From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 1 20:50:15 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 697C510656DD for ; Fri, 1 May 2009 20:50:15 +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 A4F368FC2C for ; Fri, 1 May 2009 20:50:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from craig001@lerwick.hopto.org) Received: (qmail 35171 invoked by uid 98); 1 May 2009 21:50:22 +0100 Received: from 10.0.0.1 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(10.0.0.1):. Processed in 3.49577 secs); 01 May 2009 20:50:22 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lerwick.hopto.org) (10.0.0.1) by lerwick.hopto.org with SMTP; 1 May 2009 21:50:18 +0100 Received: from 192.168.0.146 (SquirrelMail authenticated user lug) by lerwick.hopto.org with HTTP; Fri, 1 May 2009 21:50:18 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <4830.192.168.0.146.1241211018.squirrel@lerwick.hopto.org> In-Reply-To: <20090501193214.GA44369@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <200905011707.n41H7M6b021540@dc.cis.okstate.edu> <1241198466.19500.8.camel@main.lerwick.hopto.org> <20090501193214.GA44369@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 21:50:18 +0100 (BST) From: craig001@lerwick.hopto.org To: "Jerry McAllister" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.8 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Cc: Craig Butler , Martin McCormick , 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 20:50:16 -0000 > On Fri, May 01, 2009 at 06:21:06PM +0100, Craig Butler wrote: > >> Bacula is your friend, tried and tested >> > > The guy is making nice reliable dump(8)s of his file systems. > He doesn't need to waste time and energy with yet another thing. > > Dump and restore work just fine, are part of the system and > handle situations like these most reliably.. > > ////jerry Sorry I just skip read it, wasn't sure he was using dump, but agreed dump/restore easy peasy, included and quick. > > >> 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" >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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" >