Re: Backup using dump and restore from dvd - restore cd loaded to ram ?drive?

2007-02-19 Thread Oliver Fromme
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [...] > The restore method will then require to boot from a bootable CD. The > rescue CD system should load itself into RAM drive, so that I can dismount > it and replace it with the CD/DVDs with the backup files. > > The rescue CD should prov

Re: Jailed mysqld doesn't work after a backup

2007-02-15 Thread Vincent Bolinard
I tried to use truss inside the jail : I copied the truss binary and ran ldd to copy the libraries needed by truss. I admit that I forgot to mount a /proc filesystem in the jail (truss needs it). But truss can't be executed (so /proc isn't a problem yet), the error is the same : jail: execv: /usr

Re: Jailed mysqld doesn't work after a backup

2007-02-15 Thread Vincent Bolinard
Hi, I've reinstalled MySQL in the jail to be sure, and it's still not working. I also forgot to tell that the previous jail ran under a 6.1 upgraded to 6.2. Now, I'm running a fresh 6.2-RELEASE. The error message is the same : jail: execv: /usr/local/libexec/mysqld: Permission denied Thank you

Jailed mysqld doesn't work after a backup

2007-02-15 Thread Vincent Bolinard
Hi, Yesterday, I backed up my MySQL jail with "tar jcpf" (and used tar jxpvf to extract). Now, when I try to run it as I used to (jail -U mysql /jail/mysqld/ mysqld.domaine.com 192.168.1.6 /usr/local/libexec/mysqld &), it fails giving me a "Permission Denied" error. If I try to run it with "chro

Re: backup solution

2007-02-13 Thread cpghost
On Sat, Feb 10, 2007 at 10:26:28AM -0800, Dino Vliet wrote: > I'm busy preparing my via c3 system to utilize it as a > backup file server. > > On the motherboard I have two IDE channels and > currenntly they have installed a IDE hard disk and a > dvd-rom. However, I have bo

Re: Backup using dump and restore from dvd - re store cd loaded to ramrive?

2007-02-12 Thread knizek
- PŮVODNÍ ZPRÁVA - Od: "Joe Holden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi list! > > > > I plan to use a full backup of my working desktop > > FreeBSD 6.2 STABLE > > > with: > > > > dump -0LuB 10 -f back

Re: Backup using dump and restore from dvd - restore cd loaded to ram drive?

2007-02-12 Thread Joe Holden
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi list! I plan to use a full backup of my working desktop FreeBSD 6.2 STABLE with: dump -0LuB 10 -f backup.0,backup.1,backup.2 / It would be possible to use some linux distro, but support for UFS2 is required (I recall that MoviX has worked like this - but

Backup using dump and restore from dvd - restore cd loaded to ram drive?

2007-02-12 Thread knizek
Hi list! I plan to use a full backup of my working desktop FreeBSD 6.2 STABLE with: dump -0LuB 10 -f backup.0,backup.1,backup.2 / (before I will check the number of files needed with "dump -S /") Then gzip the backup.* files separately and burn them to CDs or DVDs. The restore m

Re: backup solution

2007-02-10 Thread perryh
> > Then I will install freebsd on the first disk and will > > use the two spare IDE-disks on the same cable as a > > geom-mirror. > ... > Please be aware that the ATA implementation of the VIA EPIA > chipset isn't the greatest, especially when both are active at > the same time. I've seen drive

Re: backup solution

2007-02-10 Thread Chuck Swiger
ives which normally run at 40MB/s if you do something on the other channel as well. Do I also need a specialised tool like bacula for the way I want to use it? If you just want to have a hot-standby for a bunch of files, using rsync is fine. Using fancier backup schemes tends to make sense

Re: backup solution

2007-02-10 Thread Apatewna
O/H Dino Vliet έγραψε: Hi peeps, I'm busy preparing my via c3 system to utilize it as a backup file server. ...snip I will use the system then as a central node with rsync to do daily backups of my main data that is scattered around on different desktops on my lan. Are

backup solution

2007-02-10 Thread Dino Vliet
Hi peeps, I'm busy preparing my via c3 system to utilize it as a backup file server. On the motherboard I have two IDE channels and currenntly they have installed a IDE hard disk and a dvd-rom. However, I have bought an extra IDE cable where I will put two IDE hard disks in a master-sla

