Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and Restore
On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Henry Coleman henry.cole...@voip-pbx.cawrote:
Thanks for staying with this.
Here's what is happening
When creating a backup in Freepbx the backup *name* will create a
directory, otherwise the option is to add it to an existing directory and it
goes ahead and adds the backup file (tar.gz) file into an existing
directory. The new or existing directories are owned all owned by *
asterisk*
When the stick is inserted initially there are no sub-directories off the
mounted * var/lib/asterisk/backups*. If an attempt is made to backup using
a new *name* the new directory doesn't display and the file gets lost.
Using Putty and Winscp I can see the newly created directory but it is
owned by* root, *attempting to change this using *chown* creates an error
saying I don't have permission to change the owner. (very odd).
So it seems as though it is still a owner/permission problem.
Thanks Henry
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 12:18 PM, John Lange j...@johnlange.ca wrote:
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Henry Coleman
henry.cole...@voip-pbx.ca wrote:
Inserting the stick and refreshing the GUI page shows the new directory
structure on the USB stick.
However after a backup they get saved to the HD directory instead
You lost me there. If the USB is mounted on top of
/var/lib/asterisk/backups, then it would be impossible for you to
write to that directory and have it written to the hard disk.
Unplugging the USB stick does not restore the original HD directory,
only a reboot does this.
We probably need to fix something in this section:
# Clean up after removal
ACTION==remove, ENV{dir_name}!=, RUN+=/bin/umount -l
/var/lib/asterisk/backups
After removing the usb key, try running the unmount manually and see
what it says:
# /bin/umount -l /var/lib/asterisk/backups
There should also be a log of what happened in /var/log/messages
(That's assuming CentOS uses /var/log/messages for udev logging).
The most likely explanation is that the file system is busy
preventing it from being unmounted. If that is the case you can do (as
root):
# lsof | grep /var/lib/asterisk/backups
to find out what it is.
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Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and Restore
Henry,
I think the issue is that when you mount a non-unix filesystem, like a
fat/msdos, they don't have users and groups.
The default, from the mount man page, is to use the user and group of
the user issuing the mount command, which would probably be root. Have
a look at the uid and gid option until the filesystem type specific
section - you probably want to make it asterisk and asterisk.
The other option could be to make it a ext or other unix type filesystem
- but then it would be tough to use the USB stick on a Windows system.
Regards,
Doug.
On 23/12/2010 2:47 PM, Henry Coleman wrote:
On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Henry Colemanhenry.cole...@voip-pbx.cawrote:
Thanks for staying with this.
Here's what is happening
When creating a backup in Freepbx the backup *name* will create a
directory, otherwise the option is to add it to an existing directory and it
goes ahead and adds the backup file (tar.gz) file into an existing
directory. The new or existing directories are owned all owned by *
asterisk*
When the stick is inserted initially there are no sub-directories off the
mounted * var/lib/asterisk/backups*. If an attempt is made to backup using
a new *name* the new directory doesn't display and the file gets lost.
Using Putty and Winscp I can see the newly created directory but it is
owned by* root, *attempting to change this using *chown* creates an error
saying I don't have permission to change the owner. (very odd).
So it seems as though it is still a owner/permission problem.
Thanks Henry
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 12:18 PM, John Langej...@johnlange.ca wrote:
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Henry Coleman
henry.cole...@voip-pbx.ca wrote:
Inserting the stick and refreshing the GUI page shows the new directory
structure on the USB stick.
However after a backup they get saved to the HD directory instead
You lost me there. If the USB is mounted on top of
/var/lib/asterisk/backups, then it would be impossible for you to
write to that directory and have it written to the hard disk.
Unplugging the USB stick does not restore the original HD directory,
only a reboot does this.
We probably need to fix something in this section:
# Clean up after removal
ACTION==remove, ENV{dir_name}!=, RUN+=/bin/umount -l
/var/lib/asterisk/backups
After removing the usb key, try running the unmount manually and see
what it says:
# /bin/umount -l /var/lib/asterisk/backups
There should also be a log of what happened in /var/log/messages
(That's assuming CentOS uses /var/log/messages for udev logging).
The most likely explanation is that the file system is busy
preventing it from being unmounted. If that is the case you can do (as
root):
# lsof | grep /var/lib/asterisk/backups
to find out what it is.
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Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and Restore
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 10:21 AM, Henry Coleman
henry.cole...@voip-pbx.cawrote:
Hi John, thanks for getting back to me.
I made the changes as you suggested. and things are looking much better.
It's a bit like the old shell game first you see it then you don't
so here is the current status:
Booting up ... There are no reported errors re: chown
without the USB stick thing work as normal ie backup and restore in backup
directory etc.
Inserting the stick and refreshing the GUI page shows the new directory
structure on the USB stick.
However after a backup they get saved to the HD directory instead
Unplugging the USB stick does not restore the original HD directory, only a
reboot does this.
Thank you for your time on this, I think backup strategies would be a great
topic for TAUG meeting.
Can you do one?
Henry
On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 2:42 PM, John Lange j...@johnlange.ca wrote:
Henry, sorry for the slow reply. Hopefully you solved this already but
if not, the area of the udev file that you need to modify is:
$env{mount_options},utf8,gid=100,umask=002
Change gid= to the value of the group you want the file system to be
mounted and owned as and also add uid= and set it to the user id
that matches your asterisk user.
You can discover these values with the command:
# id asterisk
I haven't tested this myself but that should solve your problem.
John
On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 9:23 AM, Henry Coleman
henry.cole...@voip-pbx.ca wrote:
On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Henry Coleman
henry.cole...@voip-pbx.ca
wrote:
Hi John, I didn't mean to be critical about any typo's, I was replying
to
a post that thought relatime was
mis-spelled, anyway this was not the case (as you know).
You are correct, simply commenting out that line works, and the freepbx
GUI is able to see the mounted USB directory.
If I make a backup it doesn't create a file on the device and if I
remove
the stick it does not see the original directory
If I reboot the machine (without the stick) then it restores the
original
file structure back to normal.
I think this is a very close to a great solution for many Asterisk
followers but the coding is way over my pay grade.
Thanks Henry
After checking some stuff one problem may have to do with permissions:
File backups in /var/lib/asterisk/backups/xxx... have the owner as
asterisk while the stick has the owner of the directory
as root. I will attempt to change this but I could use some help.
Thanks again Henry
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 1:59 PM, John Lange j...@johnlange.ca wrote:
If I understand what you are saying; even though you commented out the
entire line with the relatime option, you are still getting the same
mount
error when you insert the USB stick?
When you change the udev rules, udev should automatically re-read the
options, but just in case it doesn't, you can issue:
# udevadm control --reload-rules
(I'm not 100% sure that command exists in centos though...)
If that has all been done properly then it seems impossible that you
are
still getting the same error...
When you remove the drive, is it unmounted (check at the command line
using
the 'mount' command).
And what typo are you referring to? I don't amke typos! ;)
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Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and Restore
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Henry Coleman
henry.cole...@voip-pbx.ca wrote:
Inserting the stick and refreshing the GUI page shows the new directory
structure on the USB stick.
However after a backup they get saved to the HD directory instead
You lost me there. If the USB is mounted on top of
/var/lib/asterisk/backups, then it would be impossible for you to
write to that directory and have it written to the hard disk.
Unplugging the USB stick does not restore the original HD directory, only a
reboot does this.
We probably need to fix something in this section:
# Clean up after removal
ACTION==remove, ENV{dir_name}!=, RUN+=/bin/umount -l
/var/lib/asterisk/backups
After removing the usb key, try running the unmount manually and see
what it says:
# /bin/umount -l /var/lib/asterisk/backups
There should also be a log of what happened in /var/log/messages
(That's assuming CentOS uses /var/log/messages for udev logging).
The most likely explanation is that the file system is busy
preventing it from being unmounted. If that is the case you can do (as
root):
# lsof | grep /var/lib/asterisk/backups
to find out what it is.
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Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and Restore
Thanks John, this is a really elegant solution.
Plugging in a USB stick however, CLI reports:
*FAT: Unrecognised mount option relatime or missing value*
*
*
I checked the link you included but there's nothing obvious that would give
this error.
(My stick is formatted NTFS)
Thanks Henry
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 5:43 PM, John Lange j...@johnlange.ca wrote:
In short; create this file (* /etc/udev/rules.d/11-backup-auto-mount.rules
) *by copying and pasting the text between the start and end tags:
--- start ---
* *
KERNEL!=sd[a-z][0-9], GOTO=backup_auto_mount_end
# Import FS infos
IMPORT{program}=/sbin/blkid -o udev -p %N
# Global mount options
ACTION==add, ENV{mount_options}=relatime
# Filesystem-specific mount options
ACTION==add, ENV{ID_FS_TYPE}==vfat|ntfs,
ENV{mount_options}=$env{mount_options},utf8,gid=100,umask=002
# Mount the device
ACTION==add, RUN+=/bin/mount -o $env{mount_options} /dev/%k
/var/lib/asterisk/backups
# Clean up after removal
ACTION==remove, ENV{dir_name}!=, RUN+=/bin/umount -l
/var/lib/asterisk/backups
# Exit
LABEL=backup_auto_mount_end
--- end ---
You can then insert and remove your key without touching the system. (I'm
making a lot of assumptions about FreePBX that should be correct, for
example that it uses udev).
Lots more suggestions on udev rules here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Udev#Auto_mounting_USB_devices
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On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 4:05 PM, Henry Coleman
henry.cole...@voip-pbx.cawrote:
Thanks for all the suggestions. So far I think that Doug' solution looks
the most promising, however
it needs automating so that inserting the USB stick will automatically
mount the stick and disconnection will umount the stick.
(A sort of plug and play if you will) Restore might work also based on
this principle.
So I'm gonna pick your Linux brains (again) and ask if this can be done?
Henry [?]
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RE: [on-asterisk] Backup and Restore
Reformat the stick as FAT and your problem should go away.
Can be done from Windows...right click on the drive the in the My
Computer...choose Format...and then select FAT as the file system type from the
dropdown.
Bill
From: Henry Coleman [mailto:henry.cole...@voip-pbx.ca]
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 10:25 AM
To: TAUG Technical
Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and Restore
Thanks John, this is a really elegant solution.
