[email protected] wrote:
On 14 Sep 2009 02:50, Chris Maness <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 6:15 PM, Chris Maness [email protected]>
wrote:
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> > I level 0 dump of my server. I lost a file that I need back. Is it
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> > possible to use restore like tar and explode it into a directory
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> > instead of a pristine partition/mount? Or even better, is it possible
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> > to just extract a single file without exploding the whole tape dump?
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> >
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> > Sorry if the question seems stupid.
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> >
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> > Chris KQ6UP
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> >
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> Sorry, I was reading the restore man from my mac, and it was not as
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> clear. The restore does not seem to work from my mac (this is where
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> my backup dumps reside as I have two massive HDs). I guess the mac
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> restore would only work with HFS+ and not UFS. I guess the only way
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> would be to move the massive dump file back over to the FreeBSD
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> server.
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> Thanks,
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> Chris KQ6UP
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Try using NFS or cat over ssh, something like
$ ssh my_mac 'cat dumpfile' | restore -if -
restore treats the file as a tape, so it doesn't pull any bytes until
you ask it to. This should be the least network intensive way of doing
it....
Good luck!
Chris
Thanks, that looks like a pretty cool trick.
Chris
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