Re: Sorta OT - Backup solutions Mac to FreeBSD

2007-01-30 Thread bsd
Hello, I am backing up 5 servers on one centralized machines using "rsnapshot" It is doing a perfect job, including : --> SSH transport. --> Rsync based. --> Incremental backup. As It uses a symlink strategy, It does not use very much space on the backup device. It i

Re: Sorta OT - Backup solutions Mac to FreeBSD

2007-01-29 Thread Doug Hardie
s now and every time the backup disk boots and everything I check works normally. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: Sorta OT - Backup solutions Mac to FreeBSD

2007-01-29 Thread Bill Campbell
On Mon, Jan 29, 2007, Joe Auty wrote: >I've heard of many people having problems with RsyncX and the version >of rsync included in OS X crapping out and being unreliable. > >RsyncX and the patched rsync (the former being a GUI for the CLI >rsync) that ships with OS X attempts to preserve resour

Re: Sorta OT - Backup solutions Mac to FreeBSD

2007-01-29 Thread Joe Auty
I've heard of many people having problems with RsyncX and the version of rsync included in OS X crapping out and being unreliable. RsyncX and the patched rsync (the former being a GUI for the CLI rsync) that ships with OS X attempts to preserve resource forks and other file metadata (a lot

Re: Sorta OT - Backup solutions Mac to FreeBSD

2007-01-29 Thread hal
On Jan 29, 2007, at Monday, Jan29, 2007 12:45 PM, Kenny Dail wrote: I have been poking around the 'Net a bit looking for an easy to use backup solution for our Mac's (1 mini, 1 powerbook, more in the future). Basically there is a server, offsite (FBSD 6.2) with 2 RAID 5 arrays. I

Re: Sorta OT - Backup solutions Mac to FreeBSD

2007-01-29 Thread Roland Smith
On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 12:45:45PM -0700, Kenny Dail wrote: > > I have been poking around the 'Net a bit looking for an easy to use > > backup solution for our Mac's (1 mini, 1 powerbook, more in the > > future). > > > > Basically there is a server, offsit

Re: Sorta OT - Backup solutions Mac to FreeBSD

2007-01-29 Thread Kenny Dail
> I have been poking around the 'Net a bit looking for an easy to use > backup solution for our Mac's (1 mini, 1 powerbook, more in the > future). > > Basically there is a server, offsite (FBSD 6.2) with 2 RAID 5 arrays. > I would like to be able to set the 2 (for now

Re: Sorta OT - Backup solutions Mac to FreeBSD

2007-01-27 Thread Martin Hepworth
Amanda works well on MacOSX and FreeBSD. virtual tapes, encrypted backup and (just as important) easy to restore! -- Martin On 1/26/07, Gable Barber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello all, I have been poking around the 'Net a bit looking for an easy to use backup solution for our Ma

Re: [freebsd-questions] Sorta OT - Backup solutions Mac to FreeBSD

2007-01-26 Thread Howard Jones
Gable Barber wrote: Hello all, I have been poking around the 'Net a bit looking for an easy to use backup solution for our Mac's (1 mini, 1 powerbook, more in the future). Basically there is a server, offsite (FBSD 6.2) with 2 RAID 5 arrays. I would like to be able to set the

Re: Sorta OT - Backup solutions Mac to FreeBSD

2007-01-26 Thread Gable Barber
On 1/26/07, Doug Hardie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: RsyncX for Mac will sync to a FreeBSD filesystem. Thank you. I will try these out. Gable ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-question

Re: Sorta OT - Backup solutions Mac to FreeBSD

2007-01-26 Thread Philip Hallstrom
Hello all, I have been poking around the 'Net a bit looking for an easy to use backup solution for our Mac's (1 mini, 1 powerbook, more in the future). Basically there is a server, offsite (FBSD 6.2) with 2 RAID 5 arrays. I would like to be able to set the 2 (for now) clients to aut