Plugging in a USB stick however, CLI reports:
FAT: Unrecognised mount option relatime or missing value
I checked the link you included but there's nothing obvious that would give
this error.
(My stick is formatted NTFS)
Thanks Henry
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 5:43 PM, John Lange
j...@johnlange.camailto:j...@johnlange.ca wrote:
In short; create this file ( /etc/udev/rules.d/11-backup-auto-mount.rules ) by
copying and pasting the text between the start and end tags:
--- start ---
KERNEL!=sd[a-z][0-9], GOTO=backup_auto_mount_end
# Import FS infos
IMPORT{program}=/sbin/blkid -o udev -p %N
# Global mount options
ACTION==add, ENV{mount_options}=relatime
# Filesystem-specific mount options
ACTION==add, ENV{ID_FS_TYPE}==vfat|ntfs,
ENV{mount_options}=$env{mount_options},utf8,gid=100,umask=002
# Mount the device
ACTION==add, RUN+=/bin/mount -o $env{mount_options} /dev/%k
/var/lib/asterisk/backups
# Clean up after removal
ACTION==remove, ENV{dir_name}!=, RUN+=/bin/umount -l
/var/lib/asterisk/backups
# Exit
LABEL=backup_auto_mount_end
--- end ---
You can then insert and remove your key without touching the system. (I'm
making a lot of assumptions about FreePBX that should be correct, for example
that it uses udev).
Lots more suggestions on udev rules here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Udev#Auto_mounting_USB_devices
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On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 4:05 PM, Henry Coleman
henry.cole...@voip-pbx.camailto:henry.cole...@voip-pbx.ca wrote:
Thanks for all the suggestions. So far I think that Doug' solution looks the
most promising, however
it needs automating so that inserting the USB stick will automatically mount
the stick and disconnection will umount the stick.
(A sort of plug and play if you will) Restore might work also based on this
principle.
So I'm gonna pick your Linux brains (again) and ask if this can be done?
Henry [cid:voip-pbx_ca.330@goomoji.gmail]
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Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and Restore
For easier compatibility format your USB key as FAT32
On 12/14/2010 10:25 AM, Henry Coleman wrote:
Thanks John, this is a really elegant solution.
Plugging in a USB stick however, CLI reports:
*FAT: Unrecognised mount option relatime or missing value*
*
*
I checked the link you included but there's nothing obvious that would
give this error.
(My stick is formatted NTFS)
Thanks Henry
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 5:43 PM, John Lange j...@johnlange.ca
mailto:j...@johnlange.ca wrote:
In short; create this file
(*/etc/udev/rules.d/11-backup-auto-mount.rules ) *by copying and
pasting the text between the start and end tags:
--- start ---
**
KERNEL!=sd[a-z][0-9], GOTO=backup_auto_mount_end
# Import FS infos
IMPORT{program}=/sbin/blkid -o udev -p %N
# Global mount options
ACTION==add, ENV{mount_options}=relatime
# Filesystem-specific mount options
ACTION==add, ENV{ID_FS_TYPE}==vfat|ntfs,
ENV{mount_options}=$env{mount_options},utf8,gid=100,umask=002
# Mount the device
ACTION==add, RUN+=/bin/mount -o $env{mount_options} /dev/%k
/var/lib/asterisk/backups
# Clean up after removal
ACTION==remove, ENV{dir_name}!=, RUN+=/bin/umount -l
/var/lib/asterisk/backups
# Exit
LABEL=backup_auto_mount_end
--- end ---
You can then insert and remove your key without touching the
system. (I'm making a lot of assumptions about FreePBX that should
be correct, for example that it uses udev).
Lots more suggestions on udev rules here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Udev#Auto_mounting_USB_devices
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On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 4:05 PM, Henry Coleman
henry.cole...@voip-pbx.ca mailto:henry.cole...@voip-pbx.ca wrote:
Thanks for all the suggestions. So far I think that Doug'
solution looks the most promising, however
it needs automating so that inserting the USB stick will
automatically mount the stick and disconnection will
umount the stick.
(A sort of plug and play if you will) Restore might work also
based on this principle.
So I'm gonna pick your Linux brains (again) and ask if this
can be done?
Henry
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Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and Restore
I don't think reformatting your usb key will solve that mount error. I don't
have access to a freepbx system verify this but my guess is the version of
mount is too old to support relatime.
Regardless, you can safely delete this whole section:
# Global mount options
ACTION==add, ENV{mount_options}=relatime
relatime noatime are tweaks to the mounting that prevent linux from
updating the atime of the file. It dramatically cuts down on file system
access which not only improves performance but also lengthens the life of
storage that has a maximum re-write lifetime.
This is --way-- off topic but if you are interested in performance tweaking
of linux file systems you can experiment with mounting your devices with the
noatime option. However, it can cause problems with certain programs that
require accurate atime information so use with caution.
By the way, if you needed to reformat the key you can format fat32 (vfat) on
Linux:
# mkfs -t vfat /dev/sdb1
Or if you don't need to plug this usb into a Windows machine you can just
format the key with ext3.
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On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 10:14 AM, Mike Ashton
mike.ash...@qualitytrack.comwrote:
For easier compatibility format your USB key as FAT32
On 12/14/2010 10:25 AM, Henry Coleman wrote:
Thanks John, this is a really elegant solution.
Plugging in a USB stick however, CLI reports:
*FAT: Unrecognised mount option relatime or missing value*
*
*
I checked the link you included but there's nothing obvious that would give
this error.
(My stick is formatted NTFS)
Thanks Henry
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 5:43 PM, John Lange j...@johnlange.ca wrote:
In short; create this file (* /etc/udev/rules.d/11-backup-auto-mount.rules
) *by copying and pasting the text between the start and end tags:
--- start ---
* *
KERNEL!=sd[a-z][0-9], GOTO=backup_auto_mount_end
# Import FS infos
IMPORT{program}=/sbin/blkid -o udev -p %N
# Global mount options
ACTION==add, ENV{mount_options}=relatime
# Filesystem-specific mount options
ACTION==add, ENV{ID_FS_TYPE}==vfat|ntfs,
ENV{mount_options}=$env{mount_options},utf8,gid=100,umask=002
# Mount the device
ACTION==add, RUN+=/bin/mount -o $env{mount_options} /dev/%k
/var/lib/asterisk/backups
# Clean up after removal
ACTION==remove, ENV{dir_name}!=, RUN+=/bin/umount -l
/var/lib/asterisk/backups
# Exit
LABEL=backup_auto_mount_end
--- end ---
You can then insert and remove your key without touching the system. (I'm
making a lot of assumptions about FreePBX that should be correct, for
example that it uses udev).
Lots more suggestions on udev rules here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Udev#Auto_mounting_USB_devices
--
John Lange
www.johnlange.ca
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 4:05 PM, Henry Coleman
henry.cole...@voip-pbx.ca wrote:
Thanks for all the suggestions. So far I think that Doug' solution looks
the most promising, however
it needs automating so that inserting the USB stick will automatically
mount the stick and disconnection will umount the stick.
(A sort of plug and play if you will) Restore might work also based on
this principle.
So I'm gonna pick your Linux brains (again) and ask if this can be
done?
Henry [?]
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Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and Restore
Just to make sure that we are on the same page, the Distro is PBX in a flash
(PIAF)
Centos 5.2, Asterisk 1.6, Freepbx 2.7
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Henry Coleman henry.cole...@voip-pbx.cawrote:
Hi all I have commented out the line as suggested.(tried fixing the typo,
didn't make any difference)
Initially, hot plugging the USB will display the USB file system however on
unplugging the stick
the old file system will not return unless I reboot (with the stick
removed).
I tried to save a file on the USB drive which should create a directory and
file:
ie. var/lib/asterisk/backups/*usb*/date_and_time filename.tgz but this
didn't create a directory or a file.
The good news is that I does auto mount ...
Henry
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 12:33 PM, John Lange j...@johnlange.ca wrote:
I don't think reformatting your usb key will solve that mount error. I
don't have access to a freepbx system verify this but my guess is the
version of mount is too old to support relatime.
Regardless, you can safely delete this whole section:
# Global mount options
ACTION==add, ENV{mount_options}=relatime
relatime noatime are tweaks to the mounting that prevent linux from
updating the atime of the file. It dramatically cuts down on file system
access which not only improves performance but also lengthens the life of
storage that has a maximum re-write lifetime.
This is --way-- off topic but if you are interested in performance
tweaking of linux file systems you can experiment with mounting your devices
with the noatime option. However, it can cause problems with certain
programs that require accurate atime information so use with caution.
By the way, if you needed to reformat the key you can format fat32 (vfat)
on Linux:
# mkfs -t vfat /dev/sdb1
Or if you don't need to plug this usb into a Windows machine you can just
format the key with ext3.
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www.johnlange.ca
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 10:14 AM, Mike Ashton
mike.ash...@qualitytrack.com wrote:
For easier compatibility format your USB key as FAT32
On 12/14/2010 10:25 AM, Henry Coleman wrote:
Thanks John, this is a really elegant solution.
Plugging in a USB stick however, CLI reports:
*FAT: Unrecognised mount option relatime or missing value*
*
*
I checked the link you included but there's nothing obvious that would
give this error.
(My stick is formatted NTFS)
Thanks Henry
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 5:43 PM, John Lange j...@johnlange.ca wrote:
In short; create this file (* /etc/udev/rules.d/11-backup-auto-mount.rules
) *by copying and pasting the text between the start and end tags:
--- start ---
* *
KERNEL!=sd[a-z][0-9], GOTO=backup_auto_mount_end
# Import FS infos
IMPORT{program}=/sbin/blkid -o udev -p %N
# Global mount options
ACTION==add, ENV{mount_options}=relatime
# Filesystem-specific mount options
ACTION==add, ENV{ID_FS_TYPE}==vfat|ntfs,
ENV{mount_options}=$env{mount_options},utf8,gid=100,umask=002
# Mount the device
ACTION==add, RUN+=/bin/mount -o $env{mount_options} /dev/%k
/var/lib/asterisk/backups
# Clean up after removal
ACTION==remove, ENV{dir_name}!=, RUN+=/bin/umount -l
/var/lib/asterisk/backups
# Exit
LABEL=backup_auto_mount_end
--- end ---
You can then insert and remove your key without touching the system.
