ugh. dump / restore problem(s) Cannot find file dump list
I needed to expand a /var partition, which required saving and restoring /var and /usr did the following: booted to backup disk dump -0aR -h 0 -f /usr/backup/dump_var_0_20121113_1920 /dev/ada0p4 (repeat for /tmp, /usr, / partitions to be safe) repartitioned the main disk using gpart newfs the modified partitions (var, tmp, usr) rewrote the boot block and boot partition (#1) mount /dev/ada0p4 /mnt/ssd/var cd /mnt/ssd/var restore -r /usr/backup/dump_var_0_20121113_1920 Cannot find file dump list Any ideas why I get the Cannot find file dump list? What / where is it supposed to be? I was able to get some stuff back from one of the files, but only by doing: #restore -if /usr/backup/dump_usr_0_201121113_1920 restore verbose restore add libdata restore extract Extract requested files You have not read any tapes yet If you are extracting just a few files, start with the last volume and work towards the first; restore can quickly skip tapes that have no further files to extract. Otherwise, begin with volume 1. Specify next volume #: 1 Mount tape volume 1 Enter none if there are no more tapes otherwise enter tape name (default: /usr/backup/dump_usr_0_20121113_1920) unknown tape header type -2 abort [yn] n resync restore, skipped 786 blocks extract file ... ... Add links Set directory mode, owner, and times. Set owner / mode for '.' [yn] y restore If I did not enter Enter after the otherwise enter tape name, but rather entered none I did not get all of the desired contents. Can anyone shed light on this problem? I have been able to restore most everything from a cp I had done at the same time, but I'm not very confident in the results. Fortunately, user data was on a different disk. Obviously, should have done a restore -rN ... before repartitioning. Ugh. Related question: I now realize I should not have answered y to the set owner / mode question, as it changed the mode to the default for root instead of doing what I thought which was restoring the owner / mode to what was saved in the dump. Will restore -x /usr/backup/dump... correct the owner and mode? (and group and flags?) Thanks, Gary ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: ugh. dump / restore problem(s) Cannot find file dump list
El día Wednesday, November 14, 2012 a las 01:20:14AM -0700, Gary Aitken escribió: I needed to expand a /var partition, which required saving and restoring /var and /usr did the following: booted to backup disk dump -0aR -h 0 -f /usr/backup/dump_var_0_20121113_1920 /dev/ada0p4 (repeat for /tmp, /usr, / partitions to be safe) repartitioned the main disk using gpart newfs the modified partitions (var, tmp, usr) rewrote the boot block and boot partition (#1) mount /dev/ada0p4 /mnt/ssd/var cd /mnt/ssd/var restore -r /usr/backup/dump_var_0_20121113_1920 Cannot find file dump list Any ideas why I get the Cannot find file dump list? What / where is it supposed to be? You need to specify the file containing the DUMP with -f flag; and use the flag -r only to restore to the original location, or -x to restore into the current dir; check the man page for details; matthias -- Sent from my FreeBSD netbook Matthias Apitz | - No system with backdoors like Apple/Android E-mail: g...@unixarea.de | - No HTML/RTF in E-mail WWW: http://www.unixarea.de/ | - No proprietary attachments phone: +49-170-4527211 | - Respect for open standards ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: ugh. dump / restore problem(s) Cannot find file dump list
On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 01:20:14 -0700, Gary Aitken wrote: mount /dev/ada0p4 /mnt/ssd/var cd /mnt/ssd/var restore -r /usr/backup/dump_var_0_20121113_1920 Cannot find file dump list The last command looks wrong. The restore program requires the dump file to be provided via -f, so # restore -rf /usr/backup/dump_var_0_20121113_1920 should work. You can find an example in man restore. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: ugh. dump / restore problem(s) Cannot find file dump list
From: Polytropon free...@edvax.de To: free...@dreamchaser.org Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 12:27 PM Subject: Re: ugh. dump / restore problem(s) Cannot find file dump list On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 01:20:14 -0700, Gary Aitken wrote: mount /dev/ada0p4 /mnt/ssd/var cd /mnt/ssd/var restore -r /usr/backup/dump_var_0_20121113_1920 Cannot find file dump list The last command looks wrong. The restore program requires the dump file to be provided via -f, so # restore -rf /usr/backup/dump_var_0_20121113_1920 should work. You can find an example in man restore. Hi There is no - . This is the correct format : restore rf /path/to/dump/files good luck :) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: ugh. dump / restore problem(s) Cannot find file dump list
El día Wednesday, November 14, 2012 a las 01:01:08AM -0800, Jack Mc Lauren escribió: Hi There is no - . This is the correct format : restore rf /path/to/dump/files from man restore(8): RESTORE(8) FreeBSD System Manager's Manual RESTORE(8) NAME restore, rrestore — restore files or file systems from backups made with dump SYNOPSIS restore -i [-dDhmNuvy] [-b blocksize] [-f file | -P pipecommand] [-s fileno] restore -R [-dDNuvy] [-b blocksize] [-f file | -P pipecommand] [-s fileno] restore -r [-dDNuvy] [-b blocksize] [-f file | -P pipecommand] [-s fileno] restore -t [-dDhNuvy] [-b blocksize] [-f file | -P pipecommand] [-s fileno] [file ...] restore -x [-dDhmNuvy] [-b blocksize] [-f file | -P pipecommand] [-s fileno] [file ...] ... matthias -- Sent from my FreeBSD netbook Matthias Apitz | - No system with backdoors like Apple/Android E-mail: g...@unixarea.de | - No HTML/RTF in E-mail WWW: http://www.unixarea.de/ | - No proprietary attachments phone: +49-170-4527211 | - Respect for open standards ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: ugh. dump / restore problem(s) Cannot find file dump list
On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 01:01:08 -0800 (PST), Jack Mc Lauren wrote: There is no - . This is the correct format : restore rf /path/to/dump/files Really? The manual at man restore mentions: restore -r [-dDNuvy] [-b blocksize] [-f file | -P pipecommand] [-s fileno] And in the -r section: newfs /dev/da0s1a mount /dev/da0s1a /mnt cd /mnt restore rf /dev/sa0 So it seems that _both_ formats are supported (comparable to tar). One of the (in my opinion) most interesting reference sources for dump/restore also mentions this format: # mount /dev/da0s1 /mnt # mkdir /tmp/oldvar # cd /tmp/oldvar # restore -ruf /mnt/var.dump # umount /mnt Source: http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/backup.html#_em_dump_8_em_em_restore_8_em -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: ugh. dump / restore problem(s) Cannot find file dump list
On 11/14/12 01:30, Matthias Apitz wrote: El día Wednesday, November 14, 2012 a las 01:20:14AM -0700, Gary Aitken escribió: I needed to expand a /var partition, which required saving and restoring /var and /usr did the following: booted to backup disk dump -0aR -h 0 -f /usr/backup/dump_var_0_20121113_1920 /dev/ada0p4 (repeat for /tmp, /usr, / partitions to be safe) repartitioned the main disk using gpart newfs the modified partitions (var, tmp, usr) rewrote the boot block and boot partition (#1) mount /dev/ada0p4 /mnt/ssd/var cd /mnt/ssd/var restore -r /usr/backup/dump_var_0_20121113_1920 Cannot find file dump list Any ideas why I get the Cannot find file dump list? What / where is it supposed to be? You need to specify the file containing the DUMP with -f flag; and use the flag -r only to restore to the original location, or -x to restore into the current dir; check the man page for details; Sorry all, a typing issue on my part when composing the email; problem remains: # restore -iN -f /mnt/hd_ssd_backup/usr/backup/dump_tmp_0_20121113_1920 Cannot find file dump list ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: ugh. dump / restore problem(s) Cannot find file dump list
On Wed, 14 Nov 2012, Polytropon wrote: On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 01:01:08 -0800 (PST), Jack Mc Lauren wrote: There is no - . This is the correct format : restore rf /path/to/dump/files Really? The manual at man restore mentions: restore -r [-dDNuvy] [-b blocksize] [-f file | -P pipecommand] [-s fileno] And in the -r section: newfs /dev/da0s1a mount /dev/da0s1a /mnt cd /mnt restore rf /dev/sa0 So it seems that _both_ formats are supported (comparable to tar). One of the (in my opinion) most interesting reference sources for dump/restore also mentions this format: # mount /dev/da0s1 /mnt # mkdir /tmp/oldvar # cd /tmp/oldvar # restore -ruf /mnt/var.dump Yes, -u unlinks an existing file before restoring that file, useful for restoring dumps over an existing filesystem. Leave out the -u when restoring to a new filesystem and the restore will go faster. # umount /mnt And that points out a mistake: /mnt can't be unmounted while it is the PWD. Fixed. Source: http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/backup.html#_em_dump_8_em_em_restore_8_em Thanks! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: ugh. dump / restore problem(s) Cannot find file dump list
El día Wednesday, November 14, 2012 a las 09:45:22AM -0700, Warren Block escribió: One of the (in my opinion) most interesting reference sources for dump/restore also mentions this format: # mount /dev/da0s1 /mnt # mkdir /tmp/oldvar # cd /tmp/oldvar # restore -ruf /mnt/var.dump Yes, -u unlinks an existing file before restoring that file, useful for restoring dumps over an existing filesystem. Leave out the -u when restoring to a new filesystem and the restore will go faster. # umount /mnt And that points out a mistake: /mnt can't be unmounted while it is the PWD. Fixed. I think PWD is /tmp/oldvar and not /mnt; matthias -- Sent from my FreeBSD netbook Matthias Apitz | - No system with backdoors like Apple/Android E-mail: g...@unixarea.de | - No HTML/RTF in E-mail WWW: http://www.unixarea.de/ | - No proprietary attachments phone: +49-170-4527211 | - Respect for open standards ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Questions about dump/restore to/from DVD media
In message 20121105051447.6eef32ef.free...@edvax.de, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: The problem is that delegating compression to a sub-task would imply that dump cannot precisely adjust its output to match the media size (as the limit is now defined by how good the compression works). Correct. We have both just said the exact same thing in different ways. In order to have _compression_ of the dump data _and_ still be able to divide the (post-compression) data into nice proper 2KB chunks (as required for DVD+/-R writing) the compression step itself would need to be integrated into the dump program itself (and then, for symmetry, if for no other reason, into restore as well). Chunk size _and_ media size matter (as dump would have to know when the media is expected to be nearly-full _with_ compression) Correct. We are both still just violently agreeing. Regards, rfg ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Questions about dump/restore to/from DVD media
