Re: Remote backups using ssh and dump

2008-04-07 Thread Mel
On Friday 04 April 2008 19:59:27 Paul Schmehl wrote: Has anyone done this? /usr/local/etc/periodic/daily/201.backup-disks: #!/bin/sh # vim: ts=4 sw=4 noet ai # # The following tunables are supported: # daily_backup_disks_enable (bool): # Turn backup on/off. # Default: Off #

Re: Remote backups using ssh and dump

2008-04-05 Thread Vince
Paul Schmehl wrote: Has anyone done this? I'm presently using rsync over ssh, but I think dump would be better if it will work. I've been reading the man page, but I'm wondering if anyone is doing this successfully and would like to share their cmdline. We do this for ~100 linux (centos)

Remote backups using ssh and dump

2008-04-04 Thread Paul Schmehl
Has anyone done this? I'm presently using rsync over ssh, but I think dump would be better if it will work. I've been reading the man page, but I'm wondering if anyone is doing this successfully and would like to share their cmdline. -- Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Senior Information

Re: Remote backups using ssh and dump

2008-04-04 Thread John Almberg
On Apr 4, 2008, at 1:59 PM, Paul Schmehl wrote: Has anyone done this? I'm presently using rsync over ssh, but I think dump would be better if it will work. I've been reading the man page, but I'm wondering if anyone is doing this successfully and would like to share their cmdline. I

Re: Remote backups using ssh and dump

2008-04-04 Thread John Webster
We use the following in a script to backup our servers. /bin/ssh -q -o 'BatchMode yes' -l user host '/sbin/dump -h 0 -0uf - /home \ | /usr/bin/gzip --fast' 2 /path/to/logs/host/home_full.dump.log /backups/host_home_full.dump.gz --On April 4, 2008 12:59:27 PM -0500 Paul Schmehl [EMAIL

Re: Remote backups using ssh and dump

2008-04-04 Thread Andrew Cid
Hey, I'm presently using rsync over ssh, but I think dump would be better if it will work. I've been reading the man page, but I'm wondering if anyone is doing this successfully and would like to share their cmdline. Are doing backups to disk? I find rsync combined with hard links to be

Re: Remote backups using ssh and dump

2008-04-04 Thread David Robillard
Has anyone done this? I'm presently using rsync over ssh, but I think dump would be better if it will work. I've been reading the man page, but I'm wondering if anyone is doing this successfully and would like to share their cmdline. Hi Paul, We're not using dump over ssh but I was

Re: Remote backups using ssh and dump

2008-04-04 Thread Warren Block
On Fri, 4 Apr 2008, Paul Schmehl wrote: Has anyone done this? I'm presently using rsync over ssh, but I think dump would be better if it will work. I've been reading the man page, but I'm wondering if anyone is doing this successfully and would like to share their cmdline. There's an

Re: Remote backups using ssh and dump

2008-04-04 Thread Stuart Mackie
Has anyone done this? I'm presently using rsync over ssh, but I think dump would be better if it will work. I've been reading the man page, but I'm wondering if anyone is doing this successfully and would like to share their cmdline. Hi, [ from

Re: Remote backups using ssh and dump

2008-04-04 Thread dex
On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 1:59 PM, Paul Schmehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone done this? I'm presently using rsync over ssh, but I think dump would be better if it will work. I've been reading the man page, but I'm wondering if anyone is doing this successfully and would like to share

Re: Remote backups using ssh and dump

2008-04-04 Thread Peter Boosten
Paul Schmehl wrote: Has anyone done this? I'm presently using rsync over ssh, but I think dump would be better if it will work. I've been reading the man page, but I'm wondering if anyone is doing this successfully and would like to share their cmdline. I did this once:

Re: Remote backups using ssh and dump

2008-04-04 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On Friday, April 04, 2008 22:21:52 +0200 Peter Boosten [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paul Schmehl wrote: Has anyone done this? Little did I know, when I posted this question, that I would receive such a wealth of information. I'm deeply appreciative of the community's willingness to

Fwd: Remote backups using ssh and dump

2008-04-04 Thread John Almberg
Little did I know, when I posted this question, that I would receive such a wealth of information. I'm deeply appreciative of the community's willingness to share information and thank each and every one of your for your contributions. Now I have some reading to do. :-) I think

Re: Fwd: Remote backups using ssh and dump

2008-04-04 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Fri, Apr 04, 2008 at 05:00:01PM -0400, John Almberg wrote: Little did I know, when I posted this question, that I would receive such a wealth of information. I'm deeply appreciative of the community's willingness to share information and thank each and every one of your for your

Re: Remote backups using ssh and dump

2008-04-04 Thread mike
On Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:59:27 -0500, in sentex.lists.freebsd.questions you wrote: Has anyone done this? Hi, Yes, we use something like the following #!/bin/sh if [ -z $1 ] ; then echo echo Usage: $0 backup level echoSee 'man dump' for more