Sorta OT - Backup solutions Mac to FreeBSD

2007-01-26 Thread Gable Barber
Hello all, I have been poking around the 'Net a bit looking for an easy to use backup solution for our Mac's (1 mini, 1 powerbook, more in the future). Basically there is a server, offsite (FBSD 6.2) with 2 RAID 5 arrays. I would like to be able to set the 2 (for now) clients to aut

Re: Tar backup on geom mirror drive

2007-01-05 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
slice, could this be the reason for such a slow backup? The destination server is using RAID, but from the BIOS, not geom. Both servers are using gigabit cards through a gigabit switch. Lots of potential reasons for it being slow, but on a guess, unless a majority of what you are backing up are text

Tar backup on geom mirror drive

2007-01-05 Thread Robert Fitzpatrick
I am backing up a big home partition that results in 46GB tar.gz file directly to another FreeBSD machine via NFS and it is taking from 9:30pm until almost 7am the next morning. The source home partition is on a geom mirrored slice, could this be the reason for such a slow backup? The

RE: FreeBSD Backup

2006-12-12 Thread James Long
> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 07:05:18 -0800 (PST) > From: probsd org <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: FreeBSD Backup > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > This is assuming you hav

Re: FreeBSD Backup

2006-12-12 Thread Alex Zbyslaw
Peter A. Giessel wrote: On 2006/12/12 6:05, probsd org seems to have typed: dump -L -0f - / | ssh -C [EMAIL PROTECTED] "cat > /usr/home/login/root.dump The handbook also suggests something to the effect of: /sbin/dump -0uaL -f - / | gzip -2 | ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] dd of=/www/dumpdir/dump-r

Re: FreeBSD Backup

2006-12-12 Thread Peter A. Giessel
On 2006/12/12 6:05, probsd org seems to have typed: > dump -L -0f - / | ssh -C [EMAIL PROTECTED] "cat > /usr/home/login/root.dump The handbook also suggests something to the effect of: /sbin/dump -0uaL -f - / | gzip -2 | ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] dd of=/www/dumpdir/dump-root.gz _

RE: FreeBSD Backup

2006-12-12 Thread probsd org
This is assuming you have another account on another freebsd/linux box with a significant amount of space. Works great on a live filesystem. I use /, /var, /tmp, and /usr as examples. dump -L -0f - /usr | ssh -C [EMAIL PROTECTED] "cat > /usr/home/login/usr.dump" dump -L -0f - /tmp | ssh -

pure freebsd as backup server or freenas?

2006-11-24 Thread Dino Vliet
Hi folks, I'm expecting to receive two harddisks which I've bought to put in a old pc to act as backup server. Now I'm planning it all and got stuck because of the options and particularly I'm having the following two choices: a) install a pure freebsd 6.1 box with geom

Re: building rdiff-backup 1.1.15

2006-10-24 Thread Noah
thanks I found it Vince. cheers, Noah Vince wrote: Noah wrote: Hi there, I am wondering if somebody can help me here. I am attempting to build rdiff-backup 1.1.15 on my freebsd server. anybody had any success or provide a hand into figuring out how to get it installed? install

Re: building rdiff-backup 1.1.15

2006-10-24 Thread Vince
Noah wrote: > Hi there, > > I am wondering if somebody can help me here. I am attempting to build > rdiff-backup 1.1.15 on my freebsd server. anybody had any success or > provide a hand into figuring out how to get it installed? > install the ports tree if you havent, updat

building rdiff-backup 1.1.15

2006-10-23 Thread Noah
Hi there, I am wondering if somebody can help me here. I am attempting to build rdiff-backup 1.1.15 on my freebsd server. anybody had any success or provide a hand into figuring out how to get it installed? # python -V Python 2.4.3 typhoon# python setup.py install running install running

Re: Using external USB2.0 HDD for backup

2006-10-11 Thread Colin Percival
Toomas Aas wrote: > Does anyone have good experience using external USB 2.0 HDD for backup > with FreeBSD 6? Yes. I have a 250GB Seagate drive inside a Vantec NexStar3 USB enclosure and it works quite well -- the performance is slightly worse than the raw drive specs, but at 25 MB/s tr

