Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 19:16:05 -0600 From: "Micheal Patterson" <micheal@tsgincorporated.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: System Backup help. Message-ID: <039701c39c27$e72d0210$0201a8c0@dredster> References: <3718.216.100.130.19.1067208773.squirrel@ns1.valuedj.com>
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----- Original Message ----- From: <whizkid@ValueDJ.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 4:52 PM Subject: System Backup help. > I have been running BSD for a week or so now. I have everything setup > just right, Webmail, DNS, IMAP, Webserver, etc.... > > I just install a DDS-2 tape drive, I have been reading about using dump > for backing up filesystems. How can I use dump to backup the entire > drive? If I try using: > > dump 0 -A ad0 > > it fails.. do I have to run dump on each slice? I plan on setting up a > chron job that runs every night to do a incremental backup, then a full > backup at the end of the week. I realize that a lot of folks prefer dump / restore for system backups, however, to dump to tape, I would recommend using tar since that's what it does best. As long as the system sees the tape drive, tar -c / dumps everything to the tape drive. -- Micheal Patterson Network Administration Cancer Care Network 405-917-0600
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