(May 30, 2013 at 5:31 pm)Tiberius Wrote:(May 30, 2013 at 5:29 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Several gigs, I would guess.I think given how stuff went down over there, I may to a simulation this weekend with a VM.
So... that raises the question - how long has it been since you tested your restore procedures? Last server upgrade?
Good idea. I once worked someplace that dutifully backed up a particular server nightly, did a proper tape rotation, and sent backup sets offsite. They did everything that they should, except test the tapes (and apparently, scrutinize the logs).
Some time later, there was some filesystem reorganization, and later later, there was a need to restore something from backup.
The backups were useless, because during the reorg, a filesystem was added that wasn't added to the backup schedule - the filesystem that held the files that needed to be restored - which had never been backed up.
I'm pretty sure we're OK - but it never hurts to verify every once in awhile.
