Re: OT: Backup Strategies

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2007


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 69288
interpreted = N
texte = Thierry, Any further thoughts on BRU? Likes? Dislikes? On 9/13/07 1:19 AM, "thierry" wrote: > How to exactly restore a whole system volume with BRU? > > I tried it several times, but my target system always gets scrambled ... > > Maybe someone here can tell me what I'm doing wrong: > > - I've got a backup server with BRU server. The server is backing up my > apache server, first fully then differential. This seems to work fine. > > - For testing purposes I want to restore the whole system to a another mac. > - I set up a mac with 10.4.3, installed the BRU agent and connected it > to BRU server (my apache has 10.4.9, but people at BRU told me that this > doesn't matter ...) > - On the server I chose the full backup set for the apache server, > selected the apache servers root as source and the new macs root as target. > - I did the restore without overwriting files (if I choose to do so, the > target system will get a kernel panic) > > - After successfully restored the backupset, I restarted the target mac. > > - The target mac now has 10.4.9 (as the apache has), but several apps > fail to start. So does Safari, DiskUtility and also the Userssection in > the system preferences. > > My conclusion: the backup is ok for individual files or folders, but not > for restoring a whole system. > > The guys at BRU don't know what I'm doing wrong ... > > Have you ever restored an OS X system successfully? ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: OT: Backup Strategies ( thierry 2007)
  2. Re: OT: Backup Strategies ( Clint Davis 2007)
  3. Re: OT: Backup Strategies ( thierry 2007)
  4. Re: OT: Backup Strategies ( "Dan Strickler" 2007)
  5. Re: OT: Backup Strategies ( Clint Davis 2007)
  6. Re: OT: Backup Strategies ( "Dan Strickler" 2007)
  7. Re: OT: Backup Strategies ( thierry 2007)
  8. Re: OT: Backup Strategies ( Donovan Brooke 2007)
  9. Re: OT: Backup Strategies ( Bob Minor 2007)
  10. Re: OT: Backup Strategies ( Clint Davis 2007)
  11. Re: OT: Backup Strategies ( Chris 2007)
  12. OT: Backup Strategies ( Clint Davis 2007)
Thierry, Any further thoughts on BRU? Likes? Dislikes? On 9/13/07 1:19 AM, "thierry" wrote: > How to exactly restore a whole system volume with BRU? > > I tried it several times, but my target system always gets scrambled ... > > Maybe someone here can tell me what I'm doing wrong: > > - I've got a backup server with BRU server. The server is backing up my > apache server, first fully then differential. This seems to work fine. > > - For testing purposes I want to restore the whole system to a another mac. > - I set up a mac with 10.4.3, installed the BRU agent and connected it > to BRU server (my apache has 10.4.9, but people at BRU told me that this > doesn't matter ...) > - On the server I chose the full backup set for the apache server, > selected the apache servers root as source and the new macs root as target. > - I did the restore without overwriting files (if I choose to do so, the > target system will get a kernel panic) > > - After successfully restored the backupset, I restarted the target mac. > > - The target mac now has 10.4.9 (as the apache has), but several apps > fail to start. So does Safari, DiskUtility and also the Userssection in > the system preferences. > > My conclusion: the backup is ok for individual files or folders, but not > for restoring a whole system. > > The guys at BRU don't know what I'm doing wrong ... > > Have you ever restored an OS X system successfully? ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Clint Davis

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