Debian File Server File Recovery

dafyre

@travisdh1 said in Debian File Server File Recovery:

@wirestyle22 said in Debian File Server File Recovery:

@travisdh1 nope $:\$

Uck. Do you know the type of file system (xfs, ext3, ext4, zfs)?

cat /etc/fstab may help if you don't know right off.

wirestyle22

I'm going to check tomorrow. I don't know Debian at all practically but TurnKey made it very easy for my boss (a non-linux user) to install it.

scottalanmiller

@wirestyle22 said in Debian File Server File Recovery:

I'm going to check tomorrow. I don't know Debian at all practically but TurnKey made it very easy for my boss (a non-linux user) to install it.

Violating the front loading system admin principle.

stacksofplates

@scottalanmiller said in Debian File Server File Recovery:

@wirestyle22 said in Debian File Server File Recovery:

I'm going to check tomorrow. I don't know Debian at all practically but TurnKey made it very easy for my boss (a non-linux user) to install it.

Violating the front loading system admin principle.

Ya turnkey is cool to test stuff but I don't think I'd run any production system with it. Tell me this is at least an ISO and not an OpenVZ container...

wirestyle22

@stacksofplates said in Debian File Server File Recovery:

@scottalanmiller said in Debian File Server File Recovery:

@wirestyle22 said in Debian File Server File Recovery:

I'm going to check tomorrow. I don't know Debian at all practically but TurnKey made it very easy for my boss (a non-linux user) to install it.

Violating the front loading system admin principle.

Ya turnkey is cool to test stuff but I don't think I'd run any production system with it. Tell me this is at least an ISO and not an OpenVZ container...

I've never used it and never would. I don't see a point to it

DustinB3403

I've played with Turnkey linux, and its scary how easy of a process those guys have made those systems.

Sooooo EASY! You miss everything that you really need to know about the system in every case.

scottalanmiller

@DustinB3403 said in Debian File Server File Recovery:

I've played with Turnkey linux, and its scary how easy of a process those guys have made those systems.

Sooooo EASY! You miss everything that you really need to know about the system in every case.

That's scary.

wirestyle22

@DustinB3403 said in Debian File Server File Recovery:

I've played with Turnkey linux, and its scary how easy of a process those guys have made those systems.

Sooooo EASY! You miss everything that you really need to know about the system in every case.

Yeah, I don't want to learn everything the easy way. I want to learn it the right way.

wirestyle22

@DustinB3403 said in Debian File Server File Recovery:

I've played with Turnkey linux, and its scary how easy of a process those guys have made those systems.

Sooooo EASY! You miss everything that you really need to know about the system in every case.

i feel like learning Debian is kind of pointless unless you are a hobbyist or have no other choice. I can't think of a good reason to use it

DustinB3403

Yeah I'd almost say that turnkey linux is comparable to FreeNAS.

scottalanmiller

So, if you have a full backup of a disk image.. kick off a restore and do not power it on. Just get a VHD file. Then load up a LiveCD. Linux Mint is handy for this. Attach that VHD to the VM that has the LiveCD. Boot to Linux Mint and it will likely auto-mount the restored VHD. Now you can navigate it like a normal file system and restore individual files. Keep the LiveCD VM handy because this is a standard process for doing this kind of file restore.

wirestyle22

@travisdh1 said in Debian File Server File Recovery:

@wirestyle22 said in Debian File Server File Recovery:

@travisdh1 nope $:\$

Uck. Do you know the type of file system (xfs, ext3, ext4, zfs)?

ext4

stacksofplates

@scottalanmiller said in Debian File Server File Recovery:

@DustinB3403 said in Debian File Server File Recovery:

I've played with Turnkey linux, and its scary how easy of a process those guys have made those systems.

Sooooo EASY! You miss everything that you really need to know about the system in every case.

That's scary.

Ya it's nice to see final configs and how they (possibly) should look but to run it in an environment is kind of concerning. Esp when each image has webmin installed by default.

