From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 31 03:26:28 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29D2437B401 for ; Sat, 31 May 2003 03:26:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smmcroute.smmc.qld.edu.au (stmarg3.lnk.telstra.net [165.228.7.207]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F78543F93 for ; Sat, 31 May 2003 03:26:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from keith@smmc.qld.edu.au) Received: (qmail 65493 invoked by uid 89); 31 May 2003 10:26:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO smmc.qld.edu.au) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 31 May 2003 10:26:04 -0000 Received: from 203.220.89.187 (SquirrelMail authenticated user keith) by localhost.smmc.qld.edu.au with HTTP; Sat, 31 May 2003 20:26:04 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <1995.203.220.89.187.1054376764.squirrel@localhost.smmc.qld.edu.au> Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 20:26:04 +1000 (EST) From: To: In-Reply-To: <000701c32743$f14a0d00$a4b826cb@goo> References: <1328.203.220.203.26.1054352389.squirrel@localhost.smmc.qld.edu.au> <000701c32743$f14a0d00$a4b826cb@goo> X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal X-Mailer: SquirrelMail (version 1.2.11) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Thanks heaps...Re: Help..can I use DUMP? my drive is dying - VINUM ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 10:26:28 -0000 Ok thanks for that,.... How cool is Unix really! The wonderful world of pipes. Bo have I got a lot to learn > If you have ssh(1) installed on both machines, do something like this > > dump 0f - /filesystem | ssh user@remotemachine 'gzip > > filesystem.dump.gz' > > on the system to be backed up. > > That should write a compressed dump to the remote machine, assuming that > * the local filesystem isn't changing (log updates etc) > * the remote system has enough diskspace > > Then you can rebuild the sick machine, and when it's up & running do > > cd /filesystem > ssh user@remotemachine 'gzcat filesystem.dump.gz' | restore rf - > > to bring the files back. All these commands should be run as root. > > I'm afraid someone else will need to help you with the vinum stuff.... > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 1:09 PM > Subject: Help..can I use DUMP? my drive is dying - VINUM ? > > >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: Help..can I use DUMP? my drive is dying - VINUM ? >> From: >> Date: Sat, May 31, 2003 1:38 pm >> To: >> >> Hi all (second posting try) >> I have a one and only drive dying on a server (OK - to use vinum is to >> be smarter than I am). Anyways I have unsuccessfully tried to image > the >> drive using some util that is recommended (?) Can I dump the slices to > a >> remote machine, install 2 new drives follow the tute to bootstrap > vinum >> then restore the remote saved slices to the various slice/partitions? >> In a bind(4) here! anyone clue me in please? >> Thanks >> Keith >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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"