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    From pweck@23:1/1 to All on Sunday, September 27, 2026 22:02:17
    back up your configuration files before every upgrade, *no exceptions*

    a single bad update can overwrite settings that took months to tune and a five-minute copy job is the cheapest insurance available

    we have all been there

    pweck
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  • From Nigel Reed@23:250/12 to pweck on Monday, September 28, 2026 18:13:07
    Re: back up before upgrading
    By: pweck to All on Sun Sep 27 2026 22:02:17

    back up your configuration files before every upgrade, *no exceptions*

    a single bad update can overwrite settings that took months to tune and a five-minute copy job is the cheapest insurance available

    I use a backup system called burp (backup and restore program). It's free, currently supported, fast and reliable. I have a VPS in another country and backup my BBS nightly.

    For 30 euros a year I get 512gb of storage, 1.5tb bandwidth, 1vcpu and 1gb of ram which is plenty.

    It backs up by itself early in the morning so any config changes I make that day are automatically saved. You can tell his how many days/weeks/months to keep backups for and all kinds of stuff. Highly recommended.

    https://burp.grke.org/

    It'll use VSS on windows and good 'ol librsync for Linux.
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  • From pweck@23:1/1 to Nigel Reed on Monday, September 28, 2026 18:54:58
    I use a backup system called burp (backup and restore program). It's
    free, currently supported, fast and reliable. I have a VPS in another country and backup my BBS nightly.

    For 30 euros a year I get 512gb of storage, 1.5tb bandwidth, 1vcpu and
    1gb of ram which is plenty.

    It backs up by itself early in the morning so any config changes I make that day are automatically saved. You can tell his how many days/weeks/months to keep backups for and all kinds of stuff. Highly recommended.

    https://burp.grke.org/

    that sounds like a great way to do it, i'll look into it

    pweck
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  • From Bucko@23:150/11 to pweck on Monday, September 28, 2026 20:36:17
    On 27 Sep 2026, pweck said the following...

    back up your configuration files before every upgrade, *no exceptions*

    a single bad update can overwrite settings that took months to tune and a five-minute copy job is the cheapest insurance available

    we have all been there


    I run my BBS' (yes plural) in Proxmoxx VM's, I use Proxmoxx Backup server to back up the VM's to a 24TB UNAS Pro7 Nas, that in turn gets backed up every other day to a Synology NAS I have which has 45TB. The Synology gets backed up to both a external drive and a UGREEN NAS at my sons house both backups run on opposite days.. So I think I got it covered at least for now..


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  • From pweck@23:1/1 to Bucko on Monday, September 28, 2026 19:48:06
    back up your configuration files before every upgrade, *no exceptions

    a single bad update can overwrite settings that took months to tune a five-minute copy job is the cheapest insurance available

    we have all been there


    I run my BBS' (yes plural) in Proxmoxx VM's, I use Proxmoxx Backup
    server to back up the VM's to a 24TB UNAS Pro7 Nas, that in turn gets backed up every other day to a Synology NAS I have which has 45TB. The Synology gets backed up to both a external drive and a UGREEN NAS at my sons house both backups run on opposite days.. So I think I got it
    covered at least for now..

    damn i guess you do! way out of my learning area, i think i gotta get more involved!

    pweck
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  • From Bucko@23:150/11 to pweck on Tuesday, September 29, 2026 20:27:00
    On 28 Sep 2026, pweck said the following...

    damn i guess you do! way out of my learning area, i think i gotta get more involved!


    No I really don't... LOL My son talked me into the VPN into his house and vice versa, he uses the VPN so when I have issues, he can log in and do what needs to be done, he is the IT specialist in my family. I just do things by the seat of my pants!!


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