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BACKUP FILES SYSTEM
Hi all, after an awful mistake I partially deleted the etc folder from the putty shell. Because an OS re-install was unsuccessful, I had to do a Factory reset. At the following link https://wiki.arch...
It seems to me that rsync backup of the OS can only be used for recovery if you can boot up the OS and run rsync. If the OS still boots, you can of course restore with rsync (or just copying files back). But if it is bricked you would need to do a full factory reset anyway.
Popping in a cloned disk on the other hand would always work, but the disk includes the data partition and not just the system. If you are using raid, then of course that data partition will then be out of sync with the full array - forcing you to restore your data from backup. That would probably work out better with flexraid (e.g. with flexraid you can keep your data off of disk 1).
Perhaps the best strategy is to maintain a shadow copy of the OS on the c volume, so you can recover files you have accidentally deleted (assuming the system still boots). And ensure you keep your backups up to date. If you are doing a lot of development, the safest way is to have a separate test system. With OS6 you can use a VM for that, but AFAIK that is not available for 4.2.x
Popping in a cloned disk on the other hand would always work, but the disk includes the data partition and not just the system. If you are using raid, then of course that data partition will then be out of sync with the full array - forcing you to restore your data from backup. That would probably work out better with flexraid (e.g. with flexraid you can keep your data off of disk 1).
Perhaps the best strategy is to maintain a shadow copy of the OS on the c volume, so you can recover files you have accidentally deleted (assuming the system still boots). And ensure you keep your backups up to date. If you are doing a lot of development, the safest way is to have a separate test system. With OS6 you can use a VM for that, but AFAIK that is not available for 4.2.x
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