OK - actually at this point it's cfengine still as this is the last
machine to be puppetised but you get the idea
On 13/09/12 13:51, Mark Slater wrote:
> Hi Matt,
>
> THat's already covered - puppet rsyncs /var/log* off to a backup NFS
> mount at regular intervals :)
>
> THanks,
>
> Mark
>
> On 13/09/12 13:49, Matt Doidge wrote:
>> I might be stating the obvious here, but you'd want to keep your log
>> files too (at least the last 90 days worth) to satisfy the security
>> policies. Of course these don't need to be restored to the
>> reincarnated headnode, just kept in a cool, dry place, away from
>> direct sunlight.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Matt
>>
>> On 09/13/2012 12:26 PM, Mark Slater wrote:
>>> and Thanks Wahid as well :)
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>>> On 13/09/12 12:19, Wahid Bhimji wrote:
>>>> Indeed as long as you save the database - nothing else needs to be
>>>> kept.
>>>> (I personally made a backup of the system disk though just to be able
>>>> to check old conf files etc... )
>>>>
>>>> Wahid
>>>>
>>>> On 13 Sep 2012, at 11:47, Mark Slater wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> HI All,
>>>>>
>>>>> I plan to move our SE DPM head node to EMI2 in a week or so (after
>>>>> I've puppetised it all) and I just wanted to check if there was any
>>>>> persistent data that must be kept or can I just blank the machine and
>>>>> start again? I was under the impression that all persistent data is
>>>>> kept in the MySQL DB which we've separated off but I just wanted to
>>>>> make absolutely sure before I nuked the machine :)
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> Mark
>>>>>
>>>>
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