For example the openldap image has some php web interface to manage ldap. That's fairly concerning to me. It would take more work to rip it out than to just set it up properly.

travisdh1

@wirestyle22 said in Debian File Server File Recovery:

@travisdh1 said in Debian File Server File Recovery:

@wirestyle22 said in Debian File Server File Recovery:

@travisdh1 nope $:\$

Uck. Do you know the type of file system (xfs, ext3, ext4, zfs)?

ext4

I'd try extundelete then. Be sure to read the man page for usage, I haven't used it before myself.

wirestyle22

@stacksofplates said in Debian File Server File Recovery:

It would take more work to rip it out than to just set it up properly.

Seems to be the case across the board

BRRABill

@scottalanmiller said in Debian File Server File Recovery:

So, if you have a full backup of a disk image.. kick off a restore and do not power it on. Just get a VHD file. Then load up a LiveCD. Linux Mint is handy for this. Attach that VHD to the VM that has the LiveCD. Boot to Linux Mint and it will likely auto-mount the restored VHD. Now you can navigate it like a normal file system and restore individual files. Keep the LiveCD VM handy because this is a standard process for doing this kind of file restore.

If no backups, is it possible they have this?

wirestyle22

@BRRABill said in Debian File Server File Recovery:

@scottalanmiller said in Debian File Server File Recovery:

So, if you have a full backup of a disk image.. kick off a restore and do not power it on. Just get a VHD file. Then load up a LiveCD. Linux Mint is handy for this. Attach that VHD to the VM that has the LiveCD. Boot to Linux Mint and it will likely auto-mount the restored VHD. Now you can navigate it like a normal file system and restore individual files. Keep the LiveCD VM handy because this is a standard process for doing this kind of file restore.

If no backups, is it possible they have this?

We probably have a backup. The guy who made it is on vacation so we are waiting to hear back from him. It's most likely the entire VM though.

BRRABill

@wirestyle22 said in Debian File Server File Recovery:

@BRRABill said in Debian File Server File Recovery:

@scottalanmiller said in Debian File Server File Recovery:

So, if you have a full backup of a disk image.. kick off a restore and do not power it on. Just get a VHD file. Then load up a LiveCD. Linux Mint is handy for this. Attach that VHD to the VM that has the LiveCD. Boot to Linux Mint and it will likely auto-mount the restored VHD. Now you can navigate it like a normal file system and restore individual files. Keep the LiveCD VM handy because this is a standard process for doing this kind of file restore.

If no backups, is it possible they have this?

We probably have a backup. The guy who made it is on vacation so we are waiting to hear back from him.

/flame suit on

wirestyle22

@BRRABill said in Debian File Server File Recovery:

@wirestyle22 said in Debian File Server File Recovery:

@BRRABill said in Debian File Server File Recovery:

@scottalanmiller said in Debian File Server File Recovery:

So, if you have a full backup of a disk image.. kick off a restore and do not power it on. Just get a VHD file. Then load up a LiveCD. Linux Mint is handy for this. Attach that VHD to the VM that has the LiveCD. Boot to Linux Mint and it will likely auto-mount the restored VHD. Now you can navigate it like a normal file system and restore individual files. Keep the LiveCD VM handy because this is a standard process for doing this kind of file restore.

If no backups, is it possible they have this?

We probably have a backup. The guy who made it is on vacation so we are waiting to hear back from him.

/flame suit on

scottalanmiller

@wirestyle22 said in Debian File Server File Recovery:

@BRRABill said in Debian File Server File Recovery:

@scottalanmiller said in Debian File Server File Recovery:

So, if you have a full backup of a disk image.. kick off a restore and do not power it on. Just get a VHD file. Then load up a LiveCD. Linux Mint is handy for this. Attach that VHD to the VM that has the LiveCD. Boot to Linux Mint and it will likely auto-mount the restored VHD. Now you can navigate it like a normal file system and restore individual files. Keep the LiveCD VM handy because this is a standard process for doing this kind of file restore.

If no backups, is it possible they have this?

We probably have a backup. The guy who made it is on vacation so we are waiting to hear back from him. It's most likely the entire VM though.

Then everything is probably okay.