Option for testing backups

[speckados]

Hi.

A backup is not only a copies that makes copies, but a procedure in which the copies are regularly verified.

A problem that I find is that wanting to perform a backup compound procedure, I can not realize this, in any of the servers of the company, since all the servers are in a DNS cluster, and therefore I can not use any server for Restore Test, an account.

At first I thought you could exist an exclude to not restore the DNS area but I have not seen something like this in the documentation

Any ideas?

 

[cPRex]

Hey there! You could always test a backup restore by copying the backup file to a server that is not in the DNS cluster and restoring it there. This would avoid any potential DNS conflicts in the cluster.

 

[speckados]

Hi

I think that's imagination. That is why I ask if there is an alternative.

The question is whether there is something that does not know to subtract without restoring the area.

Obviously, a customer usually has everything in cluster and pay a shame of $ 15 for a license alone, it is not appetizing.

 

[cPRex]

You could manually verify the zipped data. Running a command like this would let you ensure the backup is valid:

tar -tzf /path/to/cpmove-username.tar.gz

but the only real test is to try a full restore.