From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 16 22:52:08 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AFD116A402 for ; Wed, 16 May 2007 22:52:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A185B13C44B for ; Wed, 16 May 2007 22:52:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 23859 invoked from network); 16 May 2007 17:52:07 -0500 Received: from 203-206-253-50.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO localhost) (203.206.253.50) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 16 May 2007 17:52:06 -0500 Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 08:52:01 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome To: Roland Smith Message-ID: <20070517085201.73e347b3@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20070516205504.GD97410@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <437646E3279CED649940FB48@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <20070516202735.GB97410@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20070516205504.GD97410@slackbox.xs4all.nl> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.9.1 (GTK+ 2.10.12; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Paul Schmehl , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Best remote backup method? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 22:52:08 -0000 On Wed, 16 May 2007 22:55:04 +0200 Roland Smith wrote: > And, if you _really_ screw things up, like 'rm -rf foo *' > instead of 'rm -rf foo*' from /usr/bin, bunzip2 and restore are right there > in /rescue, while rsync isn't. And getting rsync to work when /usr/bin is > hosed is quite a lot of work (no compiler etc). > > And yes, these things happen (speaking from personal experience). :-( > > So making backups with something that is available in /rescue or on the > boot CD is definitely a huge plus. Because if you need those backups, > chances are you need them badly. Very true. Also, dump/restore allows you to use snapshots on a live filesystem (I would test it properly on a large FS with heavy activity). Now, if you are worried about "backing up the whole filesystem"...well, just tell dump not to dump it :) man chflags (in particular, the nodump flag) man dump (in particular, -h ) having said that, each tool has its advantages.... i use rdiff-backup for my laptop, but dump/restore on servers . _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome If you were supposed to understand it, we wouldn't call it 'code'. I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.