(I'm making a lot of assumptions about FreePBX that should be correct, for
example that it uses udev).
Lots more suggestions on udev rules here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Udev#Auto_mounting_USB_devices
--
John Lange
www.johnlange.ca
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 4:05 PM, Henry Coleman
henry.cole...@voip-pbx.ca wrote:
Thanks for all the suggestions. So far I think that Doug' solution
looks the most promising, however
it needs automating so that inserting the USB stick will automatically
mount the stick and disconnection will umount the stick.
(A sort of plug and play if you will) Restore might work also based on
this principle.
So I'm gonna pick your Linux brains (again) and ask if this can be
done?
Henry [?]
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Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and Restore
If I understand what you are saying; even though you commented out the entire line with the relatime option, you are still getting the same mount error when you insert the USB stick? When you change the udev rules, udev should automatically re-read the options, but just in case it doesn't, you can issue: # udevadm control --reload-rules (I'm not 100% sure that command exists in centos though...) If that has all been done properly then it seems impossible that you are still getting the same error... When you remove the drive, is it unmounted (check at the command line using the 'mount' command). And what typo are you referring to? I don't amke typos! ;) -- John Lange www.johnlange.ca
Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and Restore
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 3:07 PM, Henry Coleman henry.cole...@voip-pbx.cawrote:
Hi Dean, yes there are a lot of ways to back up the system in FreePBX but
none allow for USB drives or CD's (removable media)
For clients who want complete protection against fire, theft and being
Bricked the ability to take the stick home every evening.
is a sound tactic. It takes less than an hour to build the distro from
scratch and a minute or so to restore the conf, cdr and Vmail on a new or
backup PC.
Henry
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 2:36 PM, Dean Yorke dean.yo...@xyc.ca wrote:
you need to search the board on piaf. they have great backup and restore
routines. and it backs up everything if that is what you want!
On 2010-12-14, at 1:09 PM, Henry Coleman wrote:
Just to make sure that we are on the same page, the Distro is PBX in a
flash (PIAF)
Centos 5.2, Asterisk 1.6, Freepbx 2.7
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Henry Coleman henry.cole...@voip-pbx.ca
wrote:
Hi all I have commented out the line as suggested.(tried fixing the typo,
didn't make any difference)
Initially, hot plugging the USB will display the USB file system however
on unplugging the stick
the old file system will not return unless I reboot (with the stick
removed).
I tried to save a file on the USB drive which should create a directory
and file:
ie. var/lib/asterisk/backups/*usb*/date_and_time filename.tgz but this
didn't create a directory or a file.
The good news is that I does auto mount ...
Henry
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 12:33 PM, John Lange j...@johnlange.ca wrote:
I don't think reformatting your usb key will solve that mount error. I
don't have access to a freepbx system verify this but my guess is the
version of mount is too old to support relatime.
Regardless, you can safely delete this whole section:
# Global mount options
ACTION==add, ENV{mount_options}=relatime
relatime noatime are tweaks to the mounting that prevent linux
from updating the atime of the file. It dramatically cuts down on file
system access which not only improves performance but also lengthens the
life of storage that has a maximum re-write lifetime.
This is --way-- off topic but if you are interested in performance
tweaking of linux file systems you can experiment with mounting your
devices
with the noatime option. However, it can cause problems with certain
programs that require accurate atime information so use with caution.
By the way, if you needed to reformat the key you can format fat32
(vfat) on Linux:
# mkfs -t vfat /dev/sdb1
Or if you don't need to plug this usb into a Windows machine you can
just format the key with ext3.
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On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 10:14 AM, Mike Ashton
mike.ash...@qualitytrack.com wrote:
For easier compatibility format your USB key as FAT32
On 12/14/2010 10:25 AM, Henry Coleman wrote:
Thanks John, this is a really elegant solution.
Plugging in a USB stick however, CLI reports:
*FAT: Unrecognised mount option relatime or missing value*
*
*
I checked the link you included but there's nothing obvious that would
give this error.
(My stick is formatted NTFS)
Thanks Henry
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 5:43 PM, John Lange j...@johnlange.ca wrote:
In short; create this file (*
/etc/udev/rules.d/11-backup-auto-mount.rules
) *by copying and pasting the text between the start and end tags:
--- start ---
* *
KERNEL!=sd[a-z][0-9], GOTO=backup_auto_mount_end
# Import FS infos
IMPORT{program}=/sbin/blkid -o udev -p %N
# Global mount options
ACTION==add, ENV{mount_options}=relatime
# Filesystem-specific mount options
ACTION==add, ENV{ID_FS_TYPE}==vfat|ntfs,
ENV{mount_options}=$env{mount_options},utf8,gid=100,umask=002
# Mount the device
ACTION==add, RUN+=/bin/mount -o $env{mount_options} /dev/%k
/var/lib/asterisk/backups
# Clean up after removal
ACTION==remove, ENV{dir_name}!=, RUN+=/bin/umount -l
/var/lib/asterisk/backups
# Exit
LABEL=backup_auto_mount_end
--- end ---
You can then insert and remove your key without touching the system.
(I'm making a lot of assumptions about FreePBX that should be correct,
for
example that it uses udev).
Lots more suggestions on udev rules here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Udev#Auto_mounting_USB_devices
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On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 4:05 PM, Henry Coleman
henry.cole...@voip-pbx.ca wrote:
Thanks for all the suggestions. So far I think that Doug' solution
looks the most promising, however
it needs automating so that inserting the USB stick will
automatically mount the stick and disconnection will umount the
stick.
(A sort of plug and play if you will) Restore might work also based
on this principle.
So I'm gonna pick your Linux brains (again) and ask if this can be
done?
Henry
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Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and Restore
Hi Henry, At home I just setup the backup schedule under FreePBX for a nightly backup. I then setup a small shell script to copy the directory to a USB drive. I set this script to fire off 15 minutes after the backup starts using cron. The script is just something like this: --- #!/bin/bash cp -R -u -f /var/lib/asterisk/backups/ /path/to/usb --- This copies using the update switch so that only newer files get copied to the USB drive. In the event of a restore you will need to manually copy the USB contents back to /var/lib/asterisk/backups to get FreePBX to see your backups. I never thought of mounting the backup directory to the USB drive, so your solution may actually be better - Just thought I'd throw this out there as an alternative. AR -- Alex Robar alex.ro...@gmail.com On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Henry Coleman henry.cole...@voip-pbx.cawrote: I remember asking this question about two years ago but unfortunately didn't document the answers. I need to Backup and Restore using the FreePBX Module but to a USB stick rather than an asterisk directory. Currently this directory is: '/var/lib/asterisk/backups/$Backup_Name' however changing this will break the Restore I understand that the best way is to mount this directory onto the USB. Unfortunately this is beyond my abilities. If the USB stick is removed the backup and restore should be available in the normal way. Hoping that someone out there can sort me out Thanks H -- *Henry L. Coleman * ***Per: VoIP-PBX.ca * * *
Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and Restore
Henry,
I use this to mount the usb key write the backup run in the last day to
it and unmount the usb key. I mount / umount so nothing else
accidentally writes to the usb key.
#!/bin/bash
testval=`/sbin/fdisk -l | grep FAT | cut -d -f 1`
if [ -n $testval ]
then
echo mounting $testval
mount -t msdos $testval /mnt/usbstorage
find /var/lib/asterisk/backups/daily -type f -mtime -1 -exec cp {}
/mnt/usbstorage \;
sync
umount /mnt/usbstorage
else
echo No Drive
fi
Assumptions:
- USB Key is formated with FAT
- you have created a directory in the /mnt to match name used in script
- your only running one back up a day
Then just create a cron job to run this after your scheduled back up has
run, say 15 minutes after wards.
Hope this helps.
Mike
On 12/13/2010 10:43 AM, Henry Coleman wrote:
I remember asking this question about two years ago but unfortunately didn't
document the answers.
I need to Backup and Restore using the FreePBX Module but to a USB stick
rather than an asterisk directory.
Currently this directory is: '/var/lib/asterisk/backups/$Backup_Name'
however changing this will break the Restore
I understand that the best way is to mount this directory onto the USB.
Unfortunately this is beyond my abilities.
If the USB stick is removed the backup and restore should be available in
the normal way.
Hoping that someone out there can sort me out
Thanks H
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Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and Restore
It's interesting that everyone's suggesting using -t msdos and not -t
vfat. You aren't worried about losing long filename support? I though the
msdos type only support 8.3 filenames.. Or is msdos finally a synonym for
vfat?
-Marc
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Mike Ashton
mike.ash...@qualitytrack.comwrote:
Henry,
I use this to mount the usb key write the backup run in the last day to it
and unmount the usb key. I mount / umount so nothing else accidentally
writes to the usb key.
#!/bin/bash
testval=`/sbin/fdisk -l | grep FAT | cut -d -f 1`
if [ -n $testval ]
then
echo mounting $testval
mount -t msdos $testval /mnt/usbstorage
find /var/lib/asterisk/backups/daily -type f -mtime -1 -exec cp {}
/mnt/usbstorage \;
sync
umount /mnt/usbstorage
else
echo No Drive
fi
Assumptions:
- USB Key is formated with FAT
- you have created a directory in the /mnt to match name used in script
- your only running one back up a day
Then just create a cron job to run this after your scheduled back up has
run, say 15 minutes after wards.
Hope this helps.
Mike
On 12/13/2010 10:43 AM, Henry Coleman wrote:
I remember asking this question about two years ago but unfortunately didn't
document the answers.
I need to Backup and Restore using the FreePBX Module but to a USB stick
rather than an asterisk directory.
Currently this directory is: '/var/lib/asterisk/backups/$Backup_Name'
however changing this will break the Restore
I understand that the best way is to mount this directory onto the USB.
Unfortunately this is beyond my abilities.
If the USB stick is removed the backup and restore should be available in
the normal way.
