Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 21:22:17 -0500 From: "Mark Radabaugh" <mark@amplex.net> To: <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: [OT?] Making backups with dump Message-ID: <020b01c28abb$7ca5bff0$f378a541@amplex.net> References: <20021112200003.H72047-100000@floyd.gnulife.org>
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Without answering your question :-) You might want to take a look at Amanda (http://www.amanda.org) since it will take care of dealing with all of the trivia of remote backups. A great piece of software.. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jamie" <jamie@gnulife.org> To: <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 9:09 PM Subject: [OT?] Making backups with dump > > > > I am not sure if this is on topic or not, if not, please correct me. I > am running some freebsd servers at an ISP and I am trying to do remote > backups with dump. I am trying to run it over ssh so this is the command I > am using: > > dump -0uaf - /www/homes| ssh remotehost.foo.com dd of=/usr/backup3/jo.test bs=10k > > > I know that I can run an incremental backup this way: > > dump -3uaf - /www/homes| ssh remotehost.foo.com dd of=/usr/backup3/jo.test2 bs=10k > > > (I changed the backup number from 0 to 3, and I changed the output file > to a different filename.) > > > > How is dump supposed to know which files to incrementally back up? It > seems as though it is generating a file just as large as the first. I know > my method of sending it across ssh may be messing something up. Any ideas? > Thanks! > > > > - Jamie > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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