Using external USB2.0 HDD for backup

2006-10-11 Thread Toomas Aas
Hello! Does anyone have good experience using external USB 2.0 HDD for backup with FreeBSD 6? My current server is FreeBSD 4.11 and I've been using Amanda with external HDDs that connect over FireWire for past ~3 years. This setup has been rock solid. Back when I was building it, I

Re: backup existing sata drive

2006-10-02 Thread Damian Wiest
On Sat, Sep 30, 2006 at 03:20:33AM -0700, Dino Vliet wrote: > Eeh, are the differences between real backup and point > in time recovery? Point in time recovery allows you to restore you system to a single point in time. Backups, depending on how they're performed, give you multipl

Re: backup existing sata drive

2006-09-30 Thread Dino Vliet
copy of the full disk. Hmm, I have to think this over, but nice knowing this is an option. --- "Peter A. Giessel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2006/09/29 14:08, Dino Vliet seems to have typed: > > I waant to use this extra drive as a backup > solution. > > Wh

Re: backup existing sata drive

2006-09-29 Thread Peter A. Giessel
On 2006/09/29 14:08, Dino Vliet seems to have typed: > I waant to use this extra drive as a backup solution. > What options do I have? Dump is an excellent solution if you can mount all partitions (see http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/backup-basics.html for deta

Re: backup existing sata drive

2006-09-29 Thread Damian Wiest
tition. > > As I'm getting paranoia, I would like to know how to > get by this situation, now that I've ordered a new > sata seagate 80gb harddrive. > > I waant to use this extra drive as a backup solution. > What options do I have? Do you want to do real backups,

backup existing sata drive

2006-09-29 Thread Dino Vliet
ation, now that I've ordered a new sata seagate 80gb harddrive. I waant to use this extra drive as a backup solution. What options do I have? a) Can I just plug the new hard drive in and write a script that dumps the entire /usr/ directory onto the new hard drive? But what about my ubuntu part

Re: Veritas backup software

2006-09-18 Thread Josh Paetzel
On Monday 18 September 2006 23:06, Jonathan Horne wrote: > On Monday 18 September 2006 11:25, Josh Paetzel wrote: > > Just wondering if anyone has managed to make the Veritas Backup > > Exec client work on FBSD 6.x using linux emulation. > > > > I can get it to run but

Re: Veritas backup software

2006-09-18 Thread Jonathan Horne
On Monday 18 September 2006 11:25, Josh Paetzel wrote: > Just wondering if anyone has managed to make the Veritas Backup Exec > client work on FBSD 6.x using linux emulation. > > I can get it to run but the server doesn't seem to be able to actually > backup anything. i hav

Veritas backup software

2006-09-18 Thread Josh Paetzel
Just wondering if anyone has managed to make the Veritas Backup Exec client work on FBSD 6.x using linux emulation. I can get it to run but the server doesn't seem to be able to actually backup anything. -- Thanks, Josh Paetzel ___ fr

Re: pkg database backup and restore

2006-08-23 Thread Lowell Gilbert
DW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If part of a normal backup routine, we are regularly backing up > /var/db/pkg, how can we best use that backup in a scenario in which a > machine needs to be rebuilt from scratch, and we're trying to save > time going through and doing a po

pkg database backup and restore

2006-08-21 Thread DW
when a port is installed. ok. /var/db/pkg contains: pkgdb.db and a subdirectory for every port installed. If part of a normal backup routine, we are regularly backing up /var/db/pkg, how can we best use that backup in a scenario in which a machine needs to be rebuilt from scratch

Re: tar dies on making tape backup

2006-07-26 Thread Derek Ragona
I use the ASCII headers for portability incase I need to restore to another server with a different tar version. -Derek At 06:29 PM 7/25/2006, Jaime wrote: On Jul 25, 2006, at 9:03 AM, Derek Ragona wrote: Using tar with a SDLT I set the blocksize at 1024 and use ASCII headers (-c)

Re: tar dies on making tape backup

2006-07-25 Thread Jaime
On Jul 25, 2006, at 9:03 AM, Derek Ragona wrote: Using tar with a SDLT I set the blocksize at 1024 and use ASCII headers (-c) Thanks for the advice. I hadn't thought about block size. Why do you use the ASCII headers? Jaime

