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added section Cloning a server for Test purposes, using inclusion & exclusion files
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====Cloning a server for Test purposes, using inclusion & exclusion files====
This alternative method can be used to clone a server for test purposes, and utilises inclusion & exclusion text files to specify what the backup tgz file will contain. Refer forum post http://forums.contribs.org/index.php/topic,46546.msg228428.html#msg228428
Warning: This procedure is meant to be used for testing purposes ONLY, where you wish to trial changes etc before implementing them on a "near to identically configured" production server.
=====Procedure to create the backup on the server to be cloned=====
Create a file named include.txt in /root/ with this content:
touch /root/include.txt
pico -w /root/include.txt
Edit the file to contain the following (which is a deviation from the standard backup inclusion set of files & folders)
home/e-smith/
etc/e-smith/
etc/group
etc/gshadow
etc/passwd
etc/samba/secrets.tdb
etc/samba/smbpasswd
etc/shadow
etc/smbpasswd
etc/ssh
etc/sudoers
Save & exit
Ctrl o
Ctrl x
Create a file named /root/exclude.txt with this content:
touch /root/exclude.txt
pico -w /root/exclude.txt
Edit the file to contain the following (which is the list of files & folders you wish to exclude from the backup)
home/e-smith/files/ibays/*/files/*
home/e-smith/files/users/*/home/*
Save & exit
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Ctrl x
Run the pre-backup event (to dump the mysql tables to a file in /home/e-smith/db/mysql/)
signal-event pre-backup
Run the tar command to create the smeserver.tgz backup file (the --totals directive is not strictly necessary, it is to provide information only)
tar -cz --totals -vvp --directory / --exclude-from=./exclude.txt --files-from=./include.txt -f /tmp/smeserver.tgz
=====Procedure to restore the backup on the cloned server=====
Copy the smeserver.tgz file to the cloned server via ssh or via usb disk and follow the steps in this section of the Backup server config wiki article http://wiki.contribs.org/Backup_server_config#Command_line_manual_Restore_from_USB_drive_or_memory_stick
Ensure you prepare the new server for the restore, by issuing the following command
signal-event pre-restore
and then follow the steps referred to above.
Performing the Procedures indicated above, will create a "near to identical" clone of the original server without user data and files in ibays. It will still contain user mail messages.
==Standard backup & restore inclusions==
==Standard backup & restore inclusions==