I would like to make a backup of one of my systems using dump(8) in order to be sure that I get everything, including all of the obscure file attribute bits. I would like to make this backup to a _minimal_ number of DVD+R disks. What's the proper procedure for this? In the dump(8) man page, I see the following example: /sbin/dump -0u -L -C16 -B4589840 -P 'growisofs -Z /dev/cd0=/dev/fd/0' /u There are several problems with this example, as far as I am concerned. First I have no particular interest in, or need for _either_ an ISO 9660 _or_ a UDF file system on my backup media. And in fact, that seems to me as if it is likely to be an utter waste of (precious) space on the backup media. Can't I just put the output of the dump command _directly_ onto the output DVD+R media? If so, how would I do this? Would a command such as the following work? /sbin/dump -0u -L -C16 -B4589840 -P 'dd of=/dev/acd0 bs=2048' /u If not, why not? (I already know for sure that I can _read_ everything off of a DVD+R using just dd, so it seems logical that I should likewise be able to write an entire CD using just dd, but I suspect that there may be more to it that this, since I've never seen any references or examples anywhere of anybody writing either CDs or DVDs using dd.) Actually, I just noticed in the dump manpage the -f option. So would this work in place of the above command line? /sbin/dump -0u -L -C16 -B4589840 -f /dev/acd0 /u And if THAT works, then can dump properly sense the actual end-of-media on /dev/acd0, so that the -B option can just be ommitted? Another issue is that I most definitely want to use an absolute minimum of DVD+Rs to store the dump. So I am wondering how I might be able to wedge gzip into this whole process. Could I do something like this? If not, why not? /sbin/dump -0u -L -C16 -B4589840 -P 'gzip | dd of=/dev/acd0 bs=2048' /u Lastly, I want to make a backup of one entire _system_... not just one of the several partitions that compose that system. How exactly can I do this? I mean sure, I can back up each partition separately, using dump, one at a time, but if I do that then the logical implication would seem to be that on the last DVD+R used to make a backup of each of the partitions, there could possibly be a lot of unused/wasted space which could have been used to store the first part of the dump for the next partition in turn. Is there any way to effectively deal with _this_ issue? Regards, rfg ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Questions about dump/restore to/from DVD media
On Sun, 04 Nov 2012 16:56:58 -0800, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: I would like to make a backup of one of my systems using dump(8) in order to be sure that I get everything, including all of the obscure file attribute bits. That eliminates at least some tools. I have been using a similar idea in the past to make a backup of a system using multiple CD-Rs and I think cpio or pax, but only for data files that do not come with the whole range of special attributes. Oh wait, it was afio, on FreeBSD 4... I would like to make this backup to a _minimal_ number of DVD+R disks. If you think you can add compression to your files (if it makes sense), it should be incorporated to the command. What's the proper procedure for this? In the dump(8) man page, I see the following example: /sbin/dump -0u -L -C16 -B4589840 -P 'growisofs -Z /dev/cd0=/dev/fd/0' /u There are several problems with this example, as far as I am concerned. First I have no particular interest in, or need for _either_ an ISO 9660 _or_ a UDF file system on my backup media. And in fact, that seems to me as if it is likely to be an utter waste of (precious) space on the backup media. Can't I just put the output of the dump command _directly_ onto the output DVD+R media? I think this command exactly does this. Your idea is correct: There is no need for ISO-9660 or UDF on backup media as it will not be mounted, but processed with the proper restore tool. The command growisofs -Z /dev/cd0=file will record the file like an image to the media. In most cases, that would be an ISO-9660 file system, like growisofs -Z /dev/cd0=stuff.iso (with a premastered file stuff.iso). In _this_ case, the input data is read directly from file descriptor 0, stdin. Whatever appears there, it will be written to the media. Here it is dump's output data stream. If so, how would I do this? Would a command such as the following work? /sbin/dump -0u -L -C16 -B4589840 -P 'dd of=/dev/acd0 bs=2048' /u If not, why not? As far as I know, direct device access for writing does not work here. There are some operating systems that support an approach like this (IRIX for example, if I remember correctly), but FreeBSD doesn't. Depending on your OS version, acd0 != cd0 might appear, being different in access method, i. e. ATAPI vs. ATAPICAM (SCSI over ATA). Actually, I just noticed in the dump manpage the -f option. So would this work in place of the above command line? /sbin/dump -0u -L -C16 -B4589840 -f /dev/acd0 /u And if THAT works, then can dump properly sense the actual end-of-media on /dev/acd0, so that the -B option can just be ommitted? I've never tried if /dev/acd0 (or /dev/cd0 for the reason mentioned above) would be able to start a writing session by receiving data in that kind of way. The -f option is typically used to send data to files, or to - to hand them to another program or pipeline. It seems that doing so for devices (and causing the _physical_ devices to do something with it) is not possible. Another issue is that I most definitely want to use an absolute minimum of DVD+Rs to store the dump. So I am wondering how I might be able to wedge gzip into this whole process. Could I do something like this? If not, why not? /sbin/dump -0u -L -C16 -B4589840 -P 'gzip | dd of=/dev/acd0 bs=2048' /u Taking the initial approach of /sbin/dump -0u -L -C16 -B4589840 -P 'growisofs -Z /dev/cd0=/dev/fd/0' /u it could be something like this: /sbin/dump -0u -L -C16 -B4589840 -P 'gzip | growisofs -Z /dev/cd0=-' /u Not tested, just an idea. Just check how -P interacts with /dev/fd/0 and - for stdin _within_ the pipe command. Lastly, I want to make a backup of one entire _system_... not just one of the several partitions that compose that system. How exactly can I do this? At least not with dump. The dump utility operates on file systems, this means it takes partitions as input. Whatever is _one_ partition can be processed per step. Maybe you could concatenate runs of dump of all the present partitions; however it will be a bit more complicated to restore them using the restore program, which reads file system dumps and outputs the data to initialized and mounted file systems. I mean sure, I can back up each partition separately, using dump, one at a time, but if I do that then the logical implication would seem to be that on the last DVD+R used to make a backup of each of the partitions, there could possibly be a lot of unused/wasted space which could have been used to store the first part of the dump for the next partition in turn. Yes, that is quite possible. In this case, using dd would maybe be better. You would use it to copy the whole disk containing all the partitions, add gzip, break it into multi-volume parts and then record it to DVD+R. Is there any way to effectively deal with _this_ issue? Not per se, but I think all the required parts are in the system, it's just the
Re: Questions about dump/restore to/from DVD media
On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 4:56 PM, Ronald F. Guilmette r...@tristatelogic.comwrote: I would like to make a backup of one of my systems using dump(8) in order to be sure that I get everything, including all of the obscure file attribute bits. I would like to make this backup to a _minimal_ number of DVD+R disks. What's the proper procedure for this? In the dump(8) man page, I see the following example: /sbin/dump -0u -L -C16 -B4589840 -P 'growisofs -Z /dev/cd0=/dev/fd/0' /u There are several problems with this example, as far as I am concerned. First I have no particular interest in, or need for _either_ an ISO 9660 _or_ a UDF file system on my backup media. And in fact, that seems to me as if it is likely to be an utter waste of (precious) space on the backup media. Can't I just put the output of the dump command _directly_ onto the output DVD+R media? If so, how would I do this? Would a command such as the following work? /sbin/dump -0u -L -C16 -B4589840 -P 'dd of=/dev/acd0 bs=2048' /u If not, why not? (I already know for sure that I can _read_ everything off of a DVD+R using just dd, so it seems logical that I should likewise be able to write an entire CD using just dd, but I suspect that there may be more to it that this, since I've never seen any references or examples anywhere of anybody writing either CDs or DVDs using dd.) Actually, I just noticed in the dump manpage the -f option. So would this work in place of the above command line? /sbin/dump -0u -L -C16 -B4589840 -f /dev/acd0 /u And if THAT works, then can dump properly sense the actual end-of-media on /dev/acd0, so that the -B option can just be ommitted? Another issue is that I most definitely want to use an absolute minimum of DVD+Rs to store the dump. So I am wondering how I might be able to wedge gzip into this whole process. Could I do something like this? If not, why not? /sbin/dump -0u -L -C16 -B4589840 -P 'gzip | dd of=/dev/acd0 bs=2048' /u Lastly, I want to make a backup of one entire _system_... not just one of the several partitions that compose that system. How exactly can I do this? I mean sure, I can back up each partition separately, using dump, one at a time, but if I do that then the logical implication would seem to be that on the last DVD+R used to make a backup of each of the partitions, there could possibly be a lot of unused/wasted space which could have been used to store the first part of the dump for the next partition in turn. Is there any way to effectively deal with _this_ issue? Regards, rfg Assume one file will NOT be copied more than ONE DVD , i.e. , each file will be completely recorded on one DVD : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutting_stock_problem Thank you very much . Mehmet Erol Sanliturk ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Questions about dump/restore to/from DVD media
On 11/05/12 11:18, Polytropon wrote: On Sun, 04 Nov 2012 16:56:58 -0800, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: I would like to make a backup of one of my systems using dump(8) in order to be sure that I get everything, including all of the obscure file attribute bits. That eliminates at least some tools. I have been using a similar idea in the past to make a backup of a system using multiple CD-Rs and I think cpio or pax, but only for data files that do not come with the whole range of special attributes. Oh wait, it was afio, on FreeBSD 4... I would like to make this backup to a _minimal_ number of DVD+R disks. If you think you can add compression to your files (if it makes sense), it should be incorporated to the command. What's the proper procedure for this? In the dump(8) man page, I see the following example: /sbin/dump -0u -L -C16 -B4589840 -P 'growisofs -Z /dev/cd0=/dev/fd/0' /u There are several problems with this example, as far as I am concerned. First I have no particular interest in, or need for _either_ an ISO 9660 _or_ a UDF file system on my backup media. And in fact, that seems to me as if it is likely to be an utter waste of (precious) space on the backup media. Can't I just put the output of the dump command _directly_ onto the output DVD+R media? I think this command exactly does this. Your idea is correct: There is no need for ISO-9660 or UDF on backup media as it will not be mounted, but processed with the proper restore tool. The command growisofs -Z /dev/cd0=file will record the file like an image to the media. In most cases, that would be an ISO-9660 file system, like growisofs -Z /dev/cd0=stuff.iso (with a premastered file stuff.iso). In _this_ case, the input data is read directly from file descriptor 0, stdin. Whatever appears there, it will be written to the media. Here it is dump's output data stream. If so, how would I do this? Would a command such as the following work? /sbin/dump -0u -L -C16 -B4589840 -P 'dd of=/dev/acd0 bs=2048' /u If not, why not? As far as I know, direct device access for writing does not work here. There are some operating systems that support an approach like this (IRIX for example, if I remember correctly), but FreeBSD doesn't. Depending on your OS version, acd0 != cd0 might appear, being different in access method, i. e. ATAPI vs. ATAPICAM (SCSI over ATA). Actually, I just noticed in the dump manpage the -f option. So would this work in place of the above command line? /sbin/dump -0u -L -C16 -B4589840 -f /dev/acd0 /u And if THAT works, then can dump properly sense the actual end-of-media on /dev/acd0, so that the -B option can just be ommitted? I've never tried if /dev/acd0 (or /dev/cd0 for the reason mentioned above) would be able to start a writing session by receiving data in that kind of way. The -f option is