> 2. Are there any recommendations for handling the /var/log folder, something
> along the lines of truncating the files so that only the last 500k, or only
> the last 100000 lines are copied
>
If your files here are getting this big I recommend you keep them
under control with logrotate.

>
> 3. Would any of you recommend excluding the /var/log folder?
>
Yes. But if you do back this up it will compress very well on tape or
using the builtin compression. Expect > 10:1 for these files.

John

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