Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 09:22:06 -0500 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: "Simon" <simon@optinet.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: network backup Message-ID: <bm3pvu06umktacjbt9g5vi0i7n6kkvtcfi@4ax.com> In-Reply-To: <mailman.1039802762.69058.fisp-l@lists.sentex.ca> References: <20021213165625.GB91604@dan.emsphone.com> <mailman.1039802762.69058.fisp-l@lists.sentex.ca>
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On Fri, 13 Dec 2002 13:07:18 -0500, in sentex.lists.freebsd.isp you = wrote: >archive grew over gig or so in size, it errored out on me). Dump is a >mess to work with, it doesn't work with directories nor with single >archive file. You need to keep creating new dumps using different >backup levels and I don't know how you will restore files for x user >using all those little dumps when you need to efficiently. Dump will work with a single archive file per level. Yes, it does work on= a file system basis and not directory, but your generally want a level0 backup of your entire system anyways. Its also very efficient for = restoring the odd file from the archive file. restore -i -f <filename> and its MUCH nicer to work with than tar this way. If you keep 5 levels of = incremental dumps, yes, you will need to do this potentially for 5 different files, = but still works as expected. We do something like this /sbin/dump -0uanf - /usr |gzip -9 | ssh remoteuser@backupserver.example.com dd of=3D/home/targetdir/root-server-al0.gz ---Mike Mike Tancsa (mike@sentex.net)=09 http://www.sentex.net/mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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