typically used to send data to files, or to - to hand them to another program or pipeline. It seems that doing so for devices (and causing the _physical_ devices to do something with it) is not possible. Another issue is that I most definitely want to use an absolute minimum of DVD+Rs to store the dump. So I am wondering how I might be able to wedge gzip into this whole process. Could I do something like this? If not, why not? /sbin/dump -0u -L -C16 -B4589840 -P 'gzip | dd of=/dev/acd0 bs=2048' /u Taking the initial approach of /sbin/dump -0u -L -C16 -B4589840 -P 'growisofs -Z /dev/cd0=/dev/fd/0' /u it could be something like this: /sbin/dump -0u -L -C16 -B4589840 -P 'gzip | growisofs -Z /dev/cd0=-' /u Not tested, just an idea. Just check how -P interacts with /dev/fd/0 and - for stdin _within_ the pipe command. Lastly, I want to make a backup of one entire _system_... not just one of the several partitions that compose that system. How exactly can I do this? At least not with dump. The dump utility operates on file systems, this means it takes partitions as input. Whatever is _one_ partition can be processed per step. Maybe you could concatenate runs of dump of all the present partitions; however it will be a bit more complicated to restore them using the restore program, which reads file system dumps and outputs the data to initialized and mounted file systems. I mean sure, I can back up each partition separately, using dump, one at a time, but if I do that then the logical implication would seem to be that on the last DVD+R used to make a backup of each of the partitions, there could possibly be a lot of unused/wasted space which could have been used to store the first part of the dump for the next partition in turn. Yes, that is quite possible. In this case, using dd would maybe be better. You would use it to copy the whole disk containing all the partitions, add gzip, break it into multi-volume parts and then record it to DVD+R. Is there any way to effectively deal with _this_ issue? Not per se, but I
Re: Questions about dump/restore to/from DVD media
In message caogwamvoncti7akmtjw0+caastfhfae5gw+pkmh+4ldr00-...@mail.gmail.com Mehmet Erol Sanliturk m.e.sanlit...@gmail.com wrote: Assume one file will NOT be copied more than ONE DVD , i.e. , each file will be completely recorded on one DVD : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutting_stock_problem The problem you cited is an interesting one, but I do not believe that it is at all relevant to the current discussion for the simple reason that this cutting problem is based on the assmption that one thing (e.g. a cut piece of paper) cannot be spread across two or more of the available units of raw material (e.g. a standard roll of paper). I'm sure that is true for paper, but as regards to FreeBSD partition backups, these have always been allowed to cross output volume boundaries, I think, e.g. spilling off the end of one backup tape and onto the beginning of the next backup tape. Regards, rfg ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Questions about dump/restore to/from DVD media
In message 20121105021817.fc5bff1b.free...@edvax.de, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: I would like to make this backup to a _minimal_ number of DVD+R disks. If you think you can add compression to your files (if it makes sense), it should be incorporated to the command. Yes. There really ought to be a -z option integrated into both dump and restore commands. The command growisofs -Z /dev/cd0=file will record the file like an image to the media. In most cases, that would be an ISO-9660 file system, like growisofs -Z /dev/cd0=stuff.iso (with a premastered file stuff.iso). In _this_ case, the input data is read directly from file descriptor 0, stdin. Whatever appears there, it will be written to the media. Ah! OK. I see now. Thank you. If so, how would I do this? Would a command such as the following work? /sbin/dump -0u -L -C16 -B4589840 -P 'dd of=/dev/acd0 bs=2048' /u If not, why not? As far as I know, direct device access for writing does not work here. Yes, apparently not. Bit I _did_ just find something rather interesting in this context. Look at this: http://sg.danny.cz/sg/ddpt.html I have no idea why it isn't already in the ports tree. I'll probably try it out and see if it works. Another issue is that I most definitely want to use an absolute minimum... Taking the initial approach of /sbin/dump -0u -L -C16 -B4589840 -P 'growisofs -Z /dev/cd0=/dev/fd/0' /u it could be something like this: /sbin/dump -0u -L -C16 -B4589840 -P 'gzip | growisofs -Z /dev/cd0=-' /u Yes. I see. That makes sense. But as I said (above) to make this really work right, dump restore really need to have -z options, and do the zipping/unzipping internally. Only if this were available could dump properly deal with end-of-media on any given output volume, I think. Lastly, I want to make a backup of one entire _system_... not just one of the several partitions that compose that system. How exactly can I do this? At least not with dump. The dump utility operates on file systems, this means it takes partitions as input. Whatever is _one_ partition can be processed per step. Well, this is entirely sub-optimal. (I hate to say it, because in general I loath despise Windows, but even Windows has a built-in facility for making a single backup of an _entire_ system, and in a single step, *and*, I presume in a space-efficient manner.) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Questions about dump/restore to/from DVD media
On Sun, 04 Nov 2012 18:37:43 -0800, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: In message 20121105021817.fc5bff1b.free...@edvax.de, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: I would like to make this backup to a _minimal_ number of DVD+R disks. If you think you can add compression to your files (if it makes sense), it should be incorporated to the command. Yes. There really ought to be a -z option integrated into both dump and restore commands. Depending on _what_ kind of compression (gzip, bzip2, 7zip, xz etc.) there might be many of them. If utilizing the capabilities of libarchive is possible, it would be a nice option. Another issue is that I most definitely want to use an absolute minimum... Taking the initial approach of /sbin/dump -0u -L -C16 -B4589840 -P 'growisofs -Z /dev/cd0=/dev/fd/0' /u it could be something like this: /sbin/dump -0u -L -C16 -B4589840 -P 'gzip | growisofs -Z /dev/cd0=-' /u Yes. I see. That makes sense. But as I said (above) to make this really work right, dump restore really need to have -z options, and do the zipping/unzipping internally. Only if this were available could dump properly deal with end-of-media on any given output volume, I think. The problem is that delegating compression to a sub-task would imply that dump cannot precisely adjust its output to match the media size (as the limit is now defined by how good the compression works). Instead an additional step would be required to make sure that a new media for the _compressed_ data stream is requested when it exceeds a certain limit. Additionally restore would have to use a comparable method of chaining the multiple volumes, as it requires operator attention and action. Lastly, I want to make a backup of one entire _system_... not just one of the several partitions that compose that system. How exactly can I do this? At least not with dump. The dump utility operates on file systems, this means it takes partitions as input. Whatever is _one_ partition can be processed per step. Well, this is entirely sub-optimal. It depends on how you did layout your system. Using dump + restore means to operate on partitions. Make the system one partition - deal with one partition. Make many partitions - need to deal with them individually. (I hate to say it, because in general I loath despise Windows, but even Windows has a built-in facility for making a single backup of an _entire_ system, and in a single step, *and*, I presume in a space-efficient manner.) That would be a task for dd. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Questions about dump/restore to/from DVD media
In message 50971b88.40...@herveybayaustralia.com.au, Da Rock freebsd-questi...@herveybayaustralia.com.au wrote: Also, you may have considered this already (or not :) ), but you are using a direct write to backup your system, and then considering compression on top of that. CD/DVD filesystems incorporate some parity to allow for defects and scratches, so growisofs might be best to use to ensure some integrity to your data. Minimising your space may be good, but a single bit could render all your efforts for nought- especially given the compression leaves no room for error ;) I'm not sure if the error detection/correction on DVDs... either -Rs or +Rs... is a function of the _filesystem_. In fact I don't believe that it is, but I could be wrong. Google for this: DVD+R error correction and there are plenty of references. The ones that I read in the past seemed to suggest that the error detection/correction is a fundamental aspect of how data gets written to both -R and +R disks, totally independent of whether the data being written was organized into any type of filesystem or none at all. In fact, part of the reason that I only use DVD+Rs these days is because I read something that said that something like 1/4 of every block of data on DVD-R disks is not even covered by any error correction code AT ALL. Ah, yes... here is one such reference: http://adterrasperaspera.com/blog/2006/10/30/how-to-choose-cddvd-archival-media The DVD-R specification states that for every 192 bits, 64 of them are not protected under any scheme, 24 of them are protected by 24 bits of parity, and the last 56 bits are protected by another 24 bits of parity. This weird (to put it mildly) scheme allows you to easily scramble or lose 25% of the data that is required to read your disk! This information is almost more important than the actual data burned on the disc itself. The DVD+R specification, however, states that for every 204 bits of information, it is split into four blocks of 52 bits containing 1 sync bit to prevent misreading because of phase changes, 31 bits of data, and a 20 bit parity (that protects all 32 bits of data)... Regards, rfg ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Questions about dump/restore to/from DVD media
In message 20121105035233.e3c4ae8a.free...@edvax.de, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: But as I said (above) to make this really work right, dump restore really need to have -z options, and do the zipping/unzipping internally. Only if this were available could dump properly deal with end-of-media on any given output volume, I think. The problem is that delegating compression to a sub-task would imply that dump cannot precisely adjust its output to match the media size (as the limit is now defined by how good the compression works). Correct. We have both just said the exact same thing in different ways. In order to have _compression_ of the dump data _and_ still be able to divide the (post-compression) data into nice proper 2KB chunks (as required for DVD+/-R writing) the compression step itself would need to be integrated into the dump program itself (and then, for symmetry, if for no other reason, into restore as well). Using dump + restore means to operate on partitions. Make the system one partition - deal with one partition. Make many partitions - need to deal with them individually. Good point. (I hate to say it, because in general I loath despise Windows, but even Windows has a built-in facility for making a single backup of an _entire_ system, and in a single step, *and*, I presume in a space-efficient manner.) That would be a task for dd. :-) Sorry? I am not following you. How could dd ever substitute for the intelligence of dump(8), and specifically how could it avoid copying of blocks that are ``in'' the filesystem but which are not currently _allocated_ by the filesystem? (I am also not persuaded the dd could handle multiple partitions any better that dump(8) currently does... which is to say not at all, really.) Regards, rfg ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Questions about dump/restore to/from DVD media
