Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 18:00:09 -0400 (EDT) From: Doug Denault <doug@safeport.com> To: Todd Reed <ex279@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Backup Procedures Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1010918172158.48600D-100000@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <F116Z21gpMzQ8u7zCpU00015c65@hotmail.com>
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You asked several questions here without enough detail to answer any of them except the one I do not know the answer to. It is okay to run dump on a live file system? I thought the answer to that was no, but in looking around I can not find that as a consideration in any of the threads. Even if it is okay from a data integrity standpoint (meaning the file system itself would be okay if you restored the entire tape) You have the problem of what happens to an individual file(s) you might wish to restore. As to procedures, you need to define your needs and budget, and work backwards. I.e, what is appropriate for the data you are backing up, do you have suitable hardware, any time constraints, and so forth. Not to forget, does it really work (test it all out). There is a pretty good thread on the hackers mailing list, and some but not much on isp. There is a better discussion on the bsdi-users list which you can read at http://www.nexial.com/cgi-bin/bsdibody. Search on backup Hope that gets you started. If anyone knows, I would like like to know the "live file system" answer. On Tue, 18 Sep 2001, Todd Reed wrote: > How do others backup their system? I mean, do you kick off all users, deny > logins, or does the system get backed up while users are logged in and > working? > > What are the procedures? > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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