Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Examples for whole-system backup

[Nicolas Jungers]

On 2015-04-08 23:33, Ricky Huang wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> My friend recommend rdiff-backup so I am currently researching it for my
> backup solution.  I am brand new to the system so please forgive me for
> any dumb questions.
>
> What I am looking for is a FreeBSD backup solution that will duplicate
> my multiple mission-critical servers to a remote system in case
> something goes bad.  In case something bad does happen, I’d like to
> invoke a command and be able to restore the entire system back, not
> having to do a rebuild then copy files back as that will have a longer
> downtime.
>
> Is rdiff-backup the correct solution for my use case?  If so, does
> anyone have any information on whole-system level backup examples /
> documentations?  I have read documentations on the site already, but
> they mostly talk about directories.  I am sure there are caveats when
> one’s backing up complete system.
>
>
> Thanks in advance.

I'm sure that you could devise some scheme to do a full metal restore 
with rdiff-backup, but in my opinion, it's not the tool for the job.

Regards,
N.