On Sun, 04 Nov 2012 19:49:24 -0800, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: In message 20121105035233.e3c4ae8a.free...@edvax.de, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: But as I said (above) to make this really work right, dump restore really need to have -z options, and do the zipping/unzipping internally. Only if this were available could dump properly deal with end-of-media on any given output volume, I think. The problem is that delegating compression to a sub-task would imply that dump cannot precisely adjust its output to match the media size (as the limit is now defined by how good the compression works). Correct. We have both just said the exact same thing in different ways. In order to have _compression_ of the dump data _and_ still be able to divide the (post-compression) data into nice proper 2KB chunks (as required for DVD+/-R writing) the compression step itself would need to be integrated into the dump program itself (and then, for symmetry, if for no other reason, into restore as well). Chunk size _and_ media size matter (as dump would have to know when the media is expected to be nearly-full _with_ compression) because the operator will be required to deal with multi-volume media (next DVD). (I hate to say it, because in general I loath despise Windows, but even Windows has a built-in facility for making a single backup of an _entire_ system, and in a single step, *and*, I presume in a space-efficient manner.) That would be a task for dd. :-) Sorry? I am not following you. How could dd ever substitute for the intelligence of dump(8), and specifically how could it avoid copying of blocks that are ``in'' the filesystem but which are not currently _allocated_ by the filesystem? It cannot. :-) With dd, you could copy a disk including all aspects of the present slices and partitions (including file attributes and partitioning data, even boot elements), but it would maybe require a subsequent read and compare step to make sure that everything went well. (I am also not persuaded the dd could handle multiple partitions any better that dump(8) currently does... which is to say not at all, really.) It can - depending on what device you're reading from. Examples: dd if=/dev/ad0s1a - the root partition dd if=/dev/ad0s1- the 1st slice dd if=/dev/ad0 - the whole disk However, dd is very much bare metal and cannot handle multiple volumes and compression natively. It would be neccessary to have all those functionalities scripted additionally. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Questions about dump/restore to/from DVD media
On 11/05/12 14:14, Polytropon wrote: On Sun, 04 Nov 2012 19:49:24 -0800, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: In message 20121105035233.e3c4ae8a.free...@edvax.de, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: But as I said (above) to make this really work right, dump restore really need to have -z options, and do the zipping/unzipping internally. Only if this were available could dump properly deal with end-of-media on any given output volume, I think. The problem is that delegating compression to a sub-task would imply that dump cannot precisely adjust its output to match the media size (as the limit is now defined by how good the compression works). Correct. We have both just said the exact same thing in different ways. In order to have _compression_ of the dump data _and_ still be able to divide the (post-compression) data into nice proper 2KB chunks (as required for DVD+/-R writing) the compression step itself would need to be integrated into the dump program itself (and then, for symmetry, if for no other reason, into restore as well). Chunk size _and_ media size matter (as dump would have to know when the media is expected to be nearly-full _with_ compression) because the operator will be required to deal with multi-volume media (next DVD). (I hate to say it, because in general I loath despise Windows, but even Windows has a built-in facility for making a single backup of an _entire_ system, and in a single step, *and*, I presume in a space-efficient manner.) That would be a task for dd. :-) Sorry? I am not following you. How could dd ever substitute for the intelligence of dump(8), and specifically how could it avoid copying of blocks that are ``in'' the filesystem but which are not currently _allocated_ by the filesystem? It cannot. :-) With dd, you could copy a disk including all aspects of the present slices and partitions (including file attributes and partitioning data, even boot elements), but it would maybe require a subsequent read and compare step to make sure that everything went well. (I am also not persuaded the dd could handle multiple partitions any better that dump(8) currently does... which is to say not at all, really.) It can - depending on what device you're reading from. Examples: dd if=/dev/ad0s1a - the root partition dd if=/dev/ad0s1- the 1st slice dd if=/dev/ad0 - the whole disk However, dd is very much bare metal and cannot handle multiple volumes and compression natively. It would be neccessary to have all those functionalities scripted additionally. For reference, if one did backup the whole slice/disk using dd and then compressed the data, would that effectively compress all those 'unallocated' nodes? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Questions about dump/restore to/from DVD media
Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:42:45 +1000 From: Da Rock freebsd-questi...@herveybayaustralia.com.au Subject: Re: Questions about dump/restore to/from DVD media On 11/05/12 14:14, Polytropon wrote: For reference, if one did backup the whole slice/disk using dd and then compressed the data, would that effectively compress all those 'unallocated' nodes? NO. The unallocated' blocks still have whatever data was in them. *IF* you copy /dev/zero to a new file, to fill the disk, then rm -that- file, the compression will be higher. 'How much' depends on how empty the disk is. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: OT: Linux EXT4 dump/restore equivalent?
Peter A. Giessel pgies...@mac.com wrote: What I have been completely unable to find is a linux boot disk that has a version of restore that supports ext4. It's unclear to me how a version of restore that supports ext4 would differ from a version of restore that supports UFS. AFAIK restore (unlike dump) is FS-agnostic: it must understand the format of the dumpfile, but it needs no knowledge of how the FS is represented on disk because it uses ordinary system calls (open, write, etc.) to access the FS. What you _do_ need on that recovery disk -- along with a generic restore -- are ext4-aware versions of the kernel, fsck, mkfs, mount, and (arguably) dump. I am very hesitant to use a backup scheme that doesn't have a clear recovery path. +1 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: OT: Linux EXT4 dump/restore equivalent?
I haven't checked all the features, so I don't know if it includes restore for ext4. According to: http://www.sysresccd.org/Detailed-packages-list It does not contain any version of restore. There are a lot of Linux boot disks out there. I haven't found one yet that includes an ext4 compatible restore. Debian lets you roll your own, but you need to do that before a disaster. It doesn't include useful rescue CDs like FreeBSD does. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: OT: Linux EXT4 dump/restore equivalent?
Peter A. Giessel pgies...@mac.com responded: According to: http://www.sysresccd.org/Detailed-packages-list It does not contain any version of restore. There are a lot of Linux boot disks out there. I haven't found one yet that includes an ext4 compatible restore. Debian lets you roll your own, but you need to do that before a disaster. It doesn't include useful rescue CDs like FreeBSD does. You could try http://www.sysresccd.org/System-tools Some recovery tools are listed, including FSArchiver and Partimage. Maybe one of those listed recovery tools might fit your need? Tom ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: OT: Linux EXT4 dump/restore equivalent?
On Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:52:35 -0500, Peter A. Giessel pgies...@mac.com wrote: There are a lot of Linux boot disks out there. I haven't found one yet that includes an ext4 compatible restore. Debian lets you roll your own, but you need to do that before a disaster. It doesn't include useful rescue CDs like FreeBSD does. I've always had great success in the past with RIP Rescue live-cd. It was one of the early live-cds with ext4 support. I wonder if the guy who makes it was smart enough to add restore ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: OT: Linux EXT4 dump/restore equivalent?
On Thu, 28 Jun 2012 20:59:57 +0100, Vincent Hoffman wrote: We use dump to backup ext4 filesystems on linux (Centos6) at work From the linux dump changelog Changes between versions 0.4b41 and 0.4b42 (released June 18, 2009) === 18. Add (preliminary) ext4 support - thanks to libext2fs which does all the job for us. Thanks to Gertjan van Wingerde gwingerde [at] gmail for the patch. Without even trying to start a flamewar, allow me to ask this question: Do they _really_ use file systems over there at Linux land without having an up-to-date dump/restore mechanism for that file systems? I can hardly believe that... Without wishing to bash Linux (I wouldnt be in my job without it,) its man pages are really not very up to date, as the manpage for dump fails to mention this. That's sadly normal. I found the attitude toward documentation in Linux being different from what you would call standard in the rest of UNIX world. Man pages are often out of date (if they ever exist), and pieces of documentation is scattered across the the web, in user pages, wikis, and discussion forums. The concept behind this seems to be: Nobody reads man pages, so we don't write them. I havent used slackware in many years but it used to be my distro of choice until I moved to FreeBSD. Was my first PC Linux, too. :-) On 28/06/2012 20:02, Chris Maness wrote: Is there an equivalent dump/restore ap for a Linux ext4 file system? I am running the latest Slackware, and I would like to make backups like I do for my FreeBSD box. Have you tried the original tools provided by the OS? Do they perform as intended? Maybe do some testing and see if they are sufficient for dealing with ext4. That would be my first impression: Use what's there and see if it works, as it _should_ work (given fundamental UNIX basics). (Sorry, my Linux knowledge is a bit outdated as I don't use it anymore on a regular basis.) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: OT: Linux EXT4 dump/restore equivalent?
On Jun 28, 2012, at 11:59, Vincent Hoffman vi...@unsane.co.uk wrote: We use dump to backup ext4 filesystems on linux (Centos6) at work You can find a version of dump for Linux that supports ext4. What I have been completely unable to find is a linux boot disk that has a version of restore that supports ext4. If anyone knows of one, I would be very interested. I am very hesitant to use a backup scheme that doesn't have a clear recovery path. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: OT: Linux EXT4 dump/restore equivalent?
On 28/06/2012 21:39, Peter A. Giessel wrote: On Jun 28, 2012, at 11:59, Vincent Hoffman vi...@unsane.co.uk wrote: We use dump to backup ext4 filesystems on linux (Centos6) at work You can find a version of dump for Linux that supports ext4. What I have been completely unable to find is a linux boot disk that has a version of restore that supports ext4. If anyone knows of one, I would be very interested. I am very hesitant to use a backup scheme that doesn't have a clear recovery path. Fair point. I've used the rescue mode on the centos boot CD before, but its not too hard to build a custom centos livecd. I made a pxe bootable version for use at work so we can ssh into it without needing an IP KVM, but I'll try and make a new ISO for you if you like. Vince ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: OT: Linux EXT4 dump/restore equivalent?
