Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 16:09:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Lew payne <lew@lppi.com> To: Plamen Petkov <plamendp@plamen.bgstore.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: back up with dump|restore Message-ID: <200008042309.QAA13977@relay.lppi.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008050136280.14216-100000@plamen.bgstore.com> References: <200008042215.PAA13937@relay.lppi.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008050136280.14216-100000@plamen.bgstore.com>
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> But isn't it too haevy ? I mean, to 'pax' EVERYTHING every day?
> My goal is to have more efficient 'backup', i.e. an incremental\
> backup ? What about '-u' option ('don't copy if older'') ? Or '-k'
> >
> > mount /dev/wd2a /mnt; cd / ; pax -rwX -pe . /mnt; umount /mnt
> > mount /dev/wd2e /mnt; cd /var; pax -rwX -pe . /mnt; umount /mnt
> > mount /dev/wd2f /mnt; cd /usr; pax -rwX -pe . /mnt; umount /mnt
What is your definition of "heavy?" This is a disk-to-disk backup.
I suppose you could embellish it with other switches. If you do,
please share your final configuration with us. I like to take no
chances -- so I duplicate the drive whenever we do major updates
to the data on them (not daily).
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