Hoping that someone out there can sort me out
Thanks H
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Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and Restore
Douglas had the correct solution but just leave out the -t msdos. Mount will auto-detect the file system so no need to specify it. If you want to get really fancy, you can setup udev to auto-mount your usb key at the same place every time it's plugged in. That way you can just walk up and plug it in without touching anything else. Pretty advanced but I can write more on this if anyone is interested. -- John Lange www.johnlange.ca - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org
Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and Restore
Thanks for all the suggestions. So far I think that Doug' solution looks the
most promising, however
it needs automating so that inserting the USB stick will automatically
mount the stick and disconnection will umount the stick.
(A sort of plug and play if you will) Restore might work also based on this
principle.
So I'm gonna pick your Linux brains (again) and ask if this can be done?
Henry [?]
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 5:03 PM, Henry Coleman henry.cole...@voip-pbx.cawrote:
Thanks for all the suggestions. So far I think that Doug' solution looks
the most promising, however
it needs automating so that inserting the USB stick will automatically
mount the stick and disconnection will umount the stick.
(A sort of plug and play if you will) Restore might work also based on this
principle.
So I'm gonna pick your Linux brains (again) and ask if this can be done?
Henry
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 3:56 PM, Marc Carrafiello
mcarrafie...@datex.cawrote:
It's interesting that everyone's suggesting using -t msdos and not -t
vfat. You aren't worried about losing long filename support? I though
the
msdos type only support 8.3 filenames.. Or is msdos finally a synonym
for
vfat?
-Marc
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Mike Ashton
mike.ash...@qualitytrack.comwrote:
Henry,
I use this to mount the usb key write the backup run in the last day to
it
and unmount the usb key. I mount / umount so nothing else accidentally
writes to the usb key.
#!/bin/bash
testval=`/sbin/fdisk -l | grep FAT | cut -d -f 1`
if [ -n $testval ]
then
echo mounting $testval
mount -t msdos $testval /mnt/usbstorage
find /var/lib/asterisk/backups/daily -type f -mtime -1 -exec cp {}
/mnt/usbstorage \;
sync
umount /mnt/usbstorage
else
echo No Drive
fi
Assumptions:
- USB Key is formated with FAT
- you have created a directory in the /mnt to match name used in script
- your only running one back up a day
Then just create a cron job to run this after your scheduled back up has
run, say 15 minutes after wards.
Hope this helps.
Mike
On 12/13/2010 10:43 AM, Henry Coleman wrote:
I remember asking this question about two years ago but unfortunately
didn't
document the answers.
I need to Backup and Restore using the FreePBX Module but to a USB stick
rather than an asterisk directory.
Currently this directory is: '/var/lib/asterisk/backups/$Backup_Name'
however changing this will break the Restore
I understand that the best way is to mount this directory onto the USB.
Unfortunately this is beyond my abilities.
If the USB stick is removed the backup and restore should be available
in
the normal way.
Hoping that someone out there can sort me out
Thanks H
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Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and Restore
In short; create this file (* /etc/udev/rules.d/11-backup-auto-mount.rules
) *by copying and pasting the text between the start and end tags:
--- start ---
* *
KERNEL!=sd[a-z][0-9], GOTO=backup_auto_mount_end
# Import FS infos
IMPORT{program}=/sbin/blkid -o udev -p %N
# Global mount options
ACTION==add, ENV{mount_options}=relatime
# Filesystem-specific mount options
ACTION==add, ENV{ID_FS_TYPE}==vfat|ntfs,
ENV{mount_options}=$env{mount_options},utf8,gid=100,umask=002
# Mount the device
ACTION==add, RUN+=/bin/mount -o $env{mount_options} /dev/%k
/var/lib/asterisk/backups
# Clean up after removal
ACTION==remove, ENV{dir_name}!=, RUN+=/bin/umount -l
/var/lib/asterisk/backups
# Exit
LABEL=backup_auto_mount_end
--- end ---
You can then insert and remove your key without touching the system. (I'm
making a lot of assumptions about FreePBX that should be correct, for
example that it uses udev).
Lots more suggestions on udev rules here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Udev#Auto_mounting_USB_devices
--
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www.johnlange.ca
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 4:05 PM, Henry Coleman henry.cole...@voip-pbx.cawrote:
Thanks for all the suggestions. So far I think that Doug' solution looks
the most promising, however
it needs automating so that inserting the USB stick will automatically
mount the stick and disconnection will umount the stick.
(A sort of plug and play if you will) Restore might work also based on this
principle.
So I'm gonna pick your Linux brains (again) and ask if this can be done?
Henry [?]
Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and Restore
John, Yes, I agree. Putting in the -t msdos was overkill - the mount command is smart enough to recognize the type. Regards, Doug. On 13/12/2010 4:58 PM, John Lange wrote: Douglas had the correct solution but just leave out the -t msdos. Mount will auto-detect the file system so no need to specify it. If you want to get really fancy, you can setup udev to auto-mount your usb key at the same place every time it's plugged in. That way you can just walk up and plug it in without touching anything else. Pretty advanced but I can write more on this if anyone is interested. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org
Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and restore to a USB stick
Henry, This issue is probably who owns the flash drive. With a flash drive formatted for a DOS style file system (which would be the most common case), when you mount the drive it doesn't follow the usual Linux rules for owners and groups and permissions. You've probably mounted the drive as root, so the default action is to assign root as the owner, and with the same permissions as root normally has. The backup option within FreePBX executes as user asterisk and group asterisk, which would not have permission to write to a directory that only root would have the permissions for writing. So you need to change the default user and group for the filesystem. Use: mount -o uid=asterisk,gid=asterisk /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb to mount the drive as owned by asterisk (that what the -o uid=asterisk,gid=asterisk does). Regards, Doug. - Original Message - From: Henry L.Coleman aster...@voip-pbx.ca To: asterisk@uc.org Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 8:42 PM Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and restore to a USB stick Thanks for all the help ..I'm getting close to getting this thing running. 1.) I can mount the stick -sda1 and mask the backup directory on the HD 2.) I can see the directory /asterisk/now in the GUI and backups appear to work but do not get saved. 3.) I'm going to check the file permissions but any other suggestions? PS using WinSCP I can easily drag and drop file into the directory H - Henry L. Coleman [VoIP-PBX.ca] = Douglas Pickett Henry, The quick answer on where to find mounted filesystems is df (which as the man page states report file system disk space usage). Here's what a trixbox system reports: # df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hda2 74842944 2522460 68457256 4% / /dev/hda1 101086 11084 84783 12% /boot tmpfs 253700 0253700 0% /dev/shm /dev/sda1 2002892627960 1374932 32% /mnt/usb The first column reports the device (on this system the USB stick is /dev/sda1) and the last column (Mounted on) shows the place where the device is mounted onto the filesystem (in this case /mnt/usb). As for redirecting the output of the backup (assuming you can't tell the backup utility to change where it puts the backup) is to change the target directory of the mount command, or put in a symbolic link. The freepbx backup/restore utility seems to create the backups under /var/lib/asterisk/backups, then creates a directory corresponding to the backup name, and puts the actual backup file in that directory. For the mount point idea, instead of mounting to /mnt/usb, you could do mount /dev/sda1 /var/lib/asterisk/backups This will hide any files and directories in that backups directory, and replace them with the directory structure on the USB drive. When you umount the USB stick they will re-appear. You can also use a symbolic link: ln -s /mnt/usb/daily /var/lib/asterisk/backups/daily This command creates a link in the backups directory called daily, that then points to a directory on the USB drive. When you backup using the daily config, the utility will think it is writing to the /var/lib/asterisk/backups/daily directory, but will actually be writing to /mnt/usb/daily. I think the best suggestion is to follow what Mike Ashton suggested with rsync - you actually do the backups to the local hard drive, but then copy the files over to the USB device. Given the limited number of write cycles for USB flash memory, this is probably a good idea. Regards, Doug. - Original Message - From: Henry L.Coleman aster...@voip-pbx.ca To: asterisk@uc.org Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 1:48 PM Subject: [on-asterisk] Backup and restore to a USB stick Hi all, as many are aware FreePBX has a backup and restore function that can schedule a backup of conf, cdr, and vmail. This works very well but I need to back the files up to a USB stick instead of a default backup directory. My question (not being a good Linux man) is how do I the redirect the backup path to this device. When I plug the stick in, the consule indicates that the stick is recognised and is working but does't tell me where in the directory structure to find it. Help please? Henry L.Coleman [VoIP-PBX.ca] - - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org
Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and restore to a USB stick
Thanks Doug, that was the missing link. with minor directory changes.. mount -o uid=asterisk,gid=asterisk /dev/sda1 /var/lib/asterisk/backups works like a charm :) Now all I need is to mount this automatically when I insert the stick and un-mount it when removed. Thanks to all or their help - Henry L. Coleman [VoIP-PBX.ca] = Douglas Pickett Henry, This issue is probably who owns the flash drive. With a flash drive formatted for a DOS style file system (which would be the most common case), when you mount the drive it doesn't follow the usual Linux rules for owners and groups and permissions. You've probably mounted the drive as root, so the default action is to assign root as the owner, and with the same permissions as root normally has. The backup option within FreePBX executes as user asterisk and group asterisk, which would not have permission to write to a directory that only root would have the permissions for writing. So you need to change the default user and group for the filesystem. Use: mount -o uid=asterisk,gid=asterisk /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb to mount the drive as owned by asterisk (that what the -o uid=asterisk,gid=asterisk does). Regards, Doug. - Original Message - From: Henry L.Coleman aster...@voip-pbx.ca To: asterisk@uc.org Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 8:42 PM Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and restore to a USB stick Thanks for all the help ..I'm getting close to getting this thing running. 1.) I can mount the stick -sda1 and mask the backup directory on the HD 2.) I can see the directory /asterisk/now in the GUI and backups appear to work but do not get saved. 