Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:03:50 +0100 From: n dhert <ndhert@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: snapshot rsync dump/restore Message-ID: <8021a2660912170003t3e01f4ean396908745c411740@mail.gmail.com>
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I want to clone a FreeBSD system on another system. Say, Mondaymorning I use the dump(8) to make dumpfiles of all filesystems (dumpofroot.dmp, dumpofvar.dmp, ...tmp.dmp, ...usr.dmp, ...home.dmp ) on an external USB disk. The original system keeps running. Then Wednesday I setup FreeBSD on the new system, and use restore(8) to put the contents of my dumpfiles in the filesystems of that clone system. Then I still need to have the changes occured during Mondaymorning till Wednesdayafternoon on the original system, to be put in some way on the clone system, so that these are not lost. I was told one could do this using rsync and by using a snapshot it would even be faster (?) Is rsync save regarding soft-links ? How exactly would one best proceed?
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