From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 1 17:21:58 2009 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 14ECA1065676 for ; Fri, 1 May 2009 17:21:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from craig001@lerwick.hopto.org) Received: from lerwick.hopto.org (81-178-20-70.dsl.pipex.com [81.178.20.70]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82E9C8FC20 for ; Fri, 1 May 2009 17:21:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from craig001@lerwick.hopto.org) Received: (qmail 1507 invoked by uid 98); 1 May 2009 18:22:03 +0100 Received: from 192.168.0.2 by polaris.lerwick.hopto.org (envelope-from , uid 82) with qmail-scanner-2.01 (clamdscan: 0.88.4/1789. hbedv: 7.1.1.11/6.35.1.178. f-prot: 4.6.6/3.16.14. spamassassin: 3.1.4. Clear:RC:1(192.168.0.2):. Processed in 3.48928 secs); 01 May 2009 17:22:03 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.0.2?) (192.168.0.2) by lerwick.hopto.org with SMTP; 1 May 2009 18:21:59 +0100 From: Craig Butler To: Martin McCormick In-Reply-To: <200905011707.n41H7M6b021540@dc.cis.okstate.edu> References: <200905011707.n41H7M6b021540@dc.cis.okstate.edu> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 01 May 2009 18:21:06 +0100 Message-Id: <1241198466.19500.8.camel@main.lerwick.hopto.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.24.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: When a System Dies; Getting back in operation again. 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, 01 May 2009 17:21:58 -0000 Bacula is your friend, tried and tested http://www.bacula.org/en/dev-manual/Disast_Recove_Using_Bacula.html#SECTION0043150000000000000000 /Craig On Fri, 2009-05-01 at 12:07 -0500, Martin McCormick wrote: > Let's say we have a system that is backed up regularly and it > vanishes in a puff of smoke one day. One can get FreeBSD > installed on a new drive in maybe half an hour or so but we also > need to get back to the right patch level and then we can say we > are back where we started. If you do not have hot-swappable > drives which we mostly do not, What is the best way to restore > the full system? > > Can I use the FreeBSD installation disk in rescue mode? > The idea would be to boot the CDROM, go in to rescue mode, mount > the new drive which may be blank right now, and then use restore > based on the last dump of the system we are trying to revive. > > Thanks. > > Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK > Systems Engineer > OSU Information Technology Department Telecommunications Services Group > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"