Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 23:40:22 -0800 From: "Crist J . Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net> To: Aaron Navratil <anavratil@icplanet.com> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: dump over ssh Message-ID: <20001206234022.P99903@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com> In-Reply-To: <B155B68E3C16D411BAB100508BAD0AEB308B3B@exchange01.athensnetwork.com>; from anavratil@icplanet.com on Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 11:49:34AM -0800 References: <B155B68E3C16D411BAB100508BAD0AEB308B3B@exchange01.athensnetwork.com>
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On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 11:49:34AM -0800, Aaron Navratil wrote:
> has anyone sucessfully dumped a file system to a remote host using
> ssh if so can you show me your script or command line options?
$ dump -0f - /filesystem | ssh remote-host "restore -rf -"
I used to do it all of the time. Attached is a script I used to use to
backup a filesystem on another machine. It's pretty heavily
commented. The script actually does the opposite of the above. It is
run on the machine doing the restore.
--
Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu
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#!/bin/sh
#
# Copyright (c) 1999, Crist J. Clark, cjclark@alum.mit.edu
# Redistribution and modification permitted provided this
# notice is left intact and modifications from the original
# are clearly noted as such. The author requests, but does not
# require, that any improvements, fixes, or extensions made
# to the code be forwarded to him.
#
# Usage: mailsync [-f]
#
# Does a daily dump to keep files on the mailserver and its backup
# in sync. The script should be run by root on the backup machine.
#
# The '-f' switch causes a full backup to be run. A full dump is also
# done if information about the previous dump cannot be found.
# Otherwise, only files changed since the last dump are backed up.
#
# WARNING!!!
#
# This procedure never takes into account the fact that files
# can disappear from the main server. BACKED UP FILES ARE NOT
# DELETED WHEN THEY DISAPPEAR FROM THE SERVER.
# Executable full paths
SSH=/usr/bin/ssh
DUMP=/sbin/dump
RESTORE=/sbin/restore
# Server we are backing up
SERVER=newmail
# Each filesystem to be backed up is paired with a destination directory
FILESYSPAIRS="/ /u0 \
/usr /u0/usr \
/var /u0/var \
/home /u0/home"
# Where we store info about dumps
DUMPTIME=/etc/dumptime.$SERVER
# Files in this directory clobber files we have just backed up
OVRWRTDIR=/root/BackupOverwrites
# #####################################################################
# Nothing below this point should need changing
CMD=`basename $0`
usage() {
echo "usage: $CMD [-f]" >&2
}
errmsg() {
echo "$CMD: $*" >&2
}
set -- `getopt f $*`
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
usage
exit 1
fi
for ARG in $*; do
case "$ARG" in
-f) FULLDUMP=YES; shift;;
--) shift; break;;
*) errmsg "internal error"; exit 2;;
esac
done
if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
usage
exit 1
fi
set -- $FILESYSPAIRS
# Check if this is an incremental or a full dump
if [ X"$FULLDUMP" = X"YES" ] || [ ! -f $DUMPTIME ]; then
DUMPLEVEL="-0"
else
DUMPLEVEL="-T \"`cat $DUMPTIME`\""
fi
# Store time of this dump-restore
date +"%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Y" > $DUMPTIME
while [ $1 ] && [ $2 ]; do
# Change to restore filesystem
if ! cd $2; then
errmsg "bad local destination, $2"
else
# Dump the filesystem
$SSH $SERVER "$DUMP $DUMPLEVEL -a -f - $1" | $RESTORE -xyuf -
fi
shift; shift
done
# Do overwrites
if [ -d $OVRWRTDIR ]; then
LOCALROOT=`echo $FILESYSPAIRS | awk '{ print $2 }'`
# This is a special consideration for clearing the kernel schg flag
chflags noschg $LOCALROOT/kernel
tar cf - -C $OVRWRTDIR . | tar xf - -C $LOCALROOT
# Reset flag on kernel
chflags schg $LOCALROOT/kernel
fi
exit 0
#End -- NOT REACHED
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