Good way to recover Linux server

[Jerry Feldman]

On Thursday 11 August 2005 1:39 pm, Peter Kahle wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 11:50:40AM -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> > On Thursday 11 August 2005 9:40 am, snagao wrote:
> > > I am looking for a good way to recover a server - especially in a DR
> > > scenario.  For my AIX servers, I use the mksysb utility to make a
> > > bootable image of the OS.
> > >
> > > I know Linux doesn't have anything equivalent to AIX's mksysb
> > > command, but can someone please recommend a tool or method for me to
> > > back up the OS and recover it quickly for DR testing?
> > >
> > > My thanks in advance to all those who respond.
> >
> > First, the /boot directory tree contains the kernel, kernel parameters
> > and GRUB.
> > Next, the traditional / directories - /bin, /sbin, /etc, /dev
> > The /usr tree primarily /usr/bin, /usr/sbin, /usr/include
> > Possibly /opt.
>
>  you also need at least /lib and probably /usr/lib. On my Debian system,
>  even bash is dynamically linked:
That is correct. I forgot about /lib and /usr/lib. Linux has used shared 
objects for a very long time. 

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