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Date:      Tue, 28 Apr 1998 22:36:45 +0100
From:      Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk>
To:        isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Can dump & restore really be this simple?
Message-ID:  <35464BED.8F8A1653@tdx.co.uk>

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I've always backed up my system with FreeBSD's dump command, e.g.

dump 0auf /dev/nrst0 /

etc.

(I always used to do full backups). Recently with the amount of data
increasing on the system (but not changing!) - I'd like to start doing
incrementals...

After I've run a dump at level 0 (zero), can I just keep running dumps at
level 1 until I decide I need / want to do another 'full' dump?

Or do I have to just keep incrementing the dump levels until I hit 9 or
something?

I really don't want to bother with anything fancy (like the man page
suggests) - (touch wood) - I've had to do so few restores I'd really just be
happy with doing 1 full dump a month, and incrementals every day (and then
have to feed the machine a lot of tapes ;-)

I'd also like to stick with dump & restore (I've looked at Amanda etc.) - as
it works out the box, and it's tried - and tested on this site... ;-)

Any info gratefully received,

Regards,

Karl Pielorz

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