From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 26 17:09:25 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B74E61065687; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:09:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jacks@sage-american.com) Received: from mail.sagedata.net (mail.sagedata.net [63.214.156.21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71A628FC28; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:09:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jacks@sage-american.com) Received: from sagemaster (sageweb.net [65.68.247.73]) by mail.sagedata.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with SMTP id n2QH9Oqh084376; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:09:24 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from jacks@sage-american.com) X-Authentication-Warning: mail.sagedata.net: Host sageweb.net [65.68.247.73] claimed to be sagemaster Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.20090326120922.00ee69f0@sage-american.com> X-Sender: jacks@sage-american.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.1 (32) Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:09:22 -0500 To: Mike Tancsa , Peter Schuller From: "Jack L. Stone" In-Reply-To: <200903261415.n2QEF7hF038711@lava.sentex.ca> References: <20090326140131.GA45201@hyperion.scode.org> <3.0.1.32.20090326065337.00f081e0@sage-american.com> <3.0.1.32.20090325072137.00ee6b48@sage-american.com> <49C9E635.5010106@kkip.pl> <49C83673.3000604@aldan.algebra.com> <200903251820.54749.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <200903251925.36108.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <3.0.1.32.20090325072137.00ee6b48@sage-american.com> <3.0.1.32.20090326065337.00f081e0@sage-american.com> <3.0.1.32.20090326070807.00f081e0@sage-american.com> <200903261331.n2QDVd4b038485@lava.sentex.ca> <20090326140131.GA45201@hyperion.scode.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Scanned-By: milter-spamc/1.13.385 (mail.sagedata.net [63.214.156.21]); Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:09:25 -0500 X-Scanned-By: milter-sender/1.16.915 (mail.sagedata.net [63.214.156.21]); Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:09:24 -0500 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.94.2/9170/Thu Mar 26 10:37:38 2009 on mail.sagedata.net X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: NO, hits=-10.00 required=4.50 X-Spam-Report: Content analysis details: (-10.0 points, 4.5 required) | | pts rule name description | ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- | -10 ALL_TRUSTED Passed through trusted hosts only via SMTP | Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: support quality (Re: dump | restore fails: unknown tape headertype 1853384566) X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:09:27 -0000 At 10:15 AM 3.26.2009 -0400, Mike Tancsa wrote: >At 10:01 AM 3/26/2009, Peter Schuller wrote: >> > >> > Unless the filesystem is very busy, you will get your data backed up. >> > If you have things like databases, I still would not trust >> > snapshots. >> >>Uh. If backuping up a live database from a snapshot is not >>trustworthy, either the snapshot facility is broken or the database is >>broken (i.e., not crash-safe to begin with). > >... or the database is configured in a risky way... But judging by >this thread, it seems dump with -L is indeed broken for some >people. Hence, I suggested dumping the database using the database's >backup tools and trying dump without -L > > ---Mike Mike: The "L" for dumping is definitely NOT the problem. Jack (^_^) Happy trails, Jack L. Stone System Admin Sage-american