Debian File Server File Recovery
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@BRRABill said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
@wirestyle22 said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
@BRRABill said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
@scottalanmiller said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
So, if you have a full backup of a disk image.. kick off a restore and do not power it on. Just get a VHD file. Then load up a LiveCD. Linux Mint is handy for this. Attach that VHD to the VM that has the LiveCD. Boot to Linux Mint and it will likely auto-mount the restored VHD. Now you can navigate it like a normal file system and restore individual files. Keep the LiveCD VM handy because this is a standard process for doing this kind of file restore.
If no backups, is it possible they have this?
We probably have a backup. The guy who made it is on vacation so we are waiting to hear back from him.
/flame suit on
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@wirestyle22 said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
@BRRABill said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
@scottalanmiller said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
So, if you have a full backup of a disk image.. kick off a restore and do not power it on. Just get a VHD file. Then load up a LiveCD. Linux Mint is handy for this. Attach that VHD to the VM that has the LiveCD. Boot to Linux Mint and it will likely auto-mount the restored VHD. Now you can navigate it like a normal file system and restore individual files. Keep the LiveCD VM handy because this is a standard process for doing this kind of file restore.
If no backups, is it possible they have this?
We probably have a backup. The guy who made it is on vacation so we are waiting to hear back from him. It's most likely the entire VM though.
Then everything is probably okay.
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@scottalanmiller said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
@wirestyle22 said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
@BRRABill said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
@scottalanmiller said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
So, if you have a full backup of a disk image.. kick off a restore and do not power it on. Just get a VHD file. Then load up a LiveCD. Linux Mint is handy for this. Attach that VHD to the VM that has the LiveCD. Boot to Linux Mint and it will likely auto-mount the restored VHD. Now you can navigate it like a normal file system and restore individual files. Keep the LiveCD VM handy because this is a standard process for doing this kind of file restore.
If no backups, is it possible they have this?
We probably have a backup. The guy who made it is on vacation so we are waiting to hear back from him. It's most likely the entire VM though.
Then everything is probably okay.
probably
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@wirestyle22 said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
@scottalanmiller said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
@wirestyle22 said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
@BRRABill said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
@scottalanmiller said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
So, if you have a full backup of a disk image.. kick off a restore and do not power it on. Just get a VHD file. Then load up a LiveCD. Linux Mint is handy for this. Attach that VHD to the VM that has the LiveCD. Boot to Linux Mint and it will likely auto-mount the restored VHD. Now you can navigate it like a normal file system and restore individual files. Keep the LiveCD VM handy because this is a standard process for doing this kind of file restore.
If no backups, is it possible they have this?
We probably have a backup. The guy who made it is on vacation so we are waiting to hear back from him. It's most likely the entire VM though.
Then everything is probably okay.
probably
Which in my world = Prepare for the bad side of probably... I'd keep that Flame suit handy, if I were you.
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@wirestyle22 said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
@scottalanmiller said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
@wirestyle22 said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
@BRRABill said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
@scottalanmiller said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
So, if you have a full backup of a disk image.. kick off a restore and do not power it on. Just get a VHD file. Then load up a LiveCD. Linux Mint is handy for this. Attach that VHD to the VM that has the LiveCD. Boot to Linux Mint and it will likely auto-mount the restored VHD. Now you can navigate it like a normal file system and restore individual files. Keep the LiveCD VM handy because this is a standard process for doing this kind of file restore.
If no backups, is it possible they have this?
We probably have a backup. The guy who made it is on vacation so we are waiting to hear back from him. It's most likely the entire VM though.
Then everything is probably okay.
probably
Any news?
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@DustinB3403 said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
I've played with Turnkey linux, and its scary how easy of a process those guys have made those systems.
Sooooo EASY! You miss everything that you really need to know about the system in every case.
@scottalanmiller How would this be any different than using something like NETHSERVER? Aren't the use cases the same, people who want a simple web interface to setup linux servers without having the knowledge of how things are really set up?
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@Romo said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
@DustinB3403 said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
I've played with Turnkey linux, and its scary how easy of a process those guys have made those systems.
Sooooo EASY! You miss everything that you really need to know about the system in every case.
@scottalanmiller How would this be any different than using something like NETHSERVER? Aren't the use cases the same, people who want a simple web interface to setup linux servers without having the knowledge of how things are really set up?
I've not looked at turnkey but n i've not looked at turnkey bye nest server nethserver is for managing applications on the operating system not for managing the operating system
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@JaredBusch said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
@Romo said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
@DustinB3403 said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
I've played with Turnkey linux, and its scary how easy of a process those guys have made those systems.
Sooooo EASY! You miss everything that you really need to know about the system in every case.
@scottalanmiller How would this be any different than using something like NETHSERVER? Aren't the use cases the same, people who want a simple web interface to setup linux servers without having the knowledge of how things are really set up?
I've not looked at turnkey but n i've not looked at turnkey bye nest server nethserver is for managing applications on the operating system not for managing the operating system
hahahahaha
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@stacksofplates I don't know what Siri's problem is with me today
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@JaredBusch said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
@Romo said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
@DustinB3403 said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
I've played with Turnkey linux, and its scary how easy of a process those guys have made those systems.
