On Sun, Oct 22, 2006 at 03:32:11PM -0400, Jim Stapleton wrote: > Hmm, not familiar with "dump" or "restore", but what I would suggest, > is when you can get some down time, boot from a live cd, and using a > dd/bzip2/split combo (or any other method of your choice), make a > backup image of the drive as well, If you get a new drive with the > same size/etc, it'll massively speed up the reinstall phase. When you > recover, all you need is cat/bunzip2/dd to do the restore. It's quite > a bit faster than a reinstall, especially if you compile your own apps > - it saved me a lot of time when my notebook died.
Really, using dump/restore is a much better method. Stick with it. ////jerry > > Sorry I couldn't be more help with your specific questions. > -Jim Stapleton > > On 10/22/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >All, > > > >I have freebsd 6.1 installed running Samba authenticating my home users > >and pc's and home shares for each user. This also serves as a web > >development box for my internal network. Because there is a login script > >that runs to map drives on the remote pc's all users are accustomed to > >dumping there important data there. I am trying to come up with a backup > >and restore plan. > > > >Just plan to do complete dumps with the script below once a week which is > >good for me due to the fact of how the box is used. If a total drive crash > >happens I will just reinstall from cd then use restore to recover the > >dump. I am backing up to a usb drive connected to the server. I have > >printed the file system and taped it to the top of the usb drive hehehehe. > > > >Any other input would be appreciated. Also on the restore portion I plan > >to just cd into that slice and run > > > >dd if=/mnt/backup/file/<Backup.gz> |gzip -d |restore -rf - > > > >Since this is for home use and protection for only disasster/drive failure > >a new install will be done, will retore over write what is there to > >restore the old contents? > > > >vader# df -H > >Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on > >/dev/ad0s1a 260M 55M 184M 23% / > >devfs 1.0k 1.0k 0B 100% /dev > >/dev/ad0s1g 20G 10G 8.1G 56% /home > >/dev/ad0s1d 1.0G 223k 954M 0% /tmp > >/dev/ad0s1f 12G 2.5G 9.0G 22% /usr > >/dev/ad0s1e 4.2G 620M 3.2G 16% /var > >/dev/ad4s1 242G 122G 100G 55% /music > >devfs 1.0k 1.0k 0B 100% /var/named/dev > >/dev/da0s1d 116G 6.8G 100G 6% /mnt/backup > >vader# more /etc/fstab > ># Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump > >Pass# > >/dev/ad0s1b none swap sw 0 0 > >/dev/ad0s1a / ufs rw 1 1 > >/dev/ad0s1g /home ufs rw 2 2 > >/dev/ad0s1d /tmp ufs rw 2 2 > >/dev/ad0s1f /usr ufs rw 2 2 > >/dev/ad0s1e /var ufs rw 2 2 > >/dev/ad4s1 /music ufs rw 3 3 > >/dev/acd0 /cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0 > > > >The backup script > > > >vader# more dumpbackup.sh > >#!/bin/sh > >mount -t ufs /dev/da0s1d /mnt/backup/ > >dump=/sbin/dump > >chflags=/bin/chflags > >dt=`date +%Y%m%d` > >destpath=/mnt/backup/file > >lvl=0 > > > ># / > >src1=/dev/ad0s1a > ># /home > >src2=/dev/ad0s1g > ># /var > >src3=/dev/ad0s1e > ># /usr > >src4=/dev/ad0s1f > > > >dest1=$destpath/root_ad0s1a_l0_$dt.gz > >dest2=$destpath/home_ad0s1g_l0_$dt.gz > >dest3=$destpath/var_ad0s1e_l0_$dt.gz > >dest4=$destpath/usr_ad0s1f_l0_$dt.gz > > > ># Exceptions NO BACKUP > >$chflags -R nodump /usr/ports/ > >$chflags -R nodump /usr/src/ > >$chflags -R nodump /usr/obj/ > >$chflags -R nodump /mnt/backup/ > > > ># Fullbackup Level 0 Monthly > >$dump -$lvl -Lauf - $src1 | gzip -2 | dd of=$dest1 > >$dump -$lvl -Lauf - $src2 | gzip -2 | dd of=$dest2 > >$dump -$lvl -Lauf - $src3 | gzip -2 | dd of=$dest3 > >$dump -$lvl -Lauf - $src4 | gzip -2 | dd of=$dest4 > > > >#Finish Comments > >umount /mnt/backup/ > >echo "Finished Another Weeks Backup" > >vader# > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