3.) I'm going to check the file permissions but any other suggestions? PS using WinSCP I can easily drag and drop file into the directory H - Henry L. Coleman [VoIP-PBX.ca] = Douglas Pickett Henry, The quick answer on where to find mounted filesystems is df (which as the man page states report file system disk space usage). Here's what a trixbox system reports: # df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hda2 74842944 2522460 68457256 4% / /dev/hda1 101086 11084 84783 12% /boot tmpfs 253700 0253700 0% /dev/shm /dev/sda1 2002892627960 1374932 32% /mnt/usb The first column reports the device (on this system the USB stick is /dev/sda1) and the last column (Mounted on) shows the place where the device is mounted onto the filesystem (in this case /mnt/usb). As for redirecting the output of the backup (assuming you can't tell the backup utility to change where it puts the backup) is to change the target directory of the mount command, or put in a symbolic link. The freepbx backup/restore utility seems to create the backups under /var/lib/asterisk/backups, then creates a directory corresponding to the backup name, and puts the actual backup file in that directory. For the mount point idea, instead of mounting to /mnt/usb, you could do mount /dev/sda1 /var/lib/asterisk/backups This will hide any files and directories in that backups directory, and replace them with the directory structure on the USB drive. When you umount the USB stick they will re-appear. You can also use a symbolic link: ln -s /mnt/usb/daily /var/lib/asterisk/backups/daily This command creates a link in the backups directory called daily, that then points to a directory on the USB drive. When you backup using the daily config, the utility will think it is writing to the /var/lib/asterisk/backups/daily directory, but will actually be writing to /mnt/usb/daily. I think the best suggestion is to follow what Mike Ashton suggested with rsync - you actually do the backups to the local hard drive, but then copy the files over to the USB device. Given the limited number of write cycles for USB flash memory, this is probably a good idea. Regards, Doug. - Original Message - From: Henry L.Coleman aster...@voip-pbx.ca To: asterisk@uc.org Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 1:48 PM Subject: [on-asterisk] Backup and restore to a USB stick Hi all, as many are aware FreePBX has a backup and restore function that can schedule a backup of conf, cdr, and vmail. This works very well but I need to back the files up to a USB stick instead of a default backup directory. My question (not being a good Linux man) is how do I the redirect the backup path to this device. When I plug the stick in, the consule indicates that the stick is recognised and is working but does't tell me where in the directory structure to find it. Help please? Henry L.Coleman [VoIP-PBX.ca] - - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org
Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and restore to a USB stick
Henry, The quick answer on where to find mounted filesystems is df (which as the man page states report file system disk space usage). Here's what a trixbox system reports: # df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hda2 74842944 2522460 68457256 4% / /dev/hda1 101086 11084 84783 12% /boot tmpfs 253700 0253700 0% /dev/shm /dev/sda1 2002892627960 1374932 32% /mnt/usb The first column reports the device (on this system the USB stick is /dev/sda1) and the last column (Mounted on) shows the place where the device is mounted onto the filesystem (in this case /mnt/usb). As for redirecting the output of the backup (assuming you can't tell the backup utility to change where it puts the backup) is to change the target directory of the mount command, or put in a symbolic link. The freepbx backup/restore utility seems to create the backups under /var/lib/asterisk/backups, then creates a directory corresponding to the backup name, and puts the actual backup file in that directory. For the mount point idea, instead of mounting to /mnt/usb, you could do mount /dev/sda1 /var/lib/asterisk/backups This will hide any files and directories in that backups directory, and replace them with the directory structure on the USB drive. When you umount the USB stick they will re-appear. You can also use a symbolic link: ln -s /mnt/usb/daily /var/lib/asterisk/backups/daily This command creates a link in the backups directory called daily, that then points to a directory on the USB drive. When you backup using the daily config, the utility will think it is writing to the /var/lib/asterisk/backups/daily directory, but will actually be writing to /mnt/usb/daily. I think the best suggestion is to follow what Mike Ashton suggested with rsync - you actually do the backups to the local hard drive, but then copy the files over to the USB device. Given the limited number of write cycles for USB flash memory, this is probably a good idea. Regards, Doug. - Original Message - From: Henry L.Coleman aster...@voip-pbx.ca To: asterisk@uc.org Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 1:48 PM Subject: [on-asterisk] Backup and restore to a USB stick Hi all, as many are aware FreePBX has a backup and restore function that can schedule a backup of conf, cdr, and vmail. This works very well but I need to back the files up to a USB stick instead of a default backup directory. My question (not being a good Linux man) is how do I the redirect the backup path to this device. When I plug the stick in, the consule indicates that the stick is recognised and is working but does't tell me where in the directory structure to find it. Help please? Henry L.Coleman [VoIP-PBX.ca] - - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org
Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and restore to a USB stick
Henry, Something to consider. If the purpose is to have a backup in case of disaster recovery, you should really consider off site, not to a local USB stick. Also if you are providing support services to clients there is nothing worse then a system failure and no current backups for recovery. I don't have remote client voip installations this but what I do have is my own business servers at a colo that require backup. What we do is have each server do it's backup locally, then after the backup we utilize sftp and rsync to move any directories we want backed up to be copied to a remote backup server. So if anything this could be an added level of service you can provide to your clients! Extra revenue? You can implement this a few ways, but here is a link which gives a good explanation on doing it for a web site a mysql server. http://www.howtoforge.com/mirroring_with_rsync Another option is to use jungle disk, look here http://www.jungledisk.com/howitworks.shtml Just some ideas! Mike Douglas Pickett wrote: Henry, The quick answer on where to find mounted filesystems is df (which as the man page states report file system disk space usage). Here's what a trixbox system reports: # df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hda2 74842944 2522460 68457256 4% / /dev/hda1 101086 11084 84783 12% /boot tmpfs 253700 0253700 0% /dev/shm /dev/sda1 2002892627960 1374932 32% /mnt/usb The first column reports the device (on this system the USB stick is /dev/sda1) and the last column (Mounted on) shows the place where the device is mounted onto the filesystem (in this case /mnt/usb). As for redirecting the output of the backup (assuming you can't tell the backup utility to change where it puts the backup) is to change the target directory of the mount command, or put in a symbolic link. The freepbx backup/restore utility seems to create the backups under /var/lib/asterisk/backups, then creates a directory corresponding to the backup name, and puts the actual backup file in that directory. For the mount point idea, instead of mounting to /mnt/usb, you could do mount /dev/sda1 /var/lib/asterisk/backups This will hide any files and directories in that backups directory, and replace them with the directory structure on the USB drive. When you umount the USB stick they will re-appear. You can also use a symbolic link: ln -s /mnt/usb/daily /var/lib/asterisk/backups/daily This command creates a link in the backups directory called daily, that then points to a directory on the USB drive. When you backup using the daily config, the utility will think it is writing to the /var/lib/asterisk/backups/daily directory, but will actually be writing to /mnt/usb/daily. I think the best suggestion is to follow what Mike Ashton suggested with rsync - you actually do the backups to the local hard drive, but then copy the files over to the USB device. Given the limited number of write cycles for USB flash memory, this is probably a good idea. Regards, Doug. - Original Message - From: Henry L.Coleman aster...@voip-pbx.ca To: asterisk@uc.org Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 1:48 PM Subject: [on-asterisk] Backup and restore to a USB stick Hi all, as many are aware FreePBX has a backup and restore function that can schedule a backup of conf, cdr, and vmail. This works very well but I need to back the files up to a USB stick instead of a default backup directory. My question (not being a good Linux man) is how do I the redirect the backup path to this device. When I plug the stick in, the consule indicates that the stick is recognised and is working but does't tell me where in the directory structure to find it. Help please? Henry L.Coleman [VoIP-PBX.ca] - - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org -- Mike Ashton Quality Track Intl CTO Ph: 647-724-3500 x 301 Cell: 416-527-4995 Fax:416-352-6043 QTI CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY INFORMATION The contents of this material are confidential and proprietary to Quality Track International, Inc. and may not be reproduced, disclosed, distributed or used without the express permission of an authorized representative of QTI. Use for any purpose or in any manner other than that expressly authorized is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately delete it and all copies, and promptly notify the sender. - To
Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and restore to a USB stick
And you can sell that as part of your services :) (Maintenance contracts, etc) Johannes On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Mike Ashtonmike.ash...@qualitytrack.com wrote: Henry, Something to consider. If the purpose is to have a backup in case of disaster recovery, you should really consider off site, not to a local USB stick. Also if you are providing support services to clients there is nothing worse then a system failure and no current backups for recovery. I don't have remote client voip installations this but what I do have is my own business servers at a colo that require backup. What we do is have each server do it's backup locally, then after the backup we utilize sftp and rsync to move any directories we want backed up to be copied to a remote backup server. So if anything this could be an added level of service you can provide to your clients! Extra revenue? You can implement this a few ways, but here is a link which gives a good explanation on doing it for a web site a mysql server. http://www.howtoforge.com/mirroring_with_rsync Another option is to use jungle disk, look here http://www.jungledisk.com/howitworks.shtml Just some ideas! Mike Douglas Pickett wrote: Henry, The quick answer on where to find mounted filesystems is df (which as the man page states report file system disk space usage). Here's what a trixbox system reports: # df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hda2 74842944 2522460 68457256 4% / /dev/hda1 101086 11084 84783 12% /boot tmpfs 253700 0 253700 0% /dev/shm /dev/sda1 2002892 627960 1374932 32% /mnt/usb The first column reports the device (on this system the USB stick is /dev/sda1) and the last column (Mounted on) shows the place where the device is mounted onto the filesystem (in this case /mnt/usb). As for redirecting the output of the backup (assuming you can't tell the backup utility to change where it puts the backup) is to change the target directory of the mount command, or put in a symbolic link. The freepbx backup/restore utility seems to create the backups under /var/lib/asterisk/backups, then creates a directory corresponding to the backup name, and puts the actual backup file in that directory. For the mount point idea, instead of mounting to /mnt/usb, you could do mount /dev/sda1 /var/lib/asterisk/backups This will hide any files and directories in that backups directory, and replace them with the directory structure on the USB drive. When you umount the USB stick they will re-appear. You can also use a symbolic link: ln -s /mnt/usb/daily /var/lib/asterisk/backups/daily This command creates a link in the backups directory called daily, that then points to a directory on the USB drive. When you backup using the daily config, the utility will think it is writing to the /var/lib/asterisk/backups/daily directory, but will actually be writing to /mnt/usb/daily. I think the best suggestion is to follow what Mike Ashton suggested with rsync - you actually do the backups to the local hard drive, but then copy the files over to the USB device. Given the limited number of write cycles for USB flash memory, this is probably a good idea. Regards, Doug. - Original Message - From: Henry L.Coleman aster...@voip-pbx.ca To: asterisk@uc.org Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 1:48 PM Subject: [on-asterisk] Backup and restore to a USB stick Hi all, as many are aware FreePBX has a backup and restore function that can schedule a backup of conf, cdr, and vmail. This works very well but I need to back the files up to a USB stick instead of a default backup directory. My question (not being a good Linux man) is how do I the redirect the backup path to this device. When I plug the stick in, the consule indicates that the stick is recognised and is working but does't tell me where in the directory structure to find it. Help please? Henry L.Coleman [VoIP-PBX.ca] - - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org -- Mike Ashton Quality Track Intl CTO Ph: 647-724-3500 x 301 Cell: 416-527-4995 Fax: 416-352-6043 QTI CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY INFORMATION The contents of this material are confidential and proprietary to Quality Track International, Inc. and may not be reproduced, disclosed, distributed or used without the express permission of an authorized representative of QTI. Use for any purpose or in any manner other than that expressly authorized is prohibited. If you
Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and restore to a USB stick
Thanks for all the help ..I'm getting close to getting this thing running. 1.) I can mount the stick -sda1 and mask the backup directory on the HD 2.) I can see the directory /asterisk/now in the GUI and backups appear to work but do not get saved. 3.) I'm going to check the file permissions but any other suggestions? PS using WinSCP I can easily drag and drop file into the directory H - Henry L. Coleman [VoIP-PBX.ca] = Douglas Pickett Henry, The quick answer on where to find mounted filesystems is df (which as the man page states report file system disk space usage). Here's what a trixbox system reports: # df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hda2 74842944 2522460 68457256 4% / /dev/hda1 101086 11084 84783 12% /boot tmpfs 253700 0253700 0% /dev/shm /dev/sda1 2002892627960 1374932 32% /mnt/usb The first column reports the device (on this system the USB stick is /dev/sda1) and the last column (Mounted on) shows the place where the device is mounted onto the filesystem (in this case /mnt/usb). As for redirecting the output of the backup (assuming you can't tell the backup utility to change where it puts the backup) is to change the target directory of the mount command, or put in a symbolic link. The freepbx backup/restore utility seems to create the backups under /var/lib/asterisk/backups, then creates a directory corresponding to the backup name, and puts the actual backup file in that directory. For the mount point idea, instead of mounting to /mnt/usb, you could do mount /dev/sda1 /var/lib/asterisk/backups This will hide any files and directories in that backups directory, and replace them with the directory structure on the USB drive. When you umount the USB stick they will re-appear. You can also use a symbolic link: ln -s /mnt/usb/daily /var/lib/asterisk/backups/daily This command creates a link in the backups directory called daily, that then points to a directory on the USB drive. When you backup using the daily config, the utility will think it is writing to the /var/lib/asterisk/backups/daily directory, but will actually be writing to /mnt/usb/daily. I think the best suggestion is to follow what Mike Ashton suggested with rsync - you actually do the backups to the local hard drive, but then copy the files over to the USB device. Given the limited number of write cycles for USB flash memory, this is probably a good idea. Regards, Doug. - Original Message - From: Henry L.Coleman aster...@voip-pbx.ca To: asterisk@uc.org Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 1:48 PM Subject: [on-asterisk] Backup and restore to a USB stick Hi all, as many are aware FreePBX has a backup and restore function that can schedule a backup of conf, cdr, and vmail. This works very well but I need to back the files up to a USB stick instead of a default backup directory. My question (not being a good Linux man) is how do I the redirect the backup path to this device. When I plug the stick in, the consule indicates that the stick is recognised and is working but does't tell me where in the directory structure to find it. Help please? Henry L.Coleman [VoIP-PBX.ca] - - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org
Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and restore to a USB stick
This is what I get r...@pbx:~ $ mount /dev/hda2 on / type ext3 (rw) proc on /proc type proc (rw) sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) /dev/hda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw) tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw) - Henry L. Coleman [VoIP-PBX.ca] = Johannes Vanderknyff (NOTE: I don't know much about FreePBX) If you can get to the console, type mount and that should give you a listing of mounted filesystems. If FreePBX mounted the USB drive, you'll be good to go and you can just copy (cp) the files to that location. Johannes On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Henry L.Coleman aster...@voip-pbx.cawrote: Hi all, as many are aware FreePBX has a backup and restore function that can schedule a backup of conf, cdr, and vmail. This works very well but I need to back the files up to a USB stick instead of a default backup directory. My question (not being a good Linux man) is how do I the redirect the backup path to this device. When I plug the stick in, the consule indicates that the stick is recognised and is working but does't tell me where in the directory structure to find it. Help please? Henry L.Coleman [VoIP-PBX.ca] - - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org
Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and restore to a USB stick
Hmmm. Doesn't look like it is mounted yet. I just googled linux how to mount usb drive... Create the directory mkdir /mnt/usb Next, mount the drive mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb Then, see if it works: cd /mnt/usb ls You should see a list of the files on your USB drive. Johannes On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Henry L.Colemanaster...@voip-pbx.ca wrote: This is what I get r...@pbx:~ $ mount /dev/hda2 on / type ext3 (rw) proc on /proc type proc (rw) sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) /dev/hda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw) tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw) - Henry L. Coleman [VoIP-PBX.ca] = Johannes Vanderknyff (NOTE: I don't know much about FreePBX) If you can get to the console, type mount and that should give you a listing of mounted filesystems. If FreePBX mounted the USB drive, you'll be good to go and you can just copy (cp) the files to that location. Johannes On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Henry L.Coleman aster...@voip-pbx.cawrote: Hi all, as many are aware FreePBX has a backup and restore function that can schedule a backup of conf, cdr, and vmail. This works very well but I need to back the files up to a USB stick instead of a default backup directory. My question (not being a good Linux man) is how do I the redirect the backup path to this device. When I plug the stick in, the consule indicates that the stick is recognised and is working but does't tell me where in the directory structure to find it. Help please? Henry L.Coleman [VoIP-PBX.ca] - - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org
RE: [on-asterisk] Backup and restore to a USB stick
Hi Bill as requested. Jun 16 15:00:24 pbx kernel: Vendor: Lexar Model: JD FireFlyRev: 1100 Jun 16 15:00:24 pbx kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Jun 16 15:00:24 pbx kernel: SCSI device sda: 3915776 512-byte hdwr sectors (2005 MB) Jun 16 15:00:24 pbx kernel: sda: Write Protect is off Jun 16 15:00:24 pbx kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through Jun 16 15:00:24 pbx kernel: SCSI device sda: 3915776 512-byte hdwr sectors (2005 MB) Jun 16 15:00:24 pbx kernel: sda: Write Protect is off Jun 16 15:00:24 pbx kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through Jun 16 15:00:24 pbx kernel: sda: sda1 Jun 16 15:00:24 pbx kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda Jun 16 15:00:24 pbx kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0 Jun 16 15:00:24 pbx kernel: EXT3 FS on hda2, internal journal Jun 16 15:00:24 pbx kernel: kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds Jun 16 15:00:24 pbx kernel: EXT3 FS on hda1, internal journal Jun 16 15:00:24 pbx kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Jun 16 15:00:24 pbx kernel: Adding 779144k swap on /dev/hda3. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:779144k Jun 16 15:00:24 pbx kernel: IA-32 Microcode Update Driver: v1.14a tig...@veritas.com Jun 16 15:00:24 pbx kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 10 Jun 16 15:00:24 pbx kernel: lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions - Henry L. Coleman [VoIP-PBX.ca] = Bill Sandiford Henry: What is the exact message that comes up on the console when you insert it? Does anything show up in /var/log/messages when you insert it? Bill -Original Message- From: Apache [mailto:apa...@tsx3.computeradvocacy.com] On Behalf Of Henry L.Coleman Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 1:49 PM To: asterisk@uc.org Subject: [on-asterisk] Backup and restore to a USB stick Hi all, as many are aware FreePBX has a backup and restore function that can schedule a backup of conf, cdr, and vmail. This works very well but I need to back the files up to a USB stick instead of a default backup directory. My question (not being a good Linux man) is how do I the redirect the backup path to this device. When I plug the stick in, the consule indicates that the stick is recognised and is working but does't tell me where in the directory structure to find it. Help please? Henry L.Coleman [VoIP-PBX.ca] - - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org
Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and restore to a USB stick
Yes that works, but when I removed the stick it showed the file but could not (of course) access it Plugging it back in again removed the file and showed an empty directory. - Henry L. Coleman [VoIP-PBX.ca] = Johannes Vanderknyff Hmmm. Doesn't look like it is mounted yet. I just googled linux how to mount usb drive... Create the directory mkdir /mnt/usb Next, mount the drive mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb Then, see if it works: cd /mnt/usb ls You should see a list of the files on your USB drive. Johannes On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Henry L.Colemanaster...@voip-pbx.ca wrote: This is what I get r...@pbx:~ $ mount /dev/hda2 on / type ext3 (rw) proc on /proc type proc (rw) sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) /dev/hda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw) tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw) - Henry L. Coleman [VoIP-PBX.ca] = Johannes Vanderknyff (NOTE: I don't know much about FreePBX) If you can get to the console, type mount and that should give you a listing of mounted filesystems. If FreePBX mounted the USB drive, you'll be good to go and you can just copy (cp) the files to that location. Johannes On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Henry L.Coleman aster...@voip-pbx.cawrote: Hi all, as many are aware FreePBX has a backup and restore function that can schedule a backup of conf, cdr, and vmail. This works very well but I need to back the files up to a USB stick instead of a default backup directory. My question (not being a good Linux man) is how do I the redirect the backup path to this device. When I plug the stick in, the consule indicates that the stick is recognised and is working but does't tell me where in the directory structure to find it. Help please? Henry L.Coleman [VoIP-PBX.ca] - - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org
RE: [on-asterisk] Backup and restore to a USB stick