Sooooo EASY! You miss everything that you really need to know about the system in every case.
@scottalanmiller How would this be any different than using something like NETHSERVER? Aren't the use cases the same, people who want a simple web interface to setup linux servers without having the knowledge of how things are really set up?
I've not looked at turnkey but n i've not looked at turnkey bye nest server nethserver is for managing applications on the operating system not for managing the operating system
Normally I can understand your point... but damn this is difficult this morning.
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@JaredBusch said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
@Romo said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
@DustinB3403 said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
I've played with Turnkey linux, and its scary how easy of a process those guys have made those systems.
Sooooo EASY! You miss everything that you really need to know about the system in every case.
@scottalanmiller How would this be any different than using something like NETHSERVER? Aren't the use cases the same, people who want a simple web interface to setup linux servers without having the knowledge of how things are really set up?
I've not looked at turnkey but n i've not looked at turnkey bye nest server nethserver is for managing applications on the operating system not for managing the operating system
Turnkey just offers Debian based images with preinstalled software, managed by Webmin and the default admin page of the webapp.
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@coliver said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
@JaredBusch said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
@Romo said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
@DustinB3403 said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
I've played with Turnkey linux, and its scary how easy of a process those guys have made those systems.
Sooooo EASY! You miss everything that you really need to know about the system in every case.
@scottalanmiller How would this be any different than using something like NETHSERVER? Aren't the use cases the same, people who want a simple web interface to setup linux servers without having the knowledge of how things are really set up?
I've not looked at turnkey but n i've not looked at turnkey bye nest server nethserver is for managing applications on the operating system not for managing the operating system
Normally I can understand your point... but damn this is difficult this morning.
I'm lost.
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Having not used turn key, just reading this thread, it sounded like turn key was a full management layer on top of a base install for managing a server, something like webmin.
I was stating that nethserver is basically just a management interface for the individual services.
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We finally found the replication point and recovered the file. One thing I noticed working here is that the VM's are not named the host names. I looked for it for hours across all of our subdomains and could not find it. I had to go through each individual VM and eventually found it.
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@wirestyle22 said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
We finally found the replication point and recovered the file. One thing I noticed working here is that the VM's are not named the host names. I looked for it for hours across all of our subdomains and could not find it. I had to go through each individual VM and eventually found it.
We still have some old Unix white beards that do this. It annoys the crap out of me. He just set up a server and called it Odin.....
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@stacksofplates said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
@wirestyle22 said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
We finally found the replication point and recovered the file. One thing I noticed working here is that the VM's are not named the host names. I looked for it for hours across all of our subdomains and could not find it. I had to go through each individual VM and eventually found it.
We still have some old Unix white beards that do this. It annoys the crap out of me. He just set up a server and called it Odin.....
That's all fine and good as long as odin.mydomain.net actually resolves to that actual server, lol.
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@dafyre said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
@stacksofplates said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
@wirestyle22 said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
We finally found the replication point and recovered the file. One thing I noticed working here is that the VM's are not named the host names. I looked for it for hours across all of our subdomains and could not find it. I had to go through each individual VM and eventually found it.
We still have some old Unix white beards that do this. It annoys the crap out of me. He just set up a server and called it Odin.....
That's all fine and good as long as odin.mydomain.net actually resolves to that actual server, lol.
Ya it just annoys me ha. Everything else is named by purpose.
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@stacksofplates said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
@dafyre said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
@stacksofplates said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
@wirestyle22 said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
We finally found the replication point and recovered the file. One thing I noticed working here is that the VM's are not named the host names. I looked for it for hours across all of our subdomains and could not find it. I had to go through each individual VM and eventually found it.
We still have some old Unix white beards that do this. It annoys the crap out of me. He just set up a server and called it Odin.....
That's all fine and good as long as odin.mydomain.net actually resolves to that actual server, lol.
Ya it just annoys me ha. Everything else is named by purpose.
Our one server... it got names Zues. Of course we knew it was going to be just the 1 server for the foreseeable future.
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@travisdh1 said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
@stacksofplates said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
@dafyre said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
@stacksofplates said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
@wirestyle22 said in Debian File Server File Recovery:
We finally found the replication point and recovered the file. One thing I noticed working here is that the VM's are not named the host names. I looked for it for hours across all of our subdomains and could not find it. I had to go through each individual VM and eventually found it.
We still have some old Unix white beards that do this. It annoys the crap out of me. He just set up a server and called it Odin.....
That's all fine and good as long as odin.mydomain.net actually resolves to that actual server, lol.
Ya it just annoys me ha. Everything else is named by purpose.
Our one server... it got names Zues. Of course we knew it was going to be just the 1 server for the foreseeable future.
If you must use Planets, Greek gods, Mythical creatures, et al... Please make sure they are pselled correctly to avoid further confusion.
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If you think that failing to map hostname to VM name is bad. At the bank we once had a server named something like 192.168.5.34. And no, that was NOT it's IP address.