On Jun 28, 2012, at 11:59, Vincent Hoffman vi...@unsane.co.uk wrote: We use dump to backup ext4 filesystems on linux (Centos6) at work Peter A. Giessel pgies...@mac.com responded: You can find a version of dump for Linux that supports ext4. What I have been completely unable to find is a linux boot disk that has a version of restore that supports ext4. If anyone knows of one, I would be very interested. I am very hesitant to use a backup scheme that doesn't have a clear recovery path. I've used the System Rescue CD (sysresccd.org), which you can burn to CD or write to USB stick. I haven't checked all the features, so I don't know if it includes restore for ext4. Latest release version is 2.8.0 It ought to read/write ext4. I think it would read (BSD) ffs or ufs v1 but not v2. Tom ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Dump Restore on ZFS root system
I run a ZFS on root FreeBSD system. I know I can backup with snapshots but I want a dump/restore action because I want to transfer this system to a UFS virtual FreeBSD machine. My question is: will dump / (root) make a dump of *ALL* other directories? yanta# df -h Filesystem SizeUsed Avail Capacity Mounted on zroot56G335M 55G 1%/ devfs1.0K1.0K 0B 100%/dev zroot/tmp56G 42M 55G 0%/tmp zroot/usr 60G4.7G 55G 8%/usr zroot/usr/home 58G2.4G 55G 4%/usr/home zroot/usr/ports 56G253M 55G 0%/usr/ports zroot/usr/ports/distfiles56G291M 55G 1% /usr/ports/distfiles zroot/usr/ports/packages 55G 21K 55G 0%/usr/ports/packages zroot/var 56G571M 55G 1%/var zroot/var/crash 55G 23K 55G 0%/var/crash zroot/var/db56G337M 55G 1%/var/db zroot/var/db/pkg55G3.7M 55G 0%/var/db/pkg zroot/var/empty 55G 21K 55G 0%/var/empty zroot/var/log 55G827K 55G 0%/var/log zroot/var/mail 55G 22K 55G 0%/var/mail zroot/var/run 55G 53K 55G 0%/var/run zroot/var/tmp 55G143K 55G 0%/var/tmp devfs 1.0K1.0K 0B 100%/var/named/dev ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Dump Restore on ZFS root system
On 07/02/2012 11:00, dick wrote: I run a ZFS on root FreeBSD system. I know I can backup with snapshots but I want a dump/restore action because I want to transfer this system to a UFS virtual FreeBSD machine. My question is: will dump / (root) make a dump of *ALL* other directories? Dump works at the filesystem level and will not work on a zfs filesystem [root@banshee /backup/local/zfs]# dump -b 64 -f - ./ dump: ./: unknown file system I'd use tar or cpio or pax or something. On a UFS filesystem dump will only dump the filesystem specified and will not cross mountpoints. Vince yanta# df -h Filesystem SizeUsed Avail Capacity Mounted on zroot56G335M 55G 1%/ devfs1.0K1.0K 0B 100%/dev zroot/tmp56G 42M 55G 0%/tmp zroot/usr 60G4.7G 55G 8%/usr zroot/usr/home 58G2.4G 55G 4%/usr/home zroot/usr/ports 56G253M 55G 0% /usr/ports zroot/usr/ports/distfiles56G291M 55G 1% /usr/ports/distfiles zroot/usr/ports/packages 55G 21K 55G 0% /usr/ports/packages zroot/var 56G571M 55G 1%/var zroot/var/crash 55G 23K 55G 0% /var/crash zroot/var/db56G337M 55G 1%/var/db zroot/var/db/pkg55G3.7M 55G 0%/var/db/pkg zroot/var/empty 55G 21K 55G 0%/var/empty zroot/var/log 55G827K 55G 0% /var/log zroot/var/mail 55G 22K 55G 0% /var/mail zroot/var/run 55G 53K 55G 0% /var/run zroot/var/tmp 55G143K 55G 0%/var/tmp devfs 1.0K1.0K 0B 100%/var/named/dev ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Dump Restore on ZFS root system
Op 7-2-2012 12:23, Vincent Hoffman schreef: On 07/02/2012 11:00, dick wrote: I run a ZFS on root FreeBSD system. I know I can backup with snapshots but I want a dump/restore action because I want to transfer this system to a UFS virtual FreeBSD machine. My question is: will dump / (root) make a dump of *ALL* other directories? Dump works at the filesystem level and will not work on a zfs filesystem [root@banshee /backup/local/zfs]# dump -b 64 -f - ./ dump: ./: unknown file system I'd use tar or cpio or pax or something. On a UFS filesystem dump will only dump the filesystem specified and will not cross mountpoints. OK, got it. I will have to read up on the best option (tar, cpio or pax) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Dump Restore on ZFS root system
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 1:55 PM, dick d...@nagual.nl wrote: Op 7-2-2012 12:23, Vincent Hoffman schreef: On 07/02/2012 11:00, dick wrote: I run a ZFS on root FreeBSD system. I know I can backup with snapshots but I want a dump/restore action because I want to transfer this system to a UFS virtual FreeBSD machine. My question is: will dump / (root) make a dump of *ALL* other directories? Dump works at the filesystem level and will not work on a zfs filesystem [root@banshee /backup/local/zfs]# dump -b 64 -f - ./ dump: ./: unknown file system I'd use tar or cpio or pax or something. On a UFS filesystem dump will only dump the filesystem specified and will not cross mountpoints. OK, got it. I will have to read up on the best option (tar, cpio or pax) You can always clone it using zfs send / receive to your vm: http://www.aisecure.net/2011/03/26/cloning-a-zfs-bootable-system/ -- George Kontostanos Aicom telecoms ltd http://www.aisecure.net ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Dump Restore on ZFS root system
On 07/02/2012, at 22:25, dick wrote: Op 7-2-2012 12:23, Vincent Hoffman schreef: On 07/02/2012 11:00, dick wrote: I run a ZFS on root FreeBSD system. I know I can backup with snapshots but I want a dump/restore action because I want to transfer this system to a UFS virtual FreeBSD machine. My question is: will dump / (root) make a dump of *ALL* other directories? Dump works at the filesystem level and will not work on a zfs filesystem [root@banshee /backup/local/zfs]# dump -b 64 -f - ./ dump: ./: unknown file system I'd use tar or cpio or pax or something. On a UFS filesystem dump will only dump the filesystem specified and will not cross mountpoints. OK, got it. I will have to read up on the best option (tar, cpio or pax) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org Why not use the ZFS send / receive command? Sincerely, William Brown Research Teaching, Technology Services The University of Adelaide, AUSTRALIA 5005 CRICOS Provider Number 00123M - IMPORTANT: This message may contain confidential or legally privileged information. If you think it was sent to you by mistake, please delete all copies and advise the sender. For the purposes of the SPAM Act 2003, this email is authorised by The University of Adelaide. pgp.mit.edu http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=vindexsearch=0x3C0AC6DAB2F928A2 signature.asc Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail
Re: Dump Restore on ZFS root system
On Tue, 7 Feb 2012, dick wrote: Op 7-2-2012 12:23, Vincent Hoffman schreef: On 07/02/2012 11:00, dick wrote: I run a ZFS on root FreeBSD system. I know I can backup with snapshots but I want a dump/restore action because I want to transfer this system to a UFS virtual FreeBSD machine. My question is: will dump / (root) make a dump of *ALL* other directories? Dump works at the filesystem level and will not work on a zfs filesystem [root@banshee /backup/local/zfs]# dump -b 64 -f - ./ dump: ./: unknown file system I'd use tar or cpio or pax or something. On a UFS filesystem dump will only dump the filesystem specified and will not cross mountpoints. OK, got it. I will have to read up on the best option (tar, cpio or pax) Or rsync, with -a, -H, and probably some other options I can't recall. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: dump/restore, how to reduce slice size
# df -h Filesystem SizeUsed Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/ad4s1a 2G206M1.6G11%/ devfs 1.0k1.0k 0B 100%/dev /dev/ad4s1e3.9G 13M3.6G 0%/tmp /dev/ad4s1f 40G 25G 12G67%/usr /dev/ad4s1d 31G3.6G 24G13%/var procfs 4.0k4.0k 0B 100%/proc /dev/ad2s1f 39G 25G 10G71%/mnt devfs 1.0k1.0k 0B 100%/var/named/dev as you can see /dev/ad4s1f is 40G and /dev/ad2s1f is 39G but on ad4s1f only 25G used. How can I dump /dev/ad4s1f and restore it on /dev/ad2s1f? You can't. ad4s1f has 25G of files, but ad2s1f only has 10G of free space. You need a bigger disk. If you're just moving things around, I agree that a $100 USB disk is the best way to store backups temporarily. R's, John ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: dump/restore, how to reduce slice size
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 03:41:26PM +0200, Damien Fleuriot wrote: On 9/29/11 10:09 PM, Jerry McAllister wrote: On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 10:36:38PM +0300, ??? ??? wrote: Hi, Freebsd-questions. # df -h Filesystem SizeUsed Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/ad4s1a 2G206M1.6G11%/ devfs 1.0k1.0k 0B 100%/dev /dev/ad4s1e3.9G 13M3.6G 0%/tmp /dev/ad4s1f 40G 25G 12G67%/usr /dev/ad4s1d 31G3.6G 24G13%/var procfs 4.0k4.0k 0B 100%/proc /dev/ad2s1f 39G 25G 10G71%/mnt devfs 1.0k1.0k 0B 100%/var/named/dev as you can see /dev/ad4s1f is 40G and /dev/ad2s1f is 39G but on ad4s1f only 25G used. How can I dump /dev/ad4s1f and restore it on /dev/ad2s1f? These commands: #mount /dev/ad2s1f /mnt #cd /mnt #dump -0Lf - /usr | restore -rf - does not help, because of ad2s1f does not have space to restore 'end of ' /dev/ad4s1f. May help any? Well, you are going to have difficulty putting 50 GB on a 39 GB partition. (25GB + 25GB = 50GB). It won't work. You could try compressing the dump, but dump files do not tend to compress well and even if you got a 50% compression, you would still be really close to overfill. Probably you need to go to the store and get a nice big USB drive and slice and partition it in to a bunch of 50 GB partitions and pipe your dump to a restore in those partitions on that drive. You can round-robin your backups to those USB partitions. My backup to a USB hard drive just saved me the beginning of this week when the old machine died of heat prostration. Dump is supposed to take only the used space. Yes. He already has 25 GB used on the partition and wants to add another approx 25 GB in a 39 GB partition. There ain't room. jerry @OP, refer the following link for correct dump/restore syntax: http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/backup.html#_tt_dump_tt_with_compression ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re[2]: dump/restore, how to reduce slice size
Здравствуйте, Robert. Вы писали 30 сентября 2011 г., 4:11:15: From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Thu Sep 29 14:37:35 2011 Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 22:36:38 +0300 From: =?windows-1251?B?yu7t/Oru4iDF4uPl7ejp?= kes-...@yandex.ru To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: dump/restore, how to reduce slice size Hi, Freebsd-questions. # df -h Filesystem SizeUsed Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/ad4s1a 2G206M1.6G11%/ devfs 1.0k1.0k 0B 100%/dev /dev/ad4s1e3.9G 13M3.6G 0%/tmp /dev/ad4s1f 40G 25G 12G67%/usr /dev/ad4s1d 31G3.6G 24G13%/var procfs 4.0k4.0k 0B 100%/proc /dev/ad2s1f 39G 25G 10G71%/mnt devfs 1.0k1.0k 0B 100%/var/named/dev as you can see /dev/ad4s1f is 40G and /dev/ad2s1f is 39G but on ad4s1f only 25G used. How can I dump /dev/ad4s1f and restore it on /dev/ad2s1f? These commands: #mount /dev/ad2s1f /mnt #cd /mnt #dump -0Lf - /usr | restore -rf - does not help, because of ad2s1f does not have space to restore 'end of ' /dev/ad4s1f. May help any? RB ad2s1f already has 25 gigs of stuff on it. with ounly 14 gigs 'free'. RB ad4s1f has 25 gigs of stuff on _it_. RB The 25 gigs of ad4s1f will not fit in the 14 gigs of free space on RB ad2s1f. It is state after restoration. Before that I do the prestine file system with: newfs /dev/ad2s1f mount /dev/ad2s1f /mnt cd /mnt dump -0Lf - /usr | restore -rf - at the end of restore process I got error about that on target file system there is no inode . abourt? [yn] I type 'n'. there are about 10 inodes missed. when I compare files it seems that are same on source and target. Is that Ok, may I do not worry about that error messages? RB Now, RB *IF* the existing 'stuff' on ad2s1f is of no value, and the -only- thing RB you want to have on that filesystem is the 'copy' of ad4s1f, RB *THEN* there is 'simple' solution. You need to delete the files on RB ad4s1f -before- trying the dump/restor. In the commnds you show, above, RB fter the 'cd /mnt', and before the dump/restore, Type in 'rm -fr /mnt/*', RB but DO NOT hit the enter key. Look at what you typed, and make sure RB that there is no white-spce immediately before the '*'. Double check RB that there is no whitespce after the first '/'. or before the 2nd one. RB TRIPLE CHECK that there are no spaces before the '*'. Have you made RB a full back-up of the system recently? If not, abort this commqnd, and RB make the full backup before trying this again. RB *IF* you are absolutely certain you have typed the commnd correctly, _and_ RB you have current full-system backup, then go ahead nd press the enter RB key. thank you for attention. I understand that. RB As my friend Dante Brown once remarked: RB All hope abandon RB ye who press Enter RB here. -- С уважением, Коньков mailto:kes-...@yandex.ru ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
