From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 4 21:00:04 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29877106564A for ; Fri, 4 Apr 2008 21:00:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jalmberg@identry.com) Received: from mx1.identry.com (on.identry.com [66.111.0.194]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79DE58FC0C for ; Fri, 4 Apr 2008 21:00:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jalmberg@identry.com) Received: (qmail 49004 invoked by uid 89); 4 Apr 2008 21:00:02 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.110?) (jalmberg@75.127.142.66) by mx1.identry.com with ESMTPA; 4 Apr 2008 21:00:02 -0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) References: <05AE2191-0A3D-4E5B-9B0F-06F6AB6447A0@identry.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: John Almberg Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 17:00:01 -0400 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) Subject: Fwd: Remote backups using ssh and dump 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: Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:00:04 -0000 > > Little did I know, when I posted this question, that I would > receive such a wealth of information. I'm deeply appreciative of > the community's willingness to share information and thank each and > every one of your for your contributions. > > Now I have some reading to do. :-) > > I think there is a difference between what dump does and what tar/ rsync do... I like the idea of doing a bit level backup, rather than a file level backup. If you've never done a dump, try it locally, and then try restore, particularly interactive restore (restore -i). It's pretty cool and I don't think tar or rsync have anything like it. -- John