julianps

On the basis that 95% of backups are valueless I need to create a stressed, real world scenario to smash&crash-test the WHM/SSH backup and restore function.

Why? Because I have no confidence in my ability to manage the WHM/SSH backup protocols and a large part of the value of Dedicated lies in one's ability to protect server data.

So, given that my server is set to daily/weekly/monthly/incremental I can see that I need to add stuff every day for more than a week. And I can see that, from the stuff I add I then need to start making edits and deletes, but after the first daily incremental is complete (ie after backup has "validated" the edits and deletes).

Then I guess once the week+ is complete if I format the drive I should delete files and folders; all email and server settings.

Of course then I need to learn enough about SSH (which I am enough of an idiot to know is not idiot proof) to restore all settings, all email and every file and folder to the condition it was when I initially loaded it then identify from the backup/ssh alone made edits to the initial data and restore those as well.

Is anyone aware of a demo or tutorial I can follow to understand how to do this (and whether SSH is within my skill-set) and more importantly anything I can add to the test to separate out problems caused by poor backup protocol from issues arising from poor restore protocol?

Thanks in advance for your thoughts on this subject.

JulesInFrance.