dump/restore, how to reduce slice size
Hi, Freebsd-questions. # df -h Filesystem SizeUsed Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/ad4s1a 2G206M1.6G11%/ devfs 1.0k1.0k 0B 100%/dev /dev/ad4s1e3.9G 13M3.6G 0%/tmp /dev/ad4s1f 40G 25G 12G67%/usr /dev/ad4s1d 31G3.6G 24G13%/var procfs 4.0k4.0k 0B 100%/proc /dev/ad2s1f 39G 25G 10G71%/mnt devfs 1.0k1.0k 0B 100%/var/named/dev as you can see /dev/ad4s1f is 40G and /dev/ad2s1f is 39G but on ad4s1f only 25G used. How can I dump /dev/ad4s1f and restore it on /dev/ad2s1f? These commands: #mount /dev/ad2s1f /mnt #cd /mnt #dump -0Lf - /usr | restore -rf - does not help, because of ad2s1f does not have space to restore 'end of ' /dev/ad4s1f. May help any? -- Konkov mailto:kes-...@yandex.ru ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: dump/restore, how to reduce slice size
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 10:36:38PM +0300, ??? ??? wrote: Hi, Freebsd-questions. # df -h Filesystem SizeUsed Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/ad4s1a 2G206M1.6G11%/ devfs 1.0k1.0k 0B 100%/dev /dev/ad4s1e3.9G 13M3.6G 0%/tmp /dev/ad4s1f 40G 25G 12G67%/usr /dev/ad4s1d 31G3.6G 24G13%/var procfs 4.0k4.0k 0B 100%/proc /dev/ad2s1f 39G 25G 10G71%/mnt devfs 1.0k1.0k 0B 100%/var/named/dev as you can see /dev/ad4s1f is 40G and /dev/ad2s1f is 39G but on ad4s1f only 25G used. How can I dump /dev/ad4s1f and restore it on /dev/ad2s1f? These commands: #mount /dev/ad2s1f /mnt #cd /mnt #dump -0Lf - /usr | restore -rf - does not help, because of ad2s1f does not have space to restore 'end of ' /dev/ad4s1f. May help any? Well, you are going to have difficulty putting 50 GB on a 39 GB partition. (25GB + 25GB = 50GB). It won't work. You could try compressing the dump, but dump files do not tend to compress well and even if you got a 50% compression, you would still be really close to overfill. Probably you need to go to the store and get a nice big USB drive and slice and partition it in to a bunch of 50 GB partitions and pipe your dump to a restore in those partitions on that drive. You can round-robin your backups to those USB partitions. My backup to a USB hard drive just saved me the beginning of this week when the old machine died of heat prostration. jerry jerry -- Konkov mailto:kes-...@yandex.ru ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Jail from dump/restore?
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 10:57 PM, Chris Maness ch...@chrismaness.com wrote: Is it possible to create a jail from a dump/restore of a real system. If so, would I just restore the dump to the jail tld? That should be possible yes. But it's probably a better idea to just create a new jail and transfer the data, then you'll get rid of old cruft. -- chs, ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Jail from dump/restore?
Is it possible to create a jail from a dump/restore of a real system. If so, would I just restore the dump to the jail tld? Regards, Chris Maness ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
dump/restore (to DVD+R) test failure
Hello, It took reading the source code of a backup front-end to figure out that incremental backups are not the same thing as multiple incremental backups on the same medium; spilling over to the next disk if necessary. As the handbook (section 18.12.1) says, dump has quirks due to its design dating back to 1975. Optical write-once media was punch tape or cards. Seeking to the middle of the media was time consuming, so daily tapes were simply written from the beginning, then rewound. So, knowing this, I decided to test a full dump and restore to DVD+R media, following the example in the dump(8) man page. I suspect that the example was written with DVD-R in mind, but according to wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD-R#Recordable_DVD_capacity_comparison the smaller DVD+R media can handle the example in dump(8) with 184 2048 byte blocks to spare (implying the example intended 3576 spare sectors). The package for the DVD media just says 4.7 GB with only 2 significant digits. I used the following command for the dump: $/sbin/dump -0u -L -C16 -B4589840 -P 'growisofs -Z -dvd-compat /dev/cd0=/dev/fd/0' /home Growisofs said 4700372992 bytes were written on the first disk (my notes don't record exactly which disk that was). That works out to 4590208kiB or 2295104 sectors. Edit: This matches the Wikipedia number; I assumed it to included zero padding I tried the restore on a fresh freeBSD 8.0 install with no user accounts created (and atapicam not yet enabled): dusty# cd /home #restore -r -P 'dd if=/dev/acd0 of=/dev/fd/1 bs=2048 count=2294920' warning: ./.snap: File exists expected next file 706561, got 4 unknown tape header type -365754194 abort? [yn] n resync restore, skipped 162 blocks expected next file 847904, got 0 acd0: FAILURE - READ_BIG MEDIUM ERROR asc=0x10 ascq=0x00 dd: /dev/acd0: Input/output error 2294208+0 records in 2294208+0 records out 4698537984 bytes transferred in 2781.175375 secs (1689407 bytes/sec) Mount tape volume 2 Enter ``none'' if there are no more tapes otherwise enter tape name (default: dd if=/dev/acd0 of=/dev/fd/1 bs=2048 count=2294920) unknown tape header type -54549208 abort? [yn] n resync restore, skipped 464 blocks expected next file 5040133, got 0 1201264+0 records in 1201264+0 records out 2460188672 bytes transferred in 1330.121340 secs (1849597 bytes/sec) dusty# The unknown header type errors appear to be unrelated to the major read error reported at the end to the first disk. I suspect those may be corruption caused by a buffer underrun or local vibration. Questions: 1. How do I determine which files (if any) are affected? is verbose mode required for that? 2. It appears the first disk lost 712 sectors of data (and a total of 896 sectors of capacity) with that read error. Should I just burn the disks 1024-4096 sectors short? 3. What is the best way to verify dumps at dump time? I still have the data on another disk. I can restore it with dd if need be. I verified the newfs command appears to create a .snap directory by default now. Regards, James Phillips ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Dump/restore to clone disk
I have seen this posted in the questions archives to be used to clone a active system hard drive to a USB cabled hard drive. Prepare the target #dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/da0 count=2 # fdisk -BI /dev/da0 # bsdlabel -B -w da0s1 # newfs –U /dev/da0s1a # / # newfs -U /dev/da0s1d # /var # newfs -U /dev/da0s1e # /tmp # newfs -U /dev/da0s1f # /usr Mount target file system ‘a’ # mount /dev/da0s1a /mnt # cd /mnt # dump -0Lauf - /dev/ad1s1a | restore -rf - # cd / # umount /mnt Mount target file system ‘d’ # mount /dev/da0s1d /mnt # cd /mnt # dump -0Lauf - /dev/ad1s1d | restore -rf - # cd / # umount /mnt Mount target file system ‘e’ # mount /dev/da0s1e /mnt # cd /mnt # dump -0Lauf - /dev/ad1s1e | restore -rf - # cd / # umount /mnt Mount target file system ‘f’ # mount /dev/da0s1f /mnt # cd /mnt # dump -0Lauf - /dev/ad1s1f | restore -rf - # cd / # umount /mnt I have questions about this method. What happened to swap? The fstab will be showing it as the first file system on the hard drive slice. Is something missing here? What about the file system sizes. Will the restored hard drive have the same file system sizes as the source file system? Is there some way to allocate larger file systems on the target without using sysinstall to prepare the target beforehand? Is there some command to display the file system allocation size? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Dump/restore to clone disk
On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:33:47 +0800, Aiza aiz...@comclark.com wrote: I have seen this posted in the questions archives to be used to clone a active system hard drive to a USB cabled hard drive. Prepare the target #dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/da0 count=2 # fdisk -BI /dev/da0 # bsdlabel -B -w da0s1 # newfs –U /dev/da0s1a # / # newfs -U /dev/da0s1d # /var # newfs -U /dev/da0s1e # /tmp # newfs -U /dev/da0s1f # /usr Mount target file system ‘a’ # mount /dev/da0s1a /mnt # cd /mnt # dump -0Lauf - /dev/ad1s1a | restore -rf - # cd / # umount /mnt Mount target file system ‘d’ # mount /dev/da0s1d /mnt # cd /mnt # dump -0Lauf - /dev/ad1s1d | restore -rf - # cd / # umount /mnt Mount target file system ‘e’ # mount /dev/da0s1e /mnt # cd /mnt # dump -0Lauf - /dev/ad1s1e | restore -rf - # cd / # umount /mnt Mount target file system ‘f’ # mount /dev/da0s1f /mnt # cd /mnt # dump -0Lauf - /dev/ad1s1f | restore -rf - # cd / # umount /mnt I'd like to suggest successive mounting of the partitions. E. g. as they are nested on the source disk, this can be done on the target disk, too. # mount /dev/ad1s1a /mnt # cd /mnt # dump -0 -f - /dev/ad0s1a | restore -r -f - # mount /dev/ad1s1e /mnt/tmp # cd /mnt/tmp # dump -0 -f - /dev/ad0s1e | restore -r -f - # mount /dev/ad1s1f /mnt/var # cd /mnt/var # dump -0 -f - /dev/ad0s1f | restore -r -f - # mount /dev/ad1s1g /mnt/usr # cd /mnt/usr # dump -0 -f - /dev/ad0s1g | restore -r -f - # mount /dev/ad1s1h /mnt/home # cd /mnt/home # dump -0 -f - /dev/ad0s1h | restore -r -f - And then: # cd / # umount /mnt/home # umount /mnt/usr # umount /mnt/var # umount /mnt/tmp # umount /mnt # sync # halt In the above example, transfer is going from ad0 to ad1. I have questions about this method. What happened to swap? The fstab will be showing it as the first file system on the hard drive slice. Is something missing here? The swap partition does not need to be cloned. Furthermore, I doubt that it is the first partition on the disk, while it MAY be possible that it is the first entry in /etc/fstab. The root partition usually refers to partition a, while the swap partition refers to b. What about the file system sizes. Will the restored hard drive have the same file system sizes as the source file system? The target partitions should be at least as big as the source partitions, and they will be filled up to the point the source partition has data, e. g. partition /usr is 20 GB and has 10 GB data, and it is dumped and restored to a new /usr partition with 30 GB space available, then this new partition will be occupied 1/3 (with 10 GB). Is there some way to allocate larger file systems on the target without using sysinstall to prepare the target beforehand? Yes, sade is such a tool, as well as the usual method of using fdisk, bsdlabel, and newfs. Is there some command to display the file system allocation size? You can always use df -h for this, e. g. % df -h /var Filesystem SizeUsed Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/ad0s1e989M384M527M42%/var THis should inspire you how to dimension the new partition. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Dump/restore to clone disk
