Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 11:50:55 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> To: ajohnson@c-com.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Backups Message-ID: <199810021650.LAA00696@horton.iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <000f01bdee1d$38b4fed0$177e7fd1@panama-3.charter-pty.com> from Alberto Johnson at "Oct 2, 98 10:56:30 am"
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In a previous message, Alberto Johnson said: > Hi everybody who understand and love FreeBSD. Here is my current problem. > I'm currently running > FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE on a production evarioment. I'm Having some problems > to do backups. here is the descirption of the problems. the way were doing > backups is by using the following Script > > mt -f /dev/rst0 rewind > /sbin/dump -0uBbf 4194304 32 /dev/nrst0 / > /sbin/dump -0uBbf 4194304 32 /dev/nrst0 /home > /sbin/dump -0uBbf 4194304 32 /dev/nrst0 /usr > /sbin/dump -0uBbf 4194304 32 /dev/nrst0 /usr2 > mt -f /dev/rst0 rewind > > > Now when I go in the tape drive on an interacive mode doing the following > command > # /sbin/restore -if /dev/rst0 > > once i get in I do the following... > restore > ls > .: > COPYRIGHT home/ popper.core trafshow.tar.gz > OK kernel proc/ usr/ > bin/ kernel.GENERIC root/ usr2/ > dev/ kernel.old sbin/ var/ > etc/ lkm/ stand/ > file.list lost+found/ sys@ > ftpd.core mnt/ tmp/ > > Everthing until here looks ok, > > > but when got to de following directories > restore > cd home > restore > ls > ./home: (This directory, or filesystem, or partition is empty) The tape doesn't work this way. You put 4 files on the tape using dump. If you want to restore from the file that contains /home you'll want to do: mt -f /dev/nrst0 fsf 1 restore -if /dev/rst0 Read the man page for mt. > restore > cd usr > restore > ls > ./usr: (This directory, or filesystem, or partition is empty) > > restore > cd usr2 > restore > ls > ./usr2: (This directory, or filesystem, or partition is also empty) > > It seems that i'm only doing 25% of the total backup. > > Could Somebody give me a tip to correct this problem I'm very concern i my > HDD crashes I'll have to look for another job. > > Alberto Johnson > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about. Oscar Wilde To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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