From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 27 23:14:44 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 853541065771 for ; Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:14:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.23]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 005588FC08 for ; Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:14:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n0RNEc7g085163; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:14:39 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id EECBDBA93; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:14:37 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:14:37 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: Martin McCormick Message-ID: <20090127231437.GB97827@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <200901272230.n0RMUsk7035006@dc.cis.okstate.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="JYK4vJDZwFMowpUq" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200901272230.n0RMUsk7035006@dc.cis.okstate.edu> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Looking for a Good FreeBSD and General Unix Backup System 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: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:14:45 -0000 --JYK4vJDZwFMowpUq Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 04:30:54PM -0600, Martin McCormick wrote: > Several months ago, I started using dar to backup a > number of FreeBSD and Linux systems to one FreeBSD box. It > worked fine once one got the syntax of the remote commands > working, but then it all died when I moved it to a new > FreeBSD6.3 system.=20 >=20 > If I can't figure out what is wrong or whether it is > worth fixing, I am going to have to find some other archiver so > we can get good backups and trust them to be easily restored. Depends on _what you want to back up. For backing up FreeBSD system files, use dump(8). My machines have separate partitions for /, /usr and /var. These are all backed-up by making dumps. For backing up user data, like /home, I prefer rsync. If my machine breaks, I can restore the system from dumps using nothing but a boot CD and the dumps. (to get / and all ports back up and running), and then use rsync to restore the user data. > What we plan to do is backup a bunch of Unix systems to > one FreeBSD box and then use a commercial package to back that > box up to an enterprise-wide system we use. The archiver we need > must be able to make 1 full backup of each system like tar and > then incrementals until we are ready for another full backup. >=20 > Any suggestions as to what is best? Use the OS's native dump(8) command to back up the system partitions. It's the best way to do a bare metal recovery. For the rest, use rsync(1). Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --JYK4vJDZwFMowpUq Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.10 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkl/lV0ACgkQEnfvsMMhpyUX5wCfRXUVrjeVHzY1j4JxN1+/RdZa qoYAoJ41nASObIUae02x9aQeuhFZ+tQG =K6KQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --JYK4vJDZwFMowpUq--