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 22/02/2010 08:33, Aiza wrote: What happened to swap? The fstab will be showing it as the first file system on the hard drive slice. Is something missing here? Swap isn't a filesystem. There's no persistent content in a swap partition, so there's nothing to copy. All you need to do is identify a partition as a swap area within /etc/fstab, and the system will initialise it automatically at boot-time. What about the file system sizes. Will the restored hard drive have the same file system sizes as the source file system? No -- this is not necessary. So long as the target filesystem is sufficiently big to contain all of the contents of your dump, it should work fine. Is there some way to allocate larger file systems on the target without using sysinstall to prepare the target beforehand? Certainly. sysinstall(8) really isn't the right tool for this sort of disk operation once you've got beyond doing an initial installation. For the default combination of UFS+MBR look at the following man pages: * fdisk(8) -- create and manage PC slices on the drive * boot0cfg(8) -- install/configure boot managers (not generally needed) * bsdlabel(8) -- create BSD partition tables within a slice * newfs(8) -- write a filesystem onto a partition There are alternatives nowadays: gpart(8) effectively replaces fdisk and bsdlabel on systems using GPT or EFI or various other technologies. zfs(8) similarly replaces bsdlabel and newfs if you want to use that for managing your disks. For more information see: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks-adding.html and succeeding chapters http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-geom/2009-April/003440.html http://wiki.freebsd.org/ZFS Is there some command to display the file system allocation size? df(1) shows you the size of filesystems, bsdlabel(8) shows you the size of the underlying partitions. Normally the filesystem will completely fill the partition it is created in, but it is possible to increase the size of a partition without increasing the size of the filesystem. There's not much point in doing that, as it just wastes space: growfs(8) can expand a filesystem to match the enclosing partition. To see the size of partitions via bsdlabel(1): # bsdlabel da0s1 # /dev/da0s1: 8 partitions: #size offsetfstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] a: 67487663 41943044.2BSD 2048 16384 28552 b: 41943040 swap c: 716819670unused0 0 # raw part, don't edit 'size' is given here in units of 512byte sectors -- so the 'a' partiton is 32.2GiB. Cheers, Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkuCT00ACgkQ8Mjk52CukIxiBACfWFxImCy9AamOcH3+pafroBCw 404Ani9lZiKoEQzMOx7iQAZycUIS9Wec =a97y -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Dump/restore to clone disk
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 04:33:47PM +0800, Aiza wrote: I have seen this posted in the questions archives to be used to clone a active system hard drive to a USB cabled hard drive. Prepare the target #dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/da0 count=2 # fdisk -BI /dev/da0 # bsdlabel -B -w da0s1 # newfs ?U /dev/da0s1a # / # newfs -U /dev/da0s1d # /var # newfs -U /dev/da0s1e # /tmp # newfs -U /dev/da0s1f # /usr Mount target file system ?a? # mount /dev/da0s1a /mnt # cd /mnt # dump -0Lauf - /dev/ad1s1a | restore -rf - # cd / # umount /mnt Mount target file system ?d? # mount /dev/da0s1d /mnt # cd /mnt # dump -0Lauf - /dev/ad1s1d | restore -rf - # cd / # umount /mnt Mount target file system ?e? # mount /dev/da0s1e /mnt # cd /mnt # dump -0Lauf - /dev/ad1s1e | restore -rf - # cd / # umount /mnt Mount target file system ?f? # mount /dev/da0s1f /mnt # cd /mnt # dump -0Lauf - /dev/ad1s1f | restore -rf - # cd / # umount /mnt I have questions about this method. Some of these questions sound like you have not been studying the documentation as you should. People on this list will quickly lose patience if you do not do your own homework before asking questions. There is nothing so futile as trying to trying to explain something to someone who has not done their homework. What happened to swap? The fstab will be showing it as the first file system on the hard drive slice. Is something missing here? Swap is never backed up. It makes no sense to back up swap. It is just scratch space used by the OS and completely irrelevant to any other system. Try looking in to the documentation. What about the file system sizes. Will the restored hard drive have the same file system sizes as the source file system? Read the documentation. They will have the same size as what you make them. Dump/restore do no create filesystems. They just back up and restore data withing filesystems. You create the partitions yourself. A filesystem is an identifiable - most likely a partition, could be a whole disk, that has had newfs run on it to create a filesystem structure and then mounted to some mount point you have created with mkdir. Is there some way to allocate larger file systems on the target without using sysinstall to prepare the target beforehand? Yes, you use fdisk and bsdlabel and finally newfs. But, you cannot do this willy-nilly on a disk that is already in use. This is well documented. Is there some command to display the file system allocation size? Oh come on. This is all over the documentation. Try: df -k There are lots of other ways you can look up too. jerry ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
snapshot rsync dump/restore
I want to clone a FreeBSD system on another system. Say, Mondaymorning I use the dump(8) to make dumpfiles of all filesystems (dumpofroot.dmp, dumpofvar.dmp, ...tmp.dmp, ...usr.dmp, ...home.dmp ) on an external USB disk. The original system keeps running. Then Wednesday I setup FreeBSD on the new system, and use restore(8) to put the contents of my dumpfiles in the filesystems of that clone system. Then I still need to have the changes occured during Mondaymorning till Wednesdayafternoon on the original system, to be put in some way on the clone system, so that these are not lost. I was told one could do this using rsync and by using a snapshot it would even be faster (?) Is rsync save regarding soft-links ? How exactly would one best proceed? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: snapshot rsync dump/restore
n dhert wrote: I want to clone a FreeBSD system on another system. Say, Mondaymorning I use the dump(8) to make dumpfiles of all filesystems (dumpofroot.dmp, dumpofvar.dmp, ...tmp.dmp, ...usr.dmp, ...home.dmp ) on an external USB disk. The original system keeps running. Then Wednesday I setup FreeBSD on the new system, and use restore(8) to put the contents of my dumpfiles in the filesystems of that clone system. Then I still need to have the changes occured during Mondaymorning till Wednesdayafternoon on the original system, to be put in some way on the clone system, so that these are not lost. I was told one could do this using rsync and by using a snapshot it would even be faster (?) Is rsync save regarding soft-links ? How exactly would one best proceed? Presumably you did a level 0 dump to make your initial copy? Did you happen to use the -u flag to dump? ie. update /etc/dumpdates? If so, then you can just do an incremental dump of everything that has changed since. (This is standaard dump(1) functionality). So long as the filesystems on the second machine haven't changed in the meantime, you should be able to just restore the incremental dump on top of the original full backup to get things pretty much in synch. (Although watch out for files that were deleted between the full and the incremental dumps). If you didn't update /etc/dumpdates, then you can manually edit /etc/dumpdates to achieve the same result. Failing that, yes, you can use rsync to synchronise the filesystem state. You don't have to snapshot the original system, but it will help to get you a consistent point-in-time copy of the original server. To create a snapshotted and mounted directory tree see the section on 'snapshot' in mount(8). If you have several filesystems to rsync to the other machine, you should snapshot all of them and mount them one over the other in the same relation as the original filesystems. Then you can rsynch the whole snapshotted directory tree to your new server in one command. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: snapshot rsync dump/restore
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 09:03:50AM +0100, n dhert wrote: I want to clone a FreeBSD system on another system. Say, Mondaymorning I use the dump(8) to make dumpfiles of all filesystems (dumpofroot.dmp, dumpofvar.dmp, ...tmp.dmp, ...usr.dmp, ...home.dmp ) on an external USB disk. Dumping /tmp is usually not necessary. The original system keeps running. Then Wednesday I setup FreeBSD on the new system, and use restore(8) to put the contents of my dumpfiles in the filesystems of that clone system. If the new system has different hardware, do not forget to adjust /boot/loader.conf, or build a custom kernel. And you should definitely edit /etc/rc.conf if even for the hostname. Then I still need to have the changes occured during Mondaymorning till Wednesdayafternoon on the original system, to be put in some way on the clone system, so that these are not lost. snip How exactly would one best proceed? I would recommend rsync. Is rsync save regarding soft-links ? Yes, if you use the '-a' flag. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) pgpXk89WkOmYO.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: snapshot rsync dump/restore
n dhert wrote: I was told one could do this using rsync and by using a snapshot it would even be faster (?) Also try http://rdiff-backup.nongnu.org/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: clone-dump-restore
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 09:29:42PM -0400, PJ wrote: I believe that my problems arise out of subliminal refuse syndrome: the brain refuses to comprehend dump and restore TOs and FROMs. In other words, I'm beginning to see that dump -0af TO ( - or device/file) FROM (device or directory/file) and restore -rf (TO curr.dir FROM device or file) or dump -0af - (FROM device or file) | restore -rf - (TO device or directory) or do I still not have it right? It's the stdout and stdin that makes me stumble. Do I really need to mount the partitions or can I just dump and restore from device to device directly? The manual says I should be able to dump restore across the lan too... Basically. on dump, the filesystem to be dumped comes last on the command line. The place to write the dump is that which is named right after the -f If there is no -f then it defaults to a tape device. If a '-' follows the -f, then it writes to standard out. The name must be the first thing after the -f or it will get confused. On restore, there is no filesystem name to come last. You have to be cd-ed to where you want it written. So, the only thing to consider is its -f. For restore, that tells from where to read. If it is a device or file name, it reads from that. If it is '-' it reads from standard in. If there is no -f it defaults to the tape device. Again, the name must be the first thing after the -f if there is a -f. The pipe '|' tells the system to take the standard out from the first process and feed it to the standard in of the second. That passing is not a function of dump/restore, but of the system. The pipe just passes data. It doesn't force the utilities (dump or restore) to do anything about it. But, putting the '-' on dump and restore tells them to pay attention to standard out/in. You can cause dump to send standard out over the net and restore to read standard in from the net.I used to do that, but it has been a long time and I don't have time at the moment to go and check the details to make sure I tell it correctly. jerry ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
how to prepare disk for dump/restore
I would like to just partition, label and newfs the disk; livefs wants to waste my time by installing other stuff like the kernel man pages etc that I have not even selected; and if I use postinstall configuration, that doesn't do anything. Or should I use fixit and then do the manual thing? Sysinstall requires already being booted... ??? Or do I do it manually as per Polytropon's recipe of fdisk, bsdlabel, newfs mount, dump/restore and use/play? ;-) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: how to prepare disk for dump/restore
