Collins, Kevin [BEELINE] wrote:
Am I missing something? It does not require any reboot to make backups with
Mondo (at least as far as I remember)...
Mondo documentation suggests you "Shut down all possible applications",
especially databases, "Or if applicable, boot to single user mode." I
don't see where "if applicable" is defined.
<http://www.mondorescue.org/docs/mondorescue-howto/backup.html#BACKUP-RECOMMANDATIONS>
Tim, the O.P., planned to restore data from other backups, so that's not
really an issue. But shutting down "all possible applications" sounds
like essentially making the system unavailable, likely what the Tim was
trying to avoid.
I think trying to copy a filesystem on a live server is always a gamble.
There was a similar question and long thread recently on the
limux-poweredge mailing list. See
<http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/linux-poweredge/2009-January/038343.html>
if you're interested...
-Ed
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