From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 30 18:47:54 2007 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 8001716A420 for ; Sun, 30 Dec 2007 18:47:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@webtent.net) Received: from esmtp.webtent.net (esmtp.webtent.net [208.38.145.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5496213C45D for ; Sun, 30 Dec 2007 18:47:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@webtent.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by esmtp.webtent.net (WebTent ESMTP Postfix Internet Mail Gateway) with ESMTP id 9409C7FBB0; Sun, 30 Dec 2007 13:47:53 -0500 (EST) Received: from esmtp.webtent.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mx1.webtent.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 19782-07; Sun, 30 Dec 2007 13:47:44 -0500 (EST) Received: from [70.110.70.43] (columbus.webtent.org [70.110.70.43]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by esmtp.webtent.net (WebTent ESMTP Postfix Internet Mail Gateway) with ESMTP id C84817FABC; Sun, 30 Dec 2007 13:47:44 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Fitzpatrick To: Darren Spruell In-Reply-To: <839aec700712301010i278cbefcsd2ccd24179468ce4@mail.gmail.com> References: <1199037275.7325.17.camel@columbus.webtent.org> <839aec700712301010i278cbefcsd2ccd24179468ce4@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: WebTent Networking, Inc. Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 13:47:44 -0500 Message-Id: <1199040464.7325.38.camel@columbus.webtent.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: WebTent Mailguard 1.0.2a Cc: FreeBSD Subject: Re: Imaging to new system X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: robert@webtent.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 18:47:54 -0000 On Sun, 2007-12-30 at 11:10 -0700, Darren Spruell wrote: > On Dec 30, 2007 10:54 AM, Robert Fitzpatrick wrote: > > I have a server running 5.4-RELEASE using RAID-5 on an Intel RAID > > controller that I need to move to faster RAID. Is it possible to image > > or some other way to save the current install and restore after setting > > up the RAID or should I just plan to reinstall everything? > > Running dump(8) and restore(8) would allow you to back up and restore > your system. > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=dump > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=restore > > This is typically used with tape, although you can dump to disk as well. > > If your data/system is critical, you ought to already have some backup > strategy you could restore the system from to your new RAID. If not, > you might put one in place (RAID != backups). > Yes, of course, we have data backup and can restore after reinstalling everything, but I was looking for a complete system restore option. I'll look into these docs, thanks. There is no tape system, so I guess the only hope is if it can be dumped and restored from an NFS drive. From looking at the docs, it does appear this is possible, as long as the data in on a fs mounted by fstab? -- Robert