On 05/31/2012 02:50 PM, Ersek, Laszlo wrote: > Hi, > > sorry for the lame questions ahead; I've never used clonezilla before and > I'd like to get some info in advance. (I did browse the FAQ and the rest > of the website first.) > > I have to transfer the contents of a single source disk to another disk: > > # lsblk -o NAME,FSTYPE,MOUNTPOINT,LABEL,SIZE,TYPE /dev/sda > > NAME FSTYPE MOUNTPOINT > LABEL SIZE TYPE "FSAVAIL" > sda > 465.8G disk > |-sda1 ext3 > RHEL5-64-/ 20G part 15G > |-sda2 LVM2_member > 300G part > | |-VolGroup0-VG0swap (dm-0) swap [SWAP] > 8G lvm > | |-VolGroup0-VG0home (dm-1) ext3 /home > 64G lvm 51G > | |-VolGroup0-VG0varlibxen (dm-2) ext3 > 128G lvm 53G > | |-VolGroup0-VG0varliblibvirtimages (dm-3) ext3 > /var/lib/libvirt/images 50G lvm 44G > | `-VolGroup0-VG0filestore (dm-4) ext3 /filestore > VG0filestore 50G lvm 31G > |-sda3 ext3 > RHEL5-32-/ 20G part 13G > |-sda4 > 1K part > |-sda5 ext3 / > RHEL6-64-/ 19.1G part 13G > |-sda6 ext3 > RHEL6-32-/ 19.1G part 14G > |-sda7 > 19.1G part > `-sda8 > 19.1G part > > There's about 51G free space (unpartitioned) at the end of the drive. > > The "FSAVAIL" column was added manually by yours truly, using "df -h". > > sda7 and sda8 are Linux partitions, but unformatted. > > (1) Is this layout fully supported by Clonezilla Live 1.2.12-60? (I intend > to use the Debian-based stable release). Does it matter if a logical > volume is "linear" (ie. one contiguous chunk in a PV) or not? If you want to do LVM disk to disk cloning, Clonezilla will use dd to do that. > > (2) How much space am I going to need approximately, before compression? I > reckon Clonezilla will copy the partitioning / LVM metadata, and the > non-free blocks in the ext3 filesystems I have. So about 136 GB in total. > Does that seem correct? For disk to disk cloning, only a few MBs are required. If what you meant is to take an image, yes, only the used blocks will be saved, and by default the image will be compressed. > > (3) I'd like to specify a non-default compression method, eg. pigz. Where > do I pass the "--smp-gzip-compress" option? By default, pigz is used. If you want to tune some option, you can edit /opt/drbl/conf/drbl-ocs.conf, or enter expert mode to choose different compression program. > > (4) The receiving end will be an adjacent SSH server. Can I make sure, > from the Clonezilla side, that the ssh connection itself won't use > compression or a CPU-hungry cipher? (aes128-cbc is good for me, for > example.) I could do this on the Clonezilla side, by editing > "$HOME/.ssh/config" before the ssh connection is started. Is this > supported? Yes, I believe you can edit ssh config to make that. > > (5) After the backup process finishes, can I somehow verify the archive's > integrity / completeness (without a full restore)? The source disk will be > irrevocably gone at "real restore" time. By default a checking will be done, unless you choose not to do that.
Steven. > > Thank you very much, > Laszlo > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > Clonezilla-live mailing list > Clonezilla-live@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clonezilla-live -- Steven Shiau <steven _at_ nchc org tw> <steven _at_ stevenshiau org> National Center for High-performance Computing, Taiwan. http://www.nchc.org.tw Public Key Server PGP Key ID: 1024D/9762755A Fingerprint: A2A1 08B7 C22C 3D06 34DB F4BC 08B3 E3D7 9762 755A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Clonezilla-live mailing list Clonezilla-live@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clonezilla-live