Re: tar dies on making tape backup

2006-07-25 Thread Derek Ragona
Using tar with a SDLT I set the blocksize at 1024 and use ASCII headers (-c) -Derek At 05:18 PM 7/24/2006, Jaime wrote: I'm attempting to use tar to feed my filesystem(s) to a DLT tape drive. I've done this with FreeBSD 3 through 5 and DAT (DDS-3 and DDS-4) tapes for years. T

Re: tar dies on making tape backup

2006-07-25 Thread Jaime
On Jul 24, 2006, at 10:23 PM, Micah wrote: To save you some time, from my notes: #finds all files modified before 1971 find / ! -newermt "1971-01-01 20:30" I missed the part about "!" in the command. Thanks for the reply. I would have been at this for at least an hour of, "What the heck?

Re: tar dies on making tape backup

2006-07-24 Thread Micah
Jaime wrote: On Jul 24, 2006, at 7:24 PM, Micah wrote: I had the same problem recently and Google told me to look for files with malformed dates. I used "find" to search for files dated before Jan 1, 1970, and found one dated 1901. As soon as I "touch"ed the problematic file, tar worked.

Re: tar dies on making tape backup

2006-07-24 Thread Jaime
On Jul 24, 2006, at 7:24 PM, Micah wrote: I had the same problem recently and Google told me to look for files with malformed dates. I used "find" to search for files dated before Jan 1, 1970, and found one dated 1901. As soon as I "touch"ed the problematic file, tar worked. Many thanks.

Re: tar dies on making tape backup

2006-07-24 Thread Micah
Jaime wrote: I'm attempting to use tar to feed my filesystem(s) to a DLT tape drive. I've done this with FreeBSD 3 through 5 and DAT (DDS-3 and DDS-4) tapes for years. The command now appears to work for a while and then dies with this message about 2.5 hours into the process: archive_w

tar dies on making tape backup

2006-07-24 Thread Jaime
I'm attempting to use tar to feed my filesystem(s) to a DLT tape drive. I've done this with FreeBSD 3 through 5 and DAT (DDS-3 and DDS-4) tapes for years. The command now appears to work for a while and then dies with this message about 2.5 hours into the process: archive_write_pax_heade

moving rdiff-backup data between servers

2006-07-06 Thread Noah
Hi there, is there a recommended way of moving rdiff-backup data between servers? Web links or anything else out there? Cheers, Noah ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To

rdiff-backup 1.1.5 on FreeBSD 4.11

2006-07-03 Thread Noah
Hi there, So I built a new server and it is running rdiff-backup 1.1.5 but my freeBSD-4.11 rdiff-backup clients are running the latest port version of 1.0.4_1 any chance somebody got rdiff-back 1.1.5 running well on FreeBSD? My build is failing and can use a had please. Contact me

Re: Root crontab for backup

2006-07-02 Thread Greg 'groggy' Lehey
On Monday, 3 July 2006 at 6:57:27 +0100, Xian wrote: > On Monday 03 July 2006 00:29, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: >> It's a good idea to leave /etc/periodic as it is; it makes updating >> easier. I personally put this sort of thing in /etc/crontab, though >> arguably (also because of upgrades) roo

Re: Root crontab for backup

2006-07-02 Thread Xian
On Monday 03 July 2006 00:29, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > It's a good idea to leave /etc/periodic as it is; it makes updating > easier. I personally put this sort of thing in /etc/crontab, though > arguably (also because of upgrades) root's crontab is a better place. You can use /usr/ocal/etc/pe

Re: Root crontab for backup

2006-07-02 Thread Greg 'groggy' Lehey
On Saturday, 1 July 2006 at 15:55:32 +0300, Kostas Blekos wrote: > > Is it a bad idea to use root's crontab for backup scripts? I can't see why. > Is it better to put those scripts in periodic/... ? It's a good idea to leave /etc/periodic as it is; it makes updating e

Re: Root crontab for backup

2006-07-01 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Kostas Blekos wrote: Is it a bad idea to use root's crontab for backup scripts? Is it better to put those scripts in periodic/... ? I can't think of any particular reason why it's bad; it's the way I've always done it. Mistakes I've made *might* have been miti

