If you just want a copy of some file systems on another disk, why not
use rsync like I used to do to copy ext3 partitions on ext2 ones for my
TSM backup (that was before the 5.1 version that supports ext3
filesystems):
NUMFILES="$( (
/etc/rc.d/init.d/mysql stop;
/bin/mount -o remount,rw /ext2b;
/usr/bin/rsync -aRSx --delete --stats / /home /ext2b/;
/bin/mount -o remount,ro /ext2b;
/etc/rc.d/init.d/mysql start;
) 2>&1 | awk '/Number of files transferred:/{print $NF}')"
if [[ $NUMFILES < 1 ]]; then
echo "No files copied. ERROR!"
fi
Denis
On Thu, 2002-08-15 at 08:18, Post, Mark K wrote:
> Which is exactly what Michael asked for, and what he'll get with using "dd."
> I tend to agree that a software RAID will probably serve Michael better than
> running "dd" every night.
>
> Mark Post
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ledbetter, Scott E [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 7:45 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Cloning i386 Hard Drives - Like DDR
>
>
> RAID1 protects against physical disk disaster, but not logical problems.
> For example, if your database is corrupted, with a RAID1 scheme it is
> corrupted on both copies.
>
> Scott Ledbetter
> StorageTek
>
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