Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 08:07:14 -0400 (EDT) From: "baszd" <baszd-meg@excite.com> To: jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to get back FreeBSD-dumped data with linux-restore. Message-ID: <20020703120714.3A6598AEA3@xmxpita.excite.com>
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Hi! > This is a perpetual problem with many bad solutions for big money > available. Yes, I know. That's why I try to do all that backup stuff as simple and consequently as reliable as possible using dump/restore (instead of expensive and pompous GUI programs like arcserv). > The solution depends a little on how confident you are in your network. I do the backups at night with cron using a bashscript. I prefer ssh. The "backround" is all right, but the different versions of dump/restore is what spoils me. > So, try piping a dd on the data system through an rsh to a dump on your > backup system. I think I did that: ssh -l root fileserver "dump -h0 -a -u -f - /dev/ad0s1e" | dd of=/dev/nst0 bs=10k > For restore take a pipe of a restore on the backup system through > an rsh to a dd on the data system. Could you explain that? What is the command for that? > We used to do this with various BSD and sVR4/Solaris systems with > a BSD system being the backup engine with good success - including > successful occasional restores. In that situation we had a machine > room with fast internal net and switch, etc isolated from outside > sniffing. Maybe FreeBSDs and Solaris' dump/restore like each other more than FreeBSDs and Linuxs one? Two NICs in each host is of course a perfect setup for large and secure backups, but I am limited to my hardware... Cheers, bm. ------------------------------------------------ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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