Root crontab for backup

2006-07-01 Thread Kostas Blekos
Is it a bad idea to use root's crontab for backup scripts? Is it better to put those scripts in periodic/... ? -- Kostas Blekos <http://a.physics.upatras.gr/~mplekos/> GPGKey = 1398 1AB3 483E B2DF 3A2D 95F4 7534 E392 012E 6167

Re: Backup HD running ZFS

2006-06-26 Thread Ian Pulsford
Kyrre Nygard wrote: Hey! I just bought me one of these to back up all my stuff to: http://www.wdmybook.com Is there any way of getting ZFS running on it? And using it along with FreeBSD as well as Windows XP? That would be incredible. Don't know, but if you were looking for b

Backup HD running ZFS

2006-06-25 Thread Kyrre Nygard
Hey! I just bought me one of these to back up all my stuff to: http://www.wdmybook.com Is there any way of getting ZFS running on it? And using it along with FreeBSD as well as Windows XP? That would be incredible. Thanks, Kyrre ___ freebsd-quest

RE: Backup sollutions

2006-06-23 Thread Andreas Freyvogel
ginal Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andreas Wideroe Andersen Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 11:34 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Backup sollutions Hi, I'm looking for a free (ports?) backup sollutions for FreeBSD servers. I would li

Re: Backup sollutions

2006-06-23 Thread perikillo
On 6/22/06, Andreas Wideroe Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, I'm looking for a free (ports?) backup sollutions for FreeBSD servers. I would like to have something similare to IBM's Tivoli where you install a client on each server and administer the backup from another s

Re: Backup sollutions

2006-06-23 Thread David Stanford
An even better alternative (IMHO) is Bacula <http://bacula.org/>. It supports a wide range of platforms<http://bacula.org/rel-manual/Supported_Operating_Systems.html>, including Windows PCs (backup client only). As for a GUI, it only comes with bimagemgr<http://bacula

Re: Backup sollutions

2006-06-23 Thread Axel S. Gruner
Am Freitag, den 23.06.2006, 08:33 +0200 schrieb Andreas Wideroe Andersen: > Hi, > I'm looking for a free (ports?) backup sollutions for FreeBSD > servers. I would like to have something similare to IBM's Tivoli > where you install a client on each server and administer the

Re: Backup sollutions

2006-06-23 Thread Axel S. Gruner
Am Freitag, den 23.06.2006, 08:33 +0200 schrieb Andreas Wideroe Andersen: > Hi, > I'm looking for a free (ports?) backup sollutions for FreeBSD > servers. I would like to have something similare to IBM's Tivoli > where you install a client on each server and administer the

Re: Backup sollutions

2006-06-23 Thread Martin Hepworth
Another vote for amanda - no gui, the the command line is easy. -- Martin On 6/23/06, Andreas Wideroe Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, I'm looking for a free (ports?) backup sollutions for FreeBSD servers. I would like to have something similare to IBM's Tivoli whe

Re: Backup sollutions

2006-06-22 Thread Olivier Nicole
> I'm looking for a free (ports?) backup sollutions for FreeBSD > servers. I would like to have something similare to IBM's Tivoli > where you install a client on each server and administer the backup > from another server with a web gui. I don't know about the

Backup sollutions

2006-06-22 Thread Andreas Wideroe Andersen
Hi, I'm looking for a free (ports?) backup sollutions for FreeBSD servers. I would like to have something similare to IBM's Tivoli where you install a client on each server and administer the backup from another server with a web gui. Are there similare sollutions found for FreeBS

[RESOLVED] Re: How to get networker backup software

2006-06-05 Thread Donald Teed
e note > I remember seeing said that the default configuration > was problematic. If our backup server is behind a firewall, > and we always config things after installing, I can't > see how the security issue is relevant enough to rip > it out of ports. It is far better to h

Re: How to get networker backup software

2006-06-02 Thread Randy Pratt
On Fri, 2 Jun 2006 19:01:38 -0300 "Donald Teed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As far as I know, the security issues are moot. The note > I remember seeing said that the default configuration > was problematic. If our backup server is behind a firewall, > and w

