From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 19 19:08:59 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 47E8597A for ; Mon, 19 Jan 2015 19:08:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ob0-f171.google.com (mail-ob0-f171.google.com [209.85.214.171]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 11A969AD for ; Mon, 19 Jan 2015 19:08:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ob0-f171.google.com with SMTP id va2so20453425obc.2 for ; Mon, 19 Jan 2015 11:08:51 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=hKj7TzQOxRcN2IJgc1pZmiEfOAs5yws0kAsFC8EnqTQ=; b=KTk8fxsEdcfVheczvOezblduuJR6ZQgkDP3ntSTzOHN8dPJYEQL+sExSbSf7L5uBM8 huGUW8wHHhB/kD35TlPRQDXtlcPTMH8QsXJvpxYgBi4f+NB0VIBoPb9vv7wL3dABf4pt a4NR3rSrbZCjqLlCsFnO1JBrfnY4qYCCHAj6NRqMiVAUVYhMCFUZdkLulex/rMY8inWr +OxGlEejOxctTVNs/GCU1yIWRN9G2/JYb6LxMYPBcJV11fgXbZEB6tNzeD5AKOHTXtLn Bha6Pp6Tp0/Iw66OpZLn8nTwSuUjESAK6Q4WUjgDRbUZKCgAq64TImm6yei61/pGsxPk QGUw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmZgDNoctlGzHTyZ7Vyezp0zxYmghqofOPYnNqdUxfRwrB+skiOKNPAQthaBQrCbQdExywJ MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.202.91.137 with SMTP id p131mr2556584oib.3.1421694531295; Mon, 19 Jan 2015 11:08:51 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.60.92.195 with HTTP; Mon, 19 Jan 2015 11:08:51 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 11:08:51 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Dump/Restore for system migration From: Michael Sierchio To: Chris Maness Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 19:08:59 -0000 If you're using a filesystem that supports snapshots, do the dump against the snapshot, or use dump with the -L option, to indicate that you're taking a dump of a live filesystem. - M On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 10:50 AM, Chris Maness wrote: > I have used dump/restore for system migration a couple of time and noticed > it is pretty good, but every once in a while it will miss or corrupt a > file. Is there a better way to do this? I would imagine having a system > mounted r/o would help, but this is not always possible. Is there a way to > check the deltas between systems manually after migration to see if any > files need to be merged or copied. I would imagine the files that are in > jeopardy are ones that are being written to while the dump is taking > place. I had a file the keeps track of rss feeds end up missing on the > target system. > > Any advice here? > > Thanks, > Chris > _______________________________________________ > 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" >