Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 13:42:10 -0600 From: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org> To: Ralph Huntington <fbsd@mohawk.net> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: remote backups Message-ID: <20020121134210.A12061@polands.org> In-Reply-To: <1011639293.3c4c63fd410b0@mail.mohawk.net>; from fbsd@mohawk.net on Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 01:54:53PM -0500 References: <1011639293.3c4c63fd410b0@mail.mohawk.net>
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On Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 01:54:53PM -0500, Ralph Huntington wrote: > I have a client who wants us to do a backup scheme on a remote server > to a dedicated (for the particular host) drive such that the backup > drive could be installed in the backed-up host and booted as the > original drive in the event of catastrophic failure of the original. > > Is there a way to do that? I've looked at various backup schemes and > devices and I don't see anything like that. There doesn't seem to be > very much even for backing up to a drive rather than to a tape device. > > Someone suggested 'mirroring' the drive, but I'm not sure what they > really meant or how that might be done. > See http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/vinum/ for details on how to mirror the two drives to achieve your goal. -- Regards, Doug To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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