Re: How to get networker backup software

2006-06-02 Thread Donald Teed
As far as I know, the security issues are moot. The note I remember seeing said that the default configuration was problematic. If our backup server is behind a firewall, and we always config things after installing, I can't see how the security issue is relevant enough to rip it out of

Re: How to get networker backup software

2006-06-02 Thread Randy Pratt
ozen or so machines where networker client is already > humming along and it works well for us. I have a recently setup > BSD box I want to add to the backup routines. Unfortunately, > making a tar of nsr folder and copying the networker.sh script > has not worked. We have the same 4

How to get networker backup software

2006-06-02 Thread Donald Teed
box I want to add to the backup routines. Unfortunately, making a tar of nsr folder and copying the networker.sh script has not worked. We have the same 4.11 BSD on all BSD boxes. When I try to run nsrexecd, it dumps core. I found an old copy of the dists tarball, but that doesn't contain ever

HP tape backup

2006-05-25 Thread Efren Bravo
=us I've written to HP support and this's their answer: --- HP StorageWorks DAT 72 USB Tape Drive could work on FreeBSD OS? Technically it should work on any O/S that supports USB as a backup option. HP just hasn't tested it and we can't offer you any support for it. ---

Re: Tape backup / Bizzare Device Question

2006-05-12 Thread Atom Powers
aw documentation about it somewhere in there. Plus it's a fine backup/restore application. -- -- Perfection is just a word I use occasionally with mustard. --Atom Powers-- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailma

Re: Tape backup / Bizzare Device Question

2006-05-12 Thread Greg Putrich
Hi Graham, Not sure about the first part, but the device is called a radiometer. http://radiometer.hobbytron.com/Radiometer.html http://science.howstuffworks.com/question239.htm Greg Graham Bentley said: > Is there a way to create a hdd resore solution with > set of boot floppies that wi

Re: backup system rsync <-> dump

2006-05-03 Thread Philip Hallstrom
With the right settings of --backup --backup-dir you can easily create a week (or two or three or whatever) archive of the "daily" changed files. So, for example.. /backup/usr - contains identical copy /backup/dailys/usr/Mon - contains files that changed on /usr on Monday. The

Re: backup system rsync <-> dump

2006-05-03 Thread Jack Stone
From: Philip Hallstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: dick hoogendijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: backup system rsync <-> dump Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 11:15:55 -0500 (CDT) With the right settings of --backup --backup-dir you can easily create a week (

Re: backup system rsync <-> dump

2006-05-02 Thread Howard Jones
Philip Hallstrom wrote: I have two disks; one is the fbsd system drive, the other is for backup purposes. I'm in doubt about what to use: dump or rsync I guess I can do something like: mount /dev/ad1s3a /backup/root mount /dev/ad1s3d /backup/var mount /dev/ad1s3f /backup/usr /usr/loca

Re: backup system rsync <-> dump

2006-05-02 Thread Philip Hallstrom
I have two disks; one is the fbsd system drive, the other is for backup purposes. I'm in doubt about what to use: dump or rsync I guess I can do something like: mount /dev/ad1s3a /backup/root mount /dev/ad1s3d /backup/var mount /dev/ad1s3f /backup/usr /usr/local/bin/rsync -avHxS --delete

Re: backup system rsync <-> dump

2006-05-02 Thread Iantcho Vassilev
I am using rsync for syncing fwo hard disk(with all the files or make it hot backup) and must say rsync is perfect.. It will save you a lot of time. On 5/2/06, dick hoogendijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have two disks; one is the fbsd system drive, the other is for backup purposes.

Re: backup system rsync <-> dump

2006-05-02 Thread Jerry McAllister
> > I have two disks; one is the fbsd system drive, the other is for backup > purposes. > > I'm in doubt about what to use: dump or rsync I use dump/restore, but do the command slightly differently. Since dump works on a file system I cd to the destination mount point and w

backup system rsync <-> dump

2006-05-02 Thread dick hoogendijk
I have two disks; one is the fbsd system drive, the other is for backup purposes. I'm in doubt about what to use: dump or rsync I guess I can do something like: mount /dev/ad1s3a /backup/root mount /dev/ad1s3d /backup/var mount /dev/ad1s3f /backup/usr /usr/local/bin/rsync -avHxS --delete

