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FAQ for the 'backup' Category

• Thunderbird Move Mail / Settings From Desktop Computer To Laptop
  

  Q. How do I move my Thunderbird email client settings from Debian Linux desktop to a new Ubuntu Linux laptop? I’ve installed Thunderbird on Ubuntu Linux but not able to find any import or export option. How do I move settings?

• How To Back Up a Web Server
  

  Q. I’m using Red Hat Enterprise Linux based Apache web server. How do I backup my Apache webserver, MySQL and PostgreSQL database to another disk called /backup and then copy it to other offsite backup ssh server called backup.example.com?

• How To Set Red hat / CentOS Linux Remote Backup / Snapshot Server

  I’ve HP RAID 6 server running RHEL 5.x. I’d like to act this box as a backup server for my other Red Hat DNS and Web server. The server must keep backup in hourly, daily and monthly format. How do I configure my Red Hat / CentOS Linux server as remote backup or snapshot server?

• FreeBSD cvsup: Update The FreeBSD From Previous Releases Using Source Code

  How do I update my system using cvsup mirror? How do I upgrade from previous releases using FreeBSD 6.x or 7.x? How do I upgrade everything including kernel, userland utilities, and installed applications?

• Linux tar: /dev/st0: Cannot write: Invalid argument error and solution

  Q. When I run tar command it fails with an error that read as follows:
  tar: /dev/st0: Cannot write: Invalid argument
  How do I fix this error under CentOS / Debian / Fedora / RHEL Linux HP server systems?

• Can RAID Act As The Reliable BACKUP Solution For Linux / UNIX / Windows Server?

  Can I use RAID as the only backup solution under Linux? Is RAID is reliable backup solution for server?

• Linux LVM error VG meta data inconsistent and Solution
  

  Q. How do I fix the following error under CentOS Enterprise Linux:

  LVM error VG meta data inconsistent

  How do I fix this error?

• How To Use rsync Command To Backup Directory Under Linux

  Q. How do I use rsync command to back up a home directory under Linux operating system?
  A. rsync command easily backup your home directory to local secondary hard disk or remote server using ssh protocol. rsync is a software application for Unix systems which synchronizes files and directories from one location to another while [...]

• How can I restore a backup of a MySQL database?

  Q. I made MySQL backup using mysqldump -u user -h localhost -ppassword forumdb | -gzip -9 > forumdb.sql.gz command. How do I restore MySQL database backup using a shell prompt under Linux / UNIX operating system?

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