Best way to make a backup of home directory and system files?

I need to create a backup of my /home/user directory and important files like xorg.conf rc.conf & /boot/grub/menu.lst ?
I would like to put it all into a tar file so I can keep the system on windows with out messing up the files.
Any suggestions?

Misfit138 wrote:
Gen2ly wrote:
I just did this and took notes so it might be your lucky day because I created a wiki page for it:
Restore from Configurations
Terrific job.
I would suggest changing the name to "System Restore from Configuration".
Thank you.
Done.

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I know Adobe allows you to re-download the software whenever needed, but it would be more handy for us to have a backup here rather than wait for another really long download...
Suggestions?
Thanks!

You can buy a set of backup disks from Adobe for a nominal fee. You might want to give them a call and ask about it.
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Best way to make a backup before a Production move

Here's a best practices question concerning Production MOVE procedures.
Environment:
OWB 10g Client on Windows XP Professional
Repository - 9.2.0.4 on UNIX (AIX 5.2)
Runtime - 9.2.0.4 on UNIX (AIX 5.2)
Target - 9.2.0.4 on UNIX (AIX 5.2)
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When moving a new object (mapping, table, etc.) into the Production area, I plan to first move the metadata with an EXPORT / IMPORT and then do the deployment with OMB (ugh!).
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I was initially thinking of doing a metadata EXPORT of the objects being promoted before the new ones are IMPORTed.
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Gary

Hello, I'm using OWB 9.2.0.4 and I can take snapshots for complete modules
OMBCREATE SNAPSHOT 'SNAP_ANAPAT' ADD ORACLE_MODULE 'STG_ANAPAT';
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I agree with the previous post that OWB has bad limitations in metadata management. I'd really like a MDL file browser where
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deployment sites with different processes and I want to give everyone exactly what is needed.
The output of the PL/SQL is
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There is also a procedure to restore the data from the backup to newly deployed tables.
Table updates are critical: when you add new columns, constraints, drop columns etc there is no automatic way to upgrade so this often needs manual intervention.
Results of the import step can be checked controlling the log files.
Results of the deploy step can be checked querying the runtime repository or with the Runtime Audit Browser.
I adopted XML deploy because it allows to obtain a pre-digested, faster deploy then what is obtained deploying directly from the repository: this is especially important with many target repositories.
It's useful in a development environment also as you can, with a single procedure call, export/deploy all objects modified since a given date.
I'd like to listen to other people ideas about other ways to automate these annoying tasks.
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www.paragon-software.com
Some general Apple Help www.apple.com/support/
Also,
Mac OS X Help
http://www.apple.com/support/macbasics/
Isolating Issues in Mac OS
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1388
https://www.apple.com/support/osx/
https://www.apple.com/support/quickassist/
http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/help/
http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/tour/
Get Help with your Product
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304725
Apple Mac App Store
https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_app_store/using_mac_apple_store
How to Buy Mac OS X Mountain Lion/Lion
http://www.apple.com/osx/how-to-upgrade/
TimeMachine 101
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1427
http://www.apple.com/support/timemachine
Mac OS X Community
https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_os

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I think checking the coordinates for the mouse would be very
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Hello,
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Regards,
Saeed

Hai !!!
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