Disaster recovery with HDD upgrade

[loic]

Thanks Michael, I have no more time today, so I have reinstalled my old drive.
Today, I have understood a few things:

• Don’t install NS over Centos
• For a clean install, remove prior everything on the drive (that was why I used the Centos install)
• After the config restore, users are there, but LDAP should be reactivated to see them
  Next time, I will do all that again, but with the re-installation of the applications before the data
  See you next time!

[pike (Michael Kicks)]

@loic

Don’t install NS over Centos

It’s a bit more… analog than that.

If you’re as noob as i am (a stated lot of times before), using the NethServer ISO leads to a much more predictable experience, on different kind of situations: the partition table and schema is known, and a lot of solutons are applicable without too much hassle.

IDK if the Backup configuration also take consideration of the partitioning/mountpoints or only the filesystem paths. Which a skilled sysadmin can change, as someone did on this issue when the size of the disk was… too small.

[loic]

Next time I will try with first the re-installation of repos, as stated:

Support automatic RPM reinstall during restore procedure

My rpms should be part of a backup restoration, but you need to install first nethserver-stephdl-1.0.1

[pike (Michael Kicks)]

And… where you stated that you’re using StephDL or MrMarkuz repositories in your setup?

If you told so… I 'd link that to you… and told to do something before restoring configuration…

External Repository not restored from configuration restore

Steps to reproduce create a server add external repository (Mr Markuz) install apps you need (packages, modules) create config backup create data backup apply config backup to another freshly installed server restore config backup restore data backup Effects: empty application list (from previously installed modules and packages) no modules installable from Software Center impossible to perform updates modules not restored No user interface error is showed after the restore Optional - Feeli…

[loic]

I should have done that for php install due to Nextcloud, but it is some time ago

[pike (Michael Kicks)]

WILMAAAHHHH BRING ME THE CLUB!
I’m feeling soooo Flinstone…

[loic]

Back this morning with the will to do something nice and don’t deceive @pike, I could reinstall everything fresh and clean. Here is how:
1 Fresh backups of configuration et data
2 Wipe new drive
3 Fresh default install of NS7 from the ISO
4 yum update and reboot
5 Restore config, without the packages
6 Remove and reinstall account provider to local ldap, all my accounts and groups are back
7 From the Software Center, reinstall all applications I need, reboot
8 Restore data, reboot
9 Yeah!!!
I installed extra repositories due to php version issue for Nextcloud, but the present install seems to work fine without them. @pike thanks again for your time. Now I know how to do disaster recovery. I hope my experience can help others.

[pike (Michael Kicks)]

@loic

6 Remove and reinstall account provider to local ldap, all my accounts and groups are back

This is the part that most intrigues me. I mean… Why should this be necessary, @support_team ?

[mrmarkuz (Markus Neuberger)]

I think it’s necessary in this case because the config was restored without installing packages.

[pike (Michael Kicks)]

So why LDAP Server as account provider server was installed?

[mrmarkuz (Markus Neuberger)]

It was configured but not installed. By removing and adding account provider it gets installed I guess.