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restore backups

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Secret Agent, May 27, 2005.

  1. Secret Agent

    Secret Agent Guest

    I just got an OS reload done and I have to restore from the secondary backup drive. I need to remount the second drive first. What is the proper way to do this?

    Is this right?

    fdisk /dev/sdb
    mkfs.ext3 -L /backup /dev/sdb1
    nano /etc/fstab
    LABEL=/backup /backup ext3 defaults 1 2
    mkdir /backup
    reboot

    I want to make sure I do not end up deleting the data off the secondary drive or mess with the partition.

    Please let me know.
     
    #1 Secret Agent, May 27, 2005
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    cross posted the same thing on ev1

    do NOT use fdisk!! Just mount the drive with the following, later if you want you can add it to fstab but is it not required to restore them.


    mkdir /backup
    mount /dev/sdb1 /backup
     
    #2 eth00, May 27, 2005
  3. Secret Agent

    Secret Agent Guest

    Thanks for your help!
     
    #3 Secret Agent, May 27, 2005
  4. Secret Agent

    Secret Agent Guest

    How do I restore accounts via whm on the same hard drive?

    The backups are located at /backup on the same drive

    How can I restore this?

    I put in /backup/cpbackup and it didn't work in whm
     
    #4 Secret Agent, Jan 27, 2006
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    put them in /backup/cpbackup/daily and then when you go to restore backups in WHM there will be a daily box you can click.
     
    #5 eth00, Jan 27, 2006
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