Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:32:19 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Jan Hlodan <jan.hlodan@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, "J.D. Bronson" <jd_bronson@sbcglobal.net> Subject: Re: Backing up freebsd to 1 file? Message-ID: <4BCB2603.7080303@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <w2ufbded2e1004180719l545efe72ld3d361e306673d67@mail.gmail.com> References: <4BCB07C0.8010305@sbcglobal.net> <w2ufbded2e1004180719l545efe72ld3d361e306673d67@mail.gmail.com>
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On 18/04/2010 15:19:32, Jan Hlodan wrote:
> you can migrate to zfs and then create snapshot of whole disk, import
> this snapshot (e.g. via ssh) and then restore it back.
You can create snapshots with UFS too. It's a good way of getting a
reasonably consistent backup without having to shut the whole system down.
Cheers,
Matthew
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