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:59:51 -0400, PJ af.gour...@videotron.ca wrote: I would like to just partition, label and newfs the disk; livefs wants to waste my time by installing other stuff like the kernel man pages etc that I have not even selected; Just don't go through the whole installation cycle; from the sysinstall main menu, select Custom and perform slicing (setting disk active, adding standard MBR) and partitioning (creating partitions, format them with w or z). Then leave the menu and use the shell. You can get to the Fdisk and Label through Configure in the main menu, too. and if I use postinstall configuration, that doesn't do anything. Or should I use fixit and then do the manual thing? You can use sysinstall from the Fixit CD, too. That's the way I'm mostly doing this kind of thing: Preparing the disk with the sysinstall tool, then dropping to CLI for the restoring process. Sysinstall requires already being booted... ??? No. You can execute it even on a running system. Or do I do it manually as per Polytropon's recipe of fdisk, bsdlabel, newfs mount, dump/restore and use/play? ;-) This method is quite usable when you completely understood what you're doing; furthermore, it enables scripting automated processes, which is very handy especially when you want to provide larger numbers of cloned systems. In any case: Be sure which device you're operating on, and keep in mind that it may (!) be a different device when in the place where it should go. For example, if you intend to prepare a disk to be ad4 in the target system, let it be (if possible) ad4 in the source system, and boot your source system from ad12. From this running system, perform the cloning. If everything is done, check references for ad12 and change them to ad4 (even *that* can be scripted); eyes on /etc/fstab. After you've done everything, shut down the running system, unplug ad12 and let the system boot from ad4. Everything should be alright now. Extract ad4 and take it to its new system. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: how to prepare disk for dump/restore
Am Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 09:17:43PM +0200 schrieb Polytropon: On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:59:51 -0400, PJ af.gour...@videotron.ca wrote: You can use sysinstall from the Fixit CD, too. That's the way I'm mostly doing this kind of thing: Preparing the disk with the sysinstall tool, then dropping to CLI for the restoring process. If all you want to do is to prepare the disks you can leave sysinstall alone and use sade(8). -- Tobias Rehbein PGP key: 4F2AE314 server: keys.gnupg.net fingerprint: ECDA F300 1B6E 9B87 8524 8663 E8B6 3138 4F2A E314 pgpXD2nA0ImOP.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: how to prepare disk for dump/restore
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:31:20 +0200, Tobias Rehbein tobias.rehb...@web.de wrote: If all you want to do is to prepare the disks you can leave sysinstall alone and use sade(8). Very good advice! Sadly, it makes me feel that all my knowledge is very outdated because sade didn't come into my mind at fist place. :-) The use of sysinstall is just a suggestion when you're booting from a FreeBSD live file system, so you end up in sysinstall anyway. On a system already running, sade definitely is the better tool. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: how to prepare disk for dump/restore
Polytropon wrote: On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:59:51 -0400, PJ af.gour...@videotron.ca wrote: I would like to just partition, label and newfs the disk; livefs wants to waste my time by installing other stuff like the kernel man pages etc that I have not even selected; Just don't go through the whole installation cycle; from the sysinstall main menu, select Custom and perform slicing (setting disk active, adding standard MBR) and partitioning (creating partitions, format them with w or z). Then leave the menu and use the shell. You can get to the Fdisk and Label through Configure in the main menu, too. and if I use postinstall configuration, that doesn't do anything. Or should I use fixit and then do the manual thing? You can use sysinstall from the Fixit CD, too. That's the way I'm mostly doing this kind of thing: Preparing the disk with the sysinstall tool, then dropping to CLI for the restoring process. Sysinstall requires already being booted... ??? No. You can execute it even on a running system. That's what I meant. :-) Or do I do it manually as per Polytropon's recipe of fdisk, bsdlabel, newfs mount, dump/restore and use/play? ;-) This method is quite usable when you completely understood what you're doing; furthermore, it enables scripting automated processes, which is very handy especially when you want to provide larger numbers of cloned systems. In any case: Be sure which device you're operating on, and keep in mind that it may (!) be a different device when in the place where it should go. For example, if you intend to prepare a disk to be ad4 in the target system, let it be (if possible) ad4 in the source system, and boot your source system from ad12. From this running system, perform the cloning. If everything is done, check references for ad12 and change them to ad4 (even *that* can be scripted); eyes on /etc/fstab. After you've done everything, shut down the running system, unplug ad12 and let the system boot from ad4. Everything should be alright now. Extract ad4 and take it to its new system. I think i'm at the stage where my stumbling is beginning to get straightened out... ;-) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: how to prepare disk for dump/restore
Tobias Rehbein wrote: Am Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 09:17:43PM +0200 schrieb Polytropon: On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:59:51 -0400, PJ af.gour...@videotron.ca wrote: You can use sysinstall from the Fixit CD, too. That's the way I'm mostly doing this kind of thing: Preparing the disk with the sysinstall tool, then dropping to CLI for the restoring process. If all you want to do is to prepare the disks you can leave sysinstall alone and use sade(8). Hmmm, very, very interesting... Will check it out. 8-) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
clone-dump-restore
Gentlemen, I have not had a chance to thank you for your very helpful suggestions. I have tried to follow them as well as possible and I cerainly am grateful for your input. It has taken me some time to prepare for a cloning of an existing 7.2 sytem. Now that I have everything running smoothly with all the proggies configurations the way I want them, I tried (notice - tried) to clone the system. Here's the setup: FBSD 7.2 on ad4 and same on ad12. First, running on ad4, I tried to dump restore each partition directly: ad12s1a to da0s1a (usb sata disk). No go. I had set it up originally with livefs, minimal; then redid it all with fdisk, bsdlabel and nwfs; then dump -0af - /dev/ad12s1a | restore -rf - /dev/da0s1a --- got error messages about not being a tape device. Great. Next, I tried with another usb/sata disk on da0... dumped to files (dump went w/out problems) ... mounted da0 partitions 1 x 1 to /mnt, cd'd to /mnt and did restore -rf file. Only the ad12s1f(usr) restore gave long list of unable to create file or link or something like that. When I then installed the restored disk to another computer (identical except for CPU (3gb instead of 2.4gb), booted from the restored disk and saw that it was trying to boot from ad12s1a which doesn't exist on the new machine. uh...oh... Somehow I think I may not have understood something. Perhaps I should install the disk directly in the dump/restore machine and try again. Oh, yes, another sign from the gods... when restoring to a partition just newfsed there is a warning that .snap is already installed... now what on earth or moon is that? I will try again... and try to document more clearly... :-( TIA ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: clone-dump-restore
On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:21:57 -0400, PJ af.gour...@videotron.ca wrote: It has taken me some time to prepare for a cloning of an existing 7.2 sytem. Now that I have everything running smoothly with all the proggies configurations the way I want them, I tried (notice - tried) to clone the system. Here's the setup: FBSD 7.2 on ad4 and same on ad12. I do assume that the system on ad6 is your source system, and ad12 should then be the same by the means of cloning? In later lines, you're dumping to a da device (not ad). Do you already have two FreeBSD source systems set up? First, running on ad4, I tried to dump restore each partition directly: ad12s1a to da0s1a (usb sata disk). No go. It would be good to see the command that you issued to do so, including the currend working directory. I had set it up originally with livefs, minimal; then redid it all with fdisk, bsdlabel and nwfs; There's no need to do the slicing and partitioning twice. then dump -0af - /dev/ad12s1a | restore -rf - /dev/da0s1a The command does not look okay. Keep in mind that a) ad0s1a is mounted, b) you need to be in the mounted / of da0 and c) ad1s2a is mounted ro. You can forget about c) if you're dumping | restoring from a live file CD or DVD. In this case, ad12s1a isn't mounted, which is good. You should end up with a setting like this: # mount /dev/da0s1a /mnt # cd /mnt # dump -0 -f - /dev/ad12s1a | restore -r -f - See the difference? The restore command does NOT require a device name, because the point where to restore is the current working directory, as indicated by the previous cd command. --- got error messages about not being a tape device. Great. Looks like incorrect command... see above. Next, I tried with another usb/sata disk on da0... dumped to files (dump went w/out problems) ... mounted da0 partitions 1 x 1 to /mnt, cd'd to /mnt and did restore -rf file. Only the ad12s1f(usr) restore gave long list of unable to create file or link or something like that. Again, the complete command (including pwd) would have been helpful, so I can only guess. I assume you dumped /usr into a file on a usb disk (da). In order to restore this file to a partition you created on another disk, let's say ad6 (ATTENTION, EXAMPLE!), the command to do so would be: # mount /dev/da0 /mnt # mkdir /mnt2 # mount /dev/ad6s1e /mnt2 # cd /mnt2 # restore -r -f /mnt/usr.dump Keep in mind that (in difference to my previous example) /mnt now refers to the /usr partition, not to /. This of course assumes that you've already sliced and partitioned ad6. It includes formatting (newfs), obviously. When I then installed the restored disk to another computer (identical except for CPU (3gb instead of 2.4gb), booted from the restored disk and saw that it was trying to boot from ad12s1a which doesn't exist on the new machine. uh...oh... The boot loader tries to boot the first ATA disk. This has been discussed in the questions@ list few days ago. Somehow I think I may not have understood something. I'm sure about this. Re-read the examples above and you'll notice easily how the dump and especially the restore command have to be invoked for proper operations. Perhaps I should install the disk directly in the dump/restore machine and try again. This is possible, but as long as you're using an USB transfer disk which gets its content as data files (.dump files) from the ATA disk (source disk), and which are then restored to another ATA disk (target disk), there shouldn't be a problem. Because I'm a lazy guy, I mostly use a live file system (FreeBSD live fs is completely okay, but FreeSBIE is good, too) in order to run the sysinstall program which I use to slice, partition and format the target disk as intended. I then use a USB stick or a USB disk to make the dump files available (previous example) and restore them to the target disk. Note that things like the boot loader are now independent of my dumps as they get written by sysinstall. Oh, yes, another sign from the gods... when restoring to a partition just newfsed there is a warning that .snap is already installed... now what on earth or moon is that? The .snap directory is used for file system snapshot. As far as I remember, newfs creates this directory, or maybe it's fsck at its first run? Don't mind, it's not important (until you need it for data recovery). I will try again... and try to document more clearly... :-( Yes, please. Good luck! -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: clone-dump-restore
I believe that my problems arise out of subliminal refuse syndrome: the brain refuses to comprehend dump and restore TOs and FROMs. In other words, I'm beginning to see that dump -0af TO ( - or device/file) FROM (device or directory/file) and restore -rf (TO curr.dir FROM device or file) or dump -0af - (FROM device or file) | restore -rf - (TO device or directory) or do I still not have it right? It's the stdout and stdin that makes me stumble. Do I really need to mount the partitions or can I just dump and restore from device to device directly? The manual says I should be able to dump restore across the lan too... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: clone-dump-restore
On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:29:42 -0400, PJ af.gour...@videotron.ca wrote: I believe that my problems arise out of subliminal refuse syndrome: the brain refuses to