Re: Backup Up On Unreliable Link

2006-03-24 Thread Lowell Gilbert
"Noah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi there, > > No response so far on the rdiff-backup mail list. > > Does anybody have experience and/or recommendations and/or scripts that could > help somebody who usning rdiff-backup up across an unreliable link? If >

Backup Up On Unreliable Link

2006-03-23 Thread Noah
Hi there, No response so far on the rdiff-backup mail list. Does anybody have experience and/or recommendations and/or scripts that could help somebody who usning rdiff-backup up across an unreliable link? If rdiff-backup fails in the middle of a backup it regresses to the last backup that

where'd the rdiff-backup mail list go?

2006-03-21 Thread Noah
Okay off=topic I know. But where'd the rdiff-backup-users mail list go? I am not able to subscribe to it and have a semi-urgent matter. Hope for some assistance soon enough. Cheer,s Noah ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: mail backup solution?

2006-03-14 Thread Norberto Meijome
On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 10:38:47 -0500 Mike Jeays <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: re. server side backup, a) if you can't have shell access to the box, rsync is kind of out of the question b) If your mail is hosted alongside your website, which is managed by one of the many control pan

Re: mail backup solution?

2006-03-13 Thread cpghost
On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 08:20:09AM +, Carlos Silva, yourdot-internet.com wrote: > I have my email stored at a reseller account (via imap) on a server. > My intention is that my server at home, download all the emails via imap > to backup automatically everyday. > But, I dont

Re: mail backup solution?

2006-03-13 Thread Anish Mistry
anything useful. > > > > The two most common styles of mailboxes are mbox and maildir, and > > both of those can be backed up at the filesystem level using > > dump, tar, or anything else. > > I've got it set up using maildir. In the past to back up the mail &

Re: mail backup solution?

2006-03-13 Thread Mike Jeays
p at the filesystem level using dump, tar, or anything else. > > > > I've got it set up using maildir. In the past to back up the mail I > > just copied the files. At one point I had to restore from the backup, > > so I just copied the files back into the original l

Re: mail backup solution?

2006-03-13 Thread Chuck Swiger
it set up using maildir. In the past to back up the mail I > just copied the files. At one point I had to restore from the backup, > so I just copied the files back into the original location. Logging > in via imap though, there were no emails to be found. I've gotten > vagu

Re: mail backup solution?

2006-03-13 Thread Pat Maddox
> those > can be backed up at the filesystem level using dump, tar, or anything else. I've got it set up using maildir. In the past to back up the mail I just copied the files. At one point I had to restore from the backup, so I just copied the files back into the original location.

Re: mail backup solution?

2006-03-13 Thread Chuck Swiger
Pat Maddox wrote: > On 3/13/06, Chuck Swiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [ ... ] >> Your mail hosting provider should have working backups, although it is worth >> checking. > > I have a server running postfix/courier-imap, and I'd like to know how > to make those working backups. I've asked a cou

Re: mail backup solution?

2006-03-13 Thread Pat Maddox
On 3/13/06, Chuck Swiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Carlos Silva, yourdot-internet.com wrote: > > I have my email stored at a reseller account (via imap) on a server. > > My intention is that my server at home, download all the emails via imap > > to backup automat

Re: mail backup solution?

2006-03-13 Thread Nils Vogels
Hi Carlos! Carlos Silva, yourdot-internet.com wrote on 13-03-2006 9:20: > I have my email stored at a reseller account (via imap) on a server. > My intention is that my server at home, download all the emails via imap > to backup automatically everyday. > But, I dont want that my ser

Re: mail backup solution?

2006-03-13 Thread Chuck Swiger
Carlos Silva, yourdot-internet.com wrote: > I have my email stored at a reseller account (via imap) on a server. > My intention is that my server at home, download all the emails via imap > to backup automatically everyday. > But, I dont want that my server download repeated message

Re: mail backup solution?

2006-03-13 Thread Carlos Silva, yourdot-internet.com
er. My intention is that my server at home, download all the emails via imap to backup automatically everyday. But, I dont want that my server download repeated messages (because i have thousands of emails...). Someone has a solution? Is rsync to hackish for th

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