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Line 42: − mv /temp/ibays /home/e-smith/files/+ − mv /temp/xxxx /home/e-smith/files/+ Line 64:
Line 64: − + − tar -czvf /temp/users.tar.gz users+ − tar -czvf /temp/ibays.tar.gz ibays+ − tar -czvf /temp/xxxx.tar.gz xxxx+ Line 77:
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→Backup server configuration
{{usefulnote}}
{{usefulnote}}
== Backup server configuration ==
==Backup the server configuration==
===Overview===
===Overview===
{{Warning box|This is a non standard method of transferring data between servers and should be carefully used to ensure that no data is lost or altered during the process. If wrong or inappropriate copying procedures are used, your data may have incorrect permissions applied. Using tar and scp is the "best" way to transfer files directly between servers while retaining correct permissions/ownership in the process.}}
{{Warning box|This is a non-standard method of transferring data between servers and should be used carefully to ensure that no data is lost or altered during the process. If wrong or inappropriate copying procedures are used, your data may have incorrect permissions applied. Using tar and scp is the "best" way to transfer files directly between servers while retaining correct permissions/ownership in the process.}}
<ol></li><li>On the server to be backed up (server1) do
<ol><li>On the server to be backed up (server1) do
mkdir -p /temp
mkdir -p /temp
mv /home/e-smith/files/users /temp
mv /home/e-smith/files/ibays /temp
mv /home/e-smith/files/xxxx /temp
</li><li>Perform backup to desktop on server1 using the standard server manager panel
</li><li>Perform backup to desktop on server1 using the standard server manager panel
</li><li>Then on server1 do
</li><li>Then on server1 do
mv /temp/users /home/e-smith/files/
mv /temp/users /home/e-smith/files/
mv /temp/ibays /home/e-smith/files/
mv /temp/xxxx /home/e-smith/files/
</li><li>Build another server to restore to (server2), and perform a fresh install of sme server on it. Note that any preferred hardware can be used, it does not need to be physically identical to the original server the backup was performed on.
</li><li>Build another server to restore to (server2), and perform a fresh install of sme server on it. Note that any preferred hardware can be used, it does not need to be physically identical to the original server the backup was performed on.
Modify the following commands appropriately to only move the data you require.
Modify the following commands appropriately to only move the data you require.
<ol></li><li>Use tar to compress all the user and ibays folders (on server1) by doing
<ol><li>Use tar to compress all the user and ibays folders (on server1) by doing
cd /home/e-smith/files
cd /home/e-smith/files
tar -czvf /temp/users.tar.gz users
tar -czvf /temp/ibays.tar.gz ibays
tar -czvf /temp/xxxx.tar.gz xxxx
</li><li>Use scp to copy the tarred files between machines by doing (on server1)
</li><li>Use scp to copy the tarred files between machines by doing (on server1)
If ssh is configured for a different port (than 22) use
If ssh is configured for a different port (than 22) use
scp -P zzzz /temp/users.tar.gz server2IP:/home/e-smith/files/
scp -P zzzz /temp/users.tar.gz server2IP:/home/e-smith/files/
scp -P zzzz /temp/ibays.tar.gz server2IP:/home/e-smith/files/
scp -P zzzz /temp/ibays.tar.gz server2IP:/home/e-smith/files/
scp -P zzzz /temp/xxxx.tar.gz server2IP:/home/e-smith/files/
scp -P zzzz /temp/xxxx.tar.gz server2IP:/home/e-smith/files/
</li><li>Use tar to uncompress all the user and ibay folders by doing (on server2)
</li><li>Use tar to uncompress all the user and ibay folders by doing (on server2)
cd /home/e-smith/files/
cd /home/e-smith/files/
tar -xvzf users.tar.gz
tar -xvzf ibays.tar.gz
tar -xvzf xxxx.tar.gz
rm /home/e-smith/files/users.tar.gz
rm /home/e-smith/files/ibays.tar.gz
rm /home/e-smith/files/xxxx.tar.gz
If required, to correct ownership for each user on server2 do
If required, to correct ownership for each user on server2 do
cd /home/e-smith/files/users
cd /home/e-smith/files/users
chown -R username:username username
</li></ol>
</li></ol>
perl -e 'use esmith::Backup; $b = new esmith::Backup;print join("\n",$b->restore_list)'
perl -e 'use esmith::Backup; $b = new esmith::Backup;print join("\n",$b->restore_list)'
Here is the output on three versions of SME. The difference between SME 7.5 and the others is important.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!SME 9!!SME 8.2!!SME 7.5.1
|-
|
home/e-smith
etc/e-smith/templates-custom
etc/e-smith/templates-user-custom
etc/ssh
root
etc/sudoers
etc/passwd
etc/shadow
etc/group
etc/gshadow
etc/samba/secrets.tdb
etc/samba/smbpasswd
||
home/e-smith
etc/e-smith/templates-custom
etc/e-smith/templates-user-custom
etc/ssh
root
etc/sudoers
etc/passwd
etc/shadow
etc/group
etc/gshadow
etc/samba/secrets.tdb
etc/samba/smbpasswd
||
home/e-smith
home/e-smith
etc/e-smith/templates-custom
etc/e-smith/templates-custom
etc/samba/secrets.tdb
etc/samba/secrets.tdb
etc/samba/smbpasswd
etc/samba/smbpasswd
etc/smbpasswd
etc/smbpasswd
|}
All files/scripts associated with the standard backup and restore processes can be found with this command.
All files/scripts associated with the standard backup and restore processes can be found with this command.
The inclusion list can be found in
The inclusion list can be found in
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/esmith/Backup.pm
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/esmith/Backup.pm
In SME 9.2 it is at:
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/esmith/Backup.pm
{{Note box|Please note that the path to emsith perl libraries as of SME Server 9.x has changed to '''/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/esmith'''.}}
{{Note box|Please note that the path to emsith perl libraries as of SME Server 9.x has changed to '''/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/esmith'''.}}