[DRBD-user] How to backup all configs - just in case

Ammar Sheikh Saleh aalishe at gmail.com
Sun Dec 28 11:29:33 CET 2014

Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.


thanks Digimer,

but I cant poweroff the nodes .. they are in production and shouldn't be
touched ...

can you tell exactly which files  *"Copy over the various config files"*

On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 1:15 PM, Digimer <lists at alteeve.ca> wrote:

> That is a lot harder to do... The easiest would be to power off the nodes
> and clone the systems (adjusting on boot for things like different MAC
> addresses, avoid duplicate IPs, etc).
>
> In truth though, for dev/testing, I don't think you need to do this. Copy
> over the various config files, copy the data from the FS on DRBD from
> backups and have at it. I actually think the practice of rebuilding
> (repeatedly in a dev environment) what you have in production is a great
> way to know if you're ready to do it in an emergency.
>
> On 28/12/14 05:12 AM, Ammar Sheikh Saleh wrote:
>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Yes .. everything not only DRBD ... to a fully working replica of
>> everything (including content)
>>
>> thanks in advance
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 12:10 PM, Digimer <lists at alteeve.ca
>> <mailto:lists at alteeve.ca>> wrote:
>>
>>     For DRBD, assuming the installed versions matched, you just need to
>>     copy /etc/drbd*.
>>
>>     Or are you asking about replicating the contents of the resources as
>>     well?
>>
>>
>>     On 28/12/14 02:30 AM, Ammar Sheikh Saleh wrote:
>>
>>         Hi,
>>
>>         is there away to replicate a production cluster ( with
>>         DRBD-Corosync-Pacemaker)  .. and build an exact clustering
>>         software on a
>>         development setup?
>>
>>         and what would be the easiest/fastest/most accurate way to do so
>> ...
>>
>>
>>         thanks!
>>
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