram mismatch in bios for the raid. Called dell and it ended up being a bad stick of ram. Corrupted one mirror (data not OS). Took 2.5 hrs to fix and done. I shutter to think what it would have taken in linux.