Re: Backups / Dump etc

2005-01-18 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 10:49:44PM +0100, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > John writes: > > J> If you are running FreeBSD 5.x, you get the cool "L" option on > J> dump which will automatically snapshot the mounted filesystems. > > What exactly is meant by a "snapshot," and how much extra disk space > d

Re: Backups / Dump etc

2005-01-14 Thread Mike Tancsa
On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 13:00:26 -0400, in sentex.lists.freebsd.questions you wrote: > >I know that dump is the bees-knees for backing up, so I'm looking for >any pre-made scripts for doing scheduled incremental backups with >dump.. or articles about dump etc.. Yes, dump and restore are what you shoul

Re: Backups / Dump etc

2005-01-14 Thread John
On Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 10:49:44PM +0100, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > John writes: > > J> If you are running FreeBSD 5.x, you get the cool "L" option on > J> dump which will automatically snapshot the mounted filesystems. > > What exactly is meant by a "snapshot," and how much extra disk space > d

Re: Backups / Dump etc

2005-01-14 Thread Anthony Atkielski
John writes: J> If you are running FreeBSD 5.x, you get the cool "L" option on J> dump which will automatically snapshot the mounted filesystems. What exactly is meant by a "snapshot," and how much extra disk space does it require when dump runs? I've seen the warnings when I run dump on a runni

Re: Backups / Dump etc

2005-01-14 Thread Tabor Kelly
John wrote: Thanks for the _excellent_ reply. Please do submit it to the handbook. I am actually running 4.10R on all of my servers (5.3R on my desktops). I will probably boot into single user mode in the middle of the night, the worst that will happen is that some people can't get to my web sit

Re: Backups / Dump etc

2005-01-14 Thread John
On Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 12:30:49PM -0800, Tabor Kelly wrote: > Jeff MacDonald wrote: > > > > On a related note: > > If I want to do complete dumps of all of my file systems do I need to be > in single user mode? Will running in multiuser mode (with all of my > normal daemons running) mess up

Re: Backups / Dump etc

2005-01-14 Thread Bob Hall
On Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 12:30:49PM -0800, Tabor Kelly wrote: > Jeff MacDonald wrote: > > > > On a related note: > > If I want to do complete dumps of all of my file systems do I need to be > in single user mode? Will running in multiuser mode (with all of my > normal daemons running) mess up

Re: Backups / Dump etc

2005-01-14 Thread Tabor Kelly
Jeff MacDonald wrote: On a related note: If I want to do complete dumps of all of my file systems do I need to be in single user mode? Will running in multiuser mode (with all of my normal daemons running) mess up my dumps? Thank You. -- Tabor Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tabor.taborandtashel

Re: Backups / Dump etc

2005-01-14 Thread Colin J. Raven
On Jan 14 at 13:00, Jeff MacDonald launched this into the bitstream: > > I've also been told that dump lacks network support I'm not sure that's true. I sometimes take my laptop with me when I take a dump. It's got a wireless card in there so I'm able to sit there and catch up on FreeBSD-questi

Re: Backups / Dump etc

2005-01-14 Thread Jerry McAllister
Hi, > Hi, > I'm looking around at backup solutions. Currently we are using bacula, > but according to it's docs it only does a bare-metal restore for linux > and solaris. > > I know that dump is the bees-knees for backing up, so I'm looking for > any pre-made scripts for doing scheduled incremen

Backups / Dump etc

2005-01-14 Thread Jeff MacDonald
Hi, I'm looking around at backup solutions. Currently we are using bacula, but according to it's docs it only does a bare-metal restore for linux and solaris. I know that dump is the bees-knees for backing up, so I'm looking for any pre-made scripts for doing scheduled incremental backups with du