From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 15 15:03:32 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8849616A41F for ; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:03:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from paolo.tealdi@polito.it) Received: from polito.it (terra.polito.it [130.192.3.81]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF9EB43D45 for ; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:03:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from paolo.tealdi@polito.it) X-ExtScanner: Niversoft's FindAttachments (free) Received: from [130.192.92.21] (HELO demostene.polito.it) by terra.polito.it (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.8) with ESMTPS id 107153; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 16:03:29 +0100 Message-Id: <7.0.1.0.0.20060315153306.02165290@polito.it> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.0.1.0 Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:55:07 +0100 To: Alex Zbyslaw From: Paolo Tealdi In-Reply-To: <441821AD.1080605@dial.pipex.com> References: <7.0.1.0.0.20060315131135.0327a978@polito.it> <441821AD.1080605@dial.pipex.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dump level 9 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: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:03:32 -0000 At 14.16 15/03/2006 +0000, you wrote: >Paolo Tealdi wrote: > >> >>Anybody has any idea ? >Show us the output of the dump command which didn't work as you >expected. Right when it starts it tells you what level of dump it >is doing and when it thinks the last relevant dump was. This may >not be the problem, but it's the best place to start! anfitrione# dump 9SuLBf 1000000000 - /home > /backup/anfitrione/test.bck DUMP: Date of this level 9 dump: Wed Mar 15 15:34:41 2006 DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: Sat Mar 11 19:40:24 2006 DUMP: Dumping snapshot of /dev/da0s1g (/home) to standard output DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files] DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories] DUMP: estimated 57364771 tape blocks. S : does only an estimation of the tape blocks. This is the df output /dev/da0s1a 253678 158996 74388 68% / devfs 1 1 0 100% /dev /dev/da0s1h 38095704 26227564 11106226 70% /dati /dev/da0s1g 91399912 57543202 32028712 64% /home /dev/da0s1e 507630 298 466722 0% /tmp /dev/da0s1f 5077038 2866754 2108744 58% /usr /dev/da0s1d 507630 95858 371162 21% /var /dev/gvinum/vinum0 276640510 179205196 91902504 66% /backup >Btw, I think your -B 1000000000 is not the best way to go. Just use >-a instead. When i created the script (LONG time ago), if remember well, i had problems with -a, resolved with -B 1000000000 . Thanks for the help, Best regards, Paolo Tealdi Ing. Paolo Tealdi Servizi Informatici per le Biblioteche Politecnico Torino Phone : +39-011-5646714 , FAX : +39-011-5646799 C.so Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 - 10129 Torino - ITALY Email : paolo.tealdi@polito.it