Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:31:27 -0700 From: John Webster <jwebster@es.net> To: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Remote backups using ssh and dump Message-ID: <821B479497FEC6201E3FBB0D@jw-laptop.dhcp.lbnl.us> In-Reply-To: <4E73E577666CE823A7212C54@utd65257.utdallas.edu> References: <4E73E577666CE823A7212C54@utd65257.utdallas.edu>
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We use the following in a script to backup our servers.
/bin/ssh -q -o 'BatchMode yes' -l <user> <host> '/sbin/dump -h 0 -0uf - /home \
| /usr/bin/gzip --fast' 2> /path/to/logs/<host>/home_full.dump.log
> /backups/<host>_home_full.dump.gz
--On April 4, 2008 12:59:27 PM -0500 Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> wrote:
> Has anyone done this?
>
> I'm presently using rsync over ssh, but I think dump would be better if it will work. I've been reading the man page, but I'm wondering if anyone is doing this successfully and would like to share their cmdline.
>
> --
> Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu)
> Senior Information Security Analyst
> The University of Texas at Dallas
> http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
>
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