[TriLUG] FC2: Backing up configuration informaion

[Jason Tower]

On Thursday 27 January 2005 14:39, Tommy Williams wrote:
>   Running FC2 and want to format and re-install with FC3, but being
> new still began looking at what items I should consider backing up so
> that I could install with a configuration file and then load the
> backed-up conf files after the installation completed.
>   Looks like most of what I may need is in the ETC path, but I'm
> certian that I do not need to backup the entire directory structure.
> Just curious to know how difficult it is to get the machine back to a
> "close to identical" state. It's currently acting as an LDAP, DNS,
> and SAMBA server. I know that I could simply perform an update, but I
> am beginning my planning for disaster recovery and decided this was a
> good a point as any to work on it. Anyone have suggestions or
> solutions?
>
> -Tommy

/etc and /var should give you 99% of what you need.  i'd shut down all 
services, make a tarball of each dir, and copy to a remote host.

jason