Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 11:30:00 +0200 From: Peter Schuller <peter.schuller@infidyne.com> To: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> Cc: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> Subject: Re: Best remote backup method? Message-ID: <464C2098.4050109@infidyne.com> In-Reply-To: <20070517085201.73e347b3@localhost> References: <437646E3279CED649940FB48@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <20070516202735.GB97410@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20070516205504.GD97410@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20070517085201.73e347b3@localhost>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] > Also, dump/restore allows you to use snapshots on a live filesystem (I would > test it properly on a large FS with heavy activity). But it's worth pointing out that this is fully possibly with any backup tool - just run mksnap_ffs and backup a mounted snapshot. I do this with rdiff-backup for example. > 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 ) The problem with this is for me two-fold: (1) It's a global property. I can't take different backups that include/exclude different things. (2) I can't easily express "backup /usr/var/db/my-important-database" without seting "nodump" on a bunch of stuff except that. In other words, I want exclude by default, while dump and the chflags system provides include by default. That said I do like dump's integration with snapshots and overall coherent feeling. If backup diskspace and bandwidth was not a concern I'd use it. -- / Peter Schuller PGP userID: 0xE9758B7D or 'Peter Schuller <peter.schuller@infidyne.com>' Key retrieval: Send an E-Mail to getpgpkey@scode.org E-Mail: peter.schuller@infidyne.com Web: http://www.scode.org [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGTCCiDNor2+l1i30RCG2vAKDWrLCKicAjgQI2Dd6HeWYIrd8fLwCeMu7D 5lNEm9gUoNO+p4mRN2YqF0w= =d4u3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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