On 01/27/2016 03:42 PM, Michael Munger wrote:
> TLDR; = what can I safely exclude from a bacula backup of a Linux
server and still be able to fully recover (bare metal) from a disaster?

Not an answer to your question, but we are
- using raid-1s for system disks,
- using SSDs for system disks,
- dd'ing the system disk before the machine goes into service and
keeping the copy on the shelf,
- backing up /etc and crontabs and not caring about the rest of /.

I'll pick any of the above over a bare metal recovery from a backup
system (SSD being the best option ATM).

FWIW
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Dimitri Maziuk
Programmer/sysadmin
BioMagResBank, UW-Madison -- http://www.bmrb.wisc.edu

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