Exactly what Johannes said, but based on the output of your /var/log/messages I think the second step will be mount /dev/sda /mnt/usb -Original Message- From: Johannes Vanderknyff [mailto:johannes.vanderkn...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 3:13 PM To: aster...@voip-pbx.ca Cc: asterisk@uc.org Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and restore to a USB stick Hmmm. Doesn't look like it is mounted yet. I just googled linux how to mount usb drive... Create the directory mkdir /mnt/usb Next, mount the drive mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb Then, see if it works: cd /mnt/usb ls You should see a list of the files on your USB drive. Johannes On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Henry L.Colemanaster...@voip-pbx.ca wrote: This is what I get r...@pbx:~ $ mount /dev/hda2 on / type ext3 (rw) proc on /proc type proc (rw) sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) /dev/hda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw) tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw) - Henry L. Coleman [VoIP-PBX.ca] = Johannes Vanderknyff (NOTE: I don't know much about FreePBX) If you can get to the console, type mount and that should give you a listing of mounted filesystems. If FreePBX mounted the USB drive, you'll be good to go and you can just copy (cp) the files to that location. Johannes On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Henry L.Coleman aster...@voip-pbx.cawrote: Hi all, as many are aware FreePBX has a backup and restore function that can schedule a backup of conf, cdr, and vmail. This works very well but I need to back the files up to a USB stick instead of a default backup directory. My question (not being a good Linux man) is how do I the redirect the backup path to this device. When I plug the stick in, the consule indicates that the stick is recognised and is working but does't tell me where in the directory structure to find it. Help please? Henry L.Coleman [VoIP-PBX.ca] - - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org
Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and restore to a USB stick
I belive it would be /dev/sda1 and not just sda - sda1 is going to be the first partition on the usb stick. You can think of it as a hard drive with multiple partitions - the main drive is hda and then the partitions are hda1, hda2, etc. As far as seeing the files on the drive, before unplugging the usb drive, you must first unmount it, otherwise the files may not be written and closed correctly. umount /mnt/usb Is this something you are going to be doing regularly, or just when needed (ie. manual or automated)? Martin Bill Sandiford wrote: Exactly what Johannes said, but based on the output of your /var/log/messages I think the second step will be mount /dev/sda /mnt/usb -Original Message- From: Johannes Vanderknyff [mailto:johannes.vanderkn...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 3:13 PM To: aster...@voip-pbx.ca Cc: asterisk@uc.org Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and restore to a USB stick Hmmm. Doesn't look like it is mounted yet. I just googled linux how to mount usb drive... Create the directory mkdir /mnt/usb Next, mount the drive mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb Then, see if it works: cd /mnt/usb ls You should see a list of the files on your USB drive. Johannes On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Henry L.Colemanaster...@voip-pbx.ca wrote: This is what I get r...@pbx:~ $ mount /dev/hda2 on / type ext3 (rw) proc on /proc type proc (rw) sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) /dev/hda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw) tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw) - Henry L. Coleman [VoIP-PBX.ca] = Johannes Vanderknyff (NOTE: I don't know much about FreePBX) If you can get to the console, type mount and that should give you a listing of mounted filesystems. If FreePBX mounted the USB drive, you'll be good to go and you can just copy (cp) the files to that location. Johannes On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Henry L.Coleman aster...@voip-pbx.cawrote: Hi all, as many are aware FreePBX has a backup and restore function that can schedule a backup of conf, cdr, and vmail. This works very well but I need to back the files up to a USB stick instead of a default backup directory. My question (not being a good Linux man) is how do I the redirect the backup path to this device. When I plug the stick in, the consule indicates that the stick is recognised and is working but does't tell me where in the directory structure to find it. Help please? Henry L.Coleman [VoIP-PBX.ca] - - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org
Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and restore to a USB stick
Henry, Make sure on your USB stick there is a directory called asterisk. I'm assuming that your backups are here : /var/lib/asterisk/backups/daily/ Now take what is below and put in a file, make it executable and run as root. mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb if [ -d /mnt/usb/asterisk ]; then rsync -av /var/lib/asterisk/backups/daily/ /mnt/usb/asterisk/; umount /mnt/usb; exit 0 else echo Error: Could not mount storage device; exit 2 fi Using the rsync command will move anything that is not in the source directory to the usb. If this works then you can add this script to run after your back up. Not sure in freePX but an also be run as a cron job. Mike Martin Glazer wrote: I belive it would be /dev/sda1 and not just sda - sda1 is going to be the first partition on the usb stick. You can think of it as a hard drive with multiple partitions - the main drive is hda and then the partitions are hda1, hda2, etc. As far as seeing the files on the drive, before unplugging the usb drive, you must first unmount it, otherwise the files may not be written and closed correctly. umount /mnt/usb Is this something you are going to be doing regularly, or just when needed (ie. manual or automated)? Martin Bill Sandiford wrote: Exactly what Johannes said, but based on the output of your /var/log/messages I think the second step will be mount /dev/sda /mnt/usb -Original Message- From: Johannes Vanderknyff [mailto:johannes.vanderkn...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 3:13 PM To: aster...@voip-pbx.ca Cc: asterisk@uc.org Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and restore to a USB stick Hmmm. Doesn't look like it is mounted yet. I just googled linux how to mount usb drive... Create the directory mkdir /mnt/usb Next, mount the drive mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb Then, see if it works: cd /mnt/usb ls You should see a list of the files on your USB drive. Johannes On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Henry L.Colemanaster...@voip-pbx.ca wrote: This is what I get r...@pbx:~ $ mount /dev/hda2 on / type ext3 (rw) proc on /proc type proc (rw) sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) /dev/hda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw) tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw) - Henry L. Coleman [VoIP-PBX.ca] = Johannes Vanderknyff (NOTE: I don't know much about FreePBX) If you can get to the console, type mount and that should give you a listing of mounted filesystems. If FreePBX mounted the USB drive, you'll be good to go and you can just copy (cp) the files to that location. Johannes On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Henry L.Coleman aster...@voip-pbx.cawrote: Hi all, as many are aware FreePBX has a backup and restore function that can schedule a backup of conf, cdr, and vmail. This works very well but I need to back the files up to a USB stick instead of a default backup directory. My question (not being a good Linux man) is how do I the redirect the backup path to this device. When I plug the stick in, the consule indicates that the stick is recognised and is working but does't tell me where in the directory structure to find it. Help please? Henry L.Coleman [VoIP-PBX.ca] - - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org -- Mike Ashton Quality Track Intl CTO Ph: 647-724-3500 x 301 Cell: 416-527-4995 Fax:416-352-6043 QTI CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY INFORMATION The contents of this material are confidential and proprietary to Quality Track International, Inc. and may not be reproduced, disclosed, distributed or used without the express permission of an authorized representative of QTI. Use for any purpose or in any manner other than that expressly authorized is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately delete it and all copies, and promptly notify the sender. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org
Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and restore to a USB stick
This looks good but I really want a backup and restore to/from the USB stick as default If the stick isn't there then it could default to the directory /var/lib/asterisk/backups/daily/ Henry L.Coleman [VoIP-PBX.ca] - Mike Ashton Henry, Make sure on your USB stick there is a directory called asterisk. I'm assuming that your backups are here : /var/lib/asterisk/backups/daily/ Now take what is below and put in a file, make it executable and run as root. mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb if [ -d /mnt/usb/asterisk ]; then rsync -av /var/lib/asterisk/backups/daily/ /mnt/usb/asterisk/; umount /mnt/usb; exit 0 else echo Error: Could not mount storage device; exit 2 fi Using the rsync command will move anything that is not in the source directory to the usb. If this works then you can add this script to run after your back up. Not sure in freePX but an also be run as a cron job. Mike Martin Glazer wrote: I belive it would be /dev/sda1 and not just sda - sda1 is going to be the first partition on the usb stick. You can think of it as a hard drive with multiple partitions - the main drive is hda and then the partitions are hda1, hda2, etc. As far as seeing the files on the drive, before unplugging the usb drive, you must first unmount it, otherwise the files may not be written and closed correctly. umount /mnt/usb Is this something you are going to be doing regularly, or just when needed (ie. manual or automated)? Martin Bill Sandiford wrote: Exactly what Johannes said, but based on the output of your /var/log/messages I think the second step will be mount /dev/sda /mnt/usb -Original Message- From: Johannes Vanderknyff [mailto:johannes.vanderkn...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 3:13 PM To: aster...@voip-pbx.ca Cc: asterisk@uc.org Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and restore to a USB stick Hmmm. Doesn't look like it is mounted yet. I just googled linux how to mount usb drive... Create the directory mkdir /mnt/usb Next, mount the drive mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb Then, see if it works: cd /mnt/usb ls You should see a list of the files on your USB drive. Johannes On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Henry L.Colemanaster...@voip-pbx.ca wrote: This is what I get r...@pbx:~ $ mount /dev/hda2 on / type ext3 (rw) proc on /proc type proc (rw) sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) /dev/hda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw) tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw) - Henry L. Coleman [VoIP-PBX.ca] = Johannes Vanderknyff (NOTE: I don't know much about FreePBX) If you can get to the console, type mount and that should give you a listing of mounted filesystems. If FreePBX mounted the USB drive, you'll be good to go and you can just copy (cp) the files to that location. Johannes On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Henry L.Coleman aster...@voip-pbx.cawrote: Hi all, as many are aware FreePBX has a backup and restore function that can schedule a backup of conf, cdr, and vmail. This works very well but I need to back the files up to a USB stick instead of a default backup directory. My question (not being a good Linux man) is how do I the redirect the backup path to this device. When I plug the stick in, the consule indicates that the stick is recognised and is working but does't tell me where in the directory structure to find it. Help please? Henry L.Coleman [VoIP-PBX.ca] - - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org -- Mike Ashton Quality Track Intl CTO Ph: 647-724-3500 x 301 Cell: 416-527-4995 Fax: 416-352-6043 QTI CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY INFORMATION The contents of this material are confidential and proprietary to Quality Track International, Inc. and may not be reproduced, disclosed, distributed or used without the express permission of an authorized representative of QTI. Use for any purpose or in any manner other than that expressly authorized is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately delete it and all copies, and promptly notify
Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and restore to a USB stick
You could always mount the usb stick to that location mount /dev/sda1 /var/lib/asterisk/backups/daily this will overlay the existing directory and write to the USB stick Once unmounted, it would write to the hard drive. The only caveat is that in order to access both locations at the same time, you would have to mount the usb stick to a different location. Lastly, you could manually the ampbackup.pl script itself to save to a different directory, but htis may get overwritten in the next FreePBX update. Martin Henry L.Coleman wrote: This looks good but I really want a backup and restore to/from the USB stick as default If the stick isn't there then it could default to the directory /var/lib/asterisk/backups/daily/ Henry L.Coleman [VoIP-PBX.ca] - Mike Ashton Henry, Make sure on your USB stick there is a directory called asterisk. I'm assuming that your backups are here : /var/lib/asterisk/backups/daily/ Now take what is below and put in a file, make it executable and run as root. mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb if [ -d /mnt/usb/asterisk ]; then rsync -av /var/lib/asterisk/backups/daily/ /mnt/usb/asterisk/; umount /mnt/usb; exit 0 else echo Error: Could not mount storage device; exit 2 fi Using the rsync command will move anything that is not in the source directory to the usb. If this works then you can add this script to run after your back up. Not sure in freePX but an also be run as a cron job. Mike Martin Glazer wrote: I belive it would be /dev/sda1 and not just sda - sda1 is going to be the first partition on the usb stick. You can think of it as a hard drive with multiple partitions - the main drive is hda and then the partitions are hda1, hda2, etc. As far as seeing the files on the drive, before unplugging the usb drive, you must first unmount it, otherwise the files may not be written and closed correctly. umount /mnt/usb Is this something you are going to be doing regularly, or just when needed (ie. manual or automated)? Martin Bill Sandiford wrote: Exactly what Johannes said, but based on the output of your /var/log/messages I think the second step will be mount /dev/sda /mnt/usb -Original Message- From: Johannes Vanderknyff [mailto:johannes.vanderkn...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 3:13 PM To: aster...@voip-pbx.ca Cc: asterisk@uc.org Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and restore to a USB stick Hmmm. Doesn't look like it is mounted yet. I just googled linux how to mount usb drive... Create the directory mkdir /mnt/usb Next, mount the drive mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb Then, see if it works: cd /mnt/usb ls You should see a list of the files on your USB drive. Johannes On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Henry L.Colemanaster...@voip-pbx.ca wrote: This is what I get r...@pbx:~ $ mount /dev/hda2 on / type ext3 (rw) proc on /proc type proc (rw) sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) /dev/hda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw) tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw) - Henry L. Coleman [VoIP-PBX.ca] = Johannes Vanderknyff (NOTE: I don't know much about FreePBX) If you can get to the console, type mount and that should give you a listing of mounted filesystems. If FreePBX mounted the USB drive, you'll be good to go and you can just copy (cp) the files to that location. Johannes On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Henry L.Coleman aster...@voip-pbx.cawrote: Hi all, as many are aware FreePBX has a backup and restore function that can schedule a backup of conf, cdr, and vmail. This works very well but I need to back the files up to a USB stick instead of a default backup directory. My question (not being a good Linux man) is how do I the redirect the backup path to this device. When I plug the stick in, the consule indicates that the stick is recognised and is working but does't tell me where in the directory structure to find it. Help please? Henry L.Coleman [VoIP-PBX.ca] - - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org -- Mike Ashton Quality Track Intl CTO Ph: 647-724-3500 x 301 Cell
Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and restore to a USB stick
Henry, Don't forget to do a umount (either of umount /dev/sda1 or umount /mnt/usb should work). If it doesn't unmount, make sure that you've cd'ed out of /mnt/usb and try again (umount won't work if the current directory of a shell session or program includes the mounted filesystem). If you just remove the usb stick without the umount bad things happen. Regards, Doug. - Original Message - From: Henry L.Coleman aster...@voip-pbx.ca To: asterisk@uc.org Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 3:35 PM Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and restore to a USB stick Yes that works, but when I removed the stick it showed the file but could not (of course) access it Plugging it back in again removed the file and showed an empty directory. - Henry L. Coleman [VoIP-PBX.ca] = Johannes Vanderknyff Hmmm. Doesn't look like it is mounted yet. I just googled linux how to mount usb drive... Create the directory mkdir /mnt/usb Next, mount the drive mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb Then, see if it works: cd /mnt/usb ls You should see a list of the files on your USB drive. Johannes On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Henry L.Colemanaster...@voip-pbx.ca wrote: This is what I get r...@pbx:~ $ mount /dev/hda2 on / type ext3 (rw) proc on /proc type proc (rw) sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) /dev/hda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw) tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw) - Henry L. Coleman [VoIP-PBX.ca] = Johannes Vanderknyff (NOTE: I don't know much about FreePBX) If you can get to the console, type mount and that should give you a listing of mounted filesystems. If FreePBX mounted the USB drive, you'll be good to go and you can just copy (cp) the files to that location. Johannes On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Henry L.Coleman aster...@voip-pbx.cawrote: Hi all, as many are aware FreePBX has a backup and restore function that can schedule a backup of conf, cdr, and vmail. This works very well but I need to back the files up to a USB stick instead of a default backup directory. My question (not being a good Linux man) is how do I the redirect the backup path to this device. When I plug the stick in, the consule indicates that the stick is recognised and is working but does't tell me where in the directory structure to find it. Help please? Henry L.Coleman [VoIP-PBX.ca] - - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org
RE: [on-asterisk] Backup and restore Asterisk config from one host to another
well a good idea then for your scenario, as Remzi was saying is to use rysnc depending on the setup of the 2 boxes you may only need to back a few things up, I take it this is for the purpose of a failover or hotspare system? remember to copy the zap config file out of /etc along with all the directories that where previously mentioned in Remzi's email. You will also want to rsync the directory that stores your database files, and you will probably want to sync your log files aswell as a means of going back and looking for errors. Phil. From: Richard (Rogers @ work) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri 4/13/2007 9:40 AM To: Philip Mullis; asterisk@uc.org Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and restore Asterisk config from one host to another I have done all my extension setup and configuration using FreePBX. Which folders need to be backup? How about the changes saved to DB if any?? Thanks, Richard - Original Message - From: Philip Mullis mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Richard (Rogers @ work) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ; asterisk@uc.org Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 9:29 AM Subject: RE: [on-asterisk] Backup and restore Asterisk config from one host to another you can scp them from one box to another, that would be the quickest 1 liner way of doing that. Phil. From: Richard (Rogers @ work) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri 4/13/2007 9:13 AM To: asterisk@uc.org Subject: [on-asterisk] Backup and restore Asterisk config from one host to another Hi , I would like save a snapshot of all my asterisk configurations from one host (primary )and restore it on another host (backup). I would like to do it using a command line/script rather than using freePBX. Any suggestion will be appreciated. Thanks, Richard - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and restore Asterisk config from one host to another
Richard (Rogers @ work) wrote: Hi , I would like save a snapshot of all my asterisk configurations from one host (primary )and restore it on another host (backup). I would like to do it using a command line/script rather than using freePBX. scp -r /etc/asterisk backuphost:/etc/asterisk Need an additional one for the mailbox directory if you want to back up vmails.
Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and restore Asterisk config from one host to another
Hi Ian, Thanks for the direction. This backs up all the config files and is simple enough. How about changes made to mySQL database? I was under the impression that there are config info in the database as well. Thanks, Richard - Original Message - From: Ian Darwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Richard (Rogers @ work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: asterisk@uc.org Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 10:15 AM Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and restore Asterisk config from one host to another Richard (Rogers @ work) wrote: Hi , I would like save a snapshot of all my asterisk configurations from one host (primary )and restore it on another host (backup). I would like to do it using a command line/script rather than using freePBX. scp -r /etc/asterisk backuphost:/etc/asterisk Need an additional one for the mailbox directory if you want to back up vmails. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and restore Asterisk config from one host to another
On Fri, 2007-04-13 at 10:21 -0400, Richard (Rogers @ work) wrote: Hi Ian, Thanks for the direction. This backs up all the config files and is simple enough. How about changes made to mySQL database? I was under the impression that there are config info in the database as well. Thanks, Richard Why not use mysqldump to backup the database and scp or whatever to put the backup archive on the backup machine? e.g. as crontab entry like the following: 5 5 * * * /usr/bin/mysqldump --add_drop_table --opt --add_locks -udbuser -ppassword name of db | bzip2 -c /var/backups/db_backup_`date -I`.sql.bz - Original Message - From: Ian Darwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Richard (Rogers @ work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: asterisk@uc.org Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 10:15 AM Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and restore Asterisk config from one host to another Richard (Rogers @ work) wrote: Hi , I would like save a snapshot of all my asterisk configurations from one host (primary )and restore it on another host (backup). I would like to do it using a command line/script rather than using freePBX. scp -r /etc/asterisk backuphost:/etc/asterisk Need an additional one for the mailbox directory if you want to back up vmails. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- G. Roderick Singleton [EMAIL PROTECTED] PATH tech smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature
RE: [on-asterisk] Backup and restore Asterisk config from one host to another
Unless you are storing your config into mySQL, there is nothing there, by
default Asterisk uses the config files. You might be using it for CDR and other
stuff, if so, it can be backed up like:
mydatabase=mydatabasename `date`.sql
filename=${mydatabase// /_}
mysqldump -h mydatabaserver.com -u username -ppassword mydatabase
/var/backups/sqlbackup/mydbaseserver1/$filename
and copied to the other server.
-Original Message-
From: Richard (Rogers @ work) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 10:22 AM
To: Ian Darwin
Cc: asterisk@uc.org
Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and restore Asterisk config from one host to
another
Hi Ian,
Thanks for the direction. This backs up all the config files and is simple
enough.
How about changes made to mySQL database? I was under the impression that
there are config info in the database as well.
Thanks,
Richard
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From: Ian Darwin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Richard (Rogers @ work) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: asterisk@uc.org
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 10:15 AM
Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and restore Asterisk config from one host
to another
Richard (Rogers @ work) wrote:
Hi ,
I would like save a snapshot of all my asterisk configurations from one
host
(primary )and restore it on another host (backup).
I would like to do it using a command line/script rather than using
freePBX.
scp -r /etc/asterisk backuphost:/etc/asterisk
Need an additional one for the mailbox directory if you want to back up
vmails.
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