Re: [CentOS] Dump on remote filesystems?

2008-01-30 Thread Kenneth Porter
dump works at the device level, dumping the raw block device by interpreting the ext2/3 structures there. If you pass it a directory, it converts it to the device mounted there and dumps the device. restore, on the other hand, operates at the filesystem level. You don't need to be root to

Re: [CentOS] Dump on remote filesystems?

2008-01-29 Thread Theo Band [GreenPeak]
Scott Ehrlich wrote: I have a couple C5 systems I want to back up. My plan is to, one way or another, back them up to a C5 machine in my office. I have samba installed on the systems to back up, the machines are mounted on the system in my office, and a tape library hanging of the system in

Re: [CentOS] Dump on remote filesystems?

2008-01-29 Thread Toby Bluhm
Scott Ehrlich wrote: On Tue, 29 Jan 2008, Tom Brown wrote: I have a couple C5 systems I want to back up. My plan is to, one way or another, back them up to a C5 machine in my office. I have samba installed on the systems to back up, the machines are mounted on the system in my office,

Re: [CentOS] Dump on remote filesystems?

2008-01-29 Thread Tom Brown
My fundamental question is why dump claims it cannot access what I want it to back up. What's to say other solutions - Amanda, etc, will work any better? I want to know how to resolve the source problem before looking into other products. How will BackupPC or Amanda do any better?

Re: [CentOS] Dump on remote filesystems?

2008-01-29 Thread Tony Molloy
On Tuesday 29 January 2008 12:43:48 Tom Brown wrote: I have a couple C5 systems I want to back up. My plan is to, one way or another, back them up to a C5 machine in my office. I have samba installed on the systems to back up, the machines are mounted on the system in my office, and a

[CentOS] Dump on remote filesystems?

2008-01-29 Thread Scott Ehrlich
I have a couple C5 systems I want to back up. My plan is to, one way or another, back them up to a C5 machine in my office. I have samba installed on the systems to back up, the machines are mounted on the system in my office, and a tape library hanging of the system in my office. I was

Re: [CentOS] Dump on remote filesystems?

2008-01-29 Thread Les Mikesell
Scott Ehrlich wrote: I have a couple C5 systems I want to back up. My plan is to, one way or another, back them up to a C5 machine in my office. I have samba installed on the systems to back up, the machines are mounted on the system in my office, and a tape library hanging of the system in

Re: [CentOS] Dump on remote filesystems?

2008-01-29 Thread Luke Dudney
On 29/01/2008 13:35, Scott Ehrlich wrote: On Tue, 29 Jan 2008, Tom Brown wrote: I have a couple C5 systems I want to back up. My plan is to, one way or another, back them up to a C5 machine in my office. I have samba installed on the systems to back up, the machines are mounted on the

Re: [CentOS] Dump on remote filesystems?

2008-01-29 Thread Tom Brown
I have a couple C5 systems I want to back up. My plan is to, one way or another, back them up to a C5 machine in my office. I have samba installed on the systems to back up, the machines are mounted on the system in my office, and a tape library hanging of the system in my office. I was