You can use dump/tar to back up the actual data.
You can use disklabel and fdisk to dump the current partition
scheme to a text file prior to backing up.
Then, if you needed to restore/rebuild from scratch, you could boot
a CD (such as FreeSBIE) partition the new disk based on the
I've just inherrited a FreeBSD system with an internal RAID setup.
There is about 100GB of system and application data. I am looking for
a way to back-up a snapshot of the entire filesystem so that I could
restore everything in the event the box were to blow up or something.
I would want to
Christopher J.Utley wrote:
I've just inherrited a FreeBSD system with an internal RAID setup.
There is about 100GB of system and application data. I am looking for a
way to back-up a snapshot of the entire filesystem so that I could
restore everything in the event the box were to blow up or
Hi Bill,
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You can use dump/tar to back up the actual data.
I also apply 'tar' command to backup actual data
keeping the directory tree simultaneously. Kindly
advise what is 'dump/tar'
B.R.
Stephen
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Then, if you needed to restore/rebuild from scratch,
you could boot a
CD
Stephen Liu wrote:
Hi Bill,
- snip -
You can use dump/tar to back up the actual data.
I also apply 'tar' command to backup actual data
keeping the directory tree simultaneously. Kindly
advise what is 'dump/tar'
B.R.
Stephen
I'm pretty sure he meant OR, as in you can use
dump or tar
- snip -
You can use dump/tar to back up the actual data.
I also apply 'tar' command to backup actual data
keeping the directory tree simultaneously. Kindly
advise what is 'dump/tar'
I'm pretty sure he meant OR, as in you can use
dump or tar for backup, and restore or tar for
rebuilding
What will be 'dump vs tar' ?. Their pros and cons.
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/backup-basics.html
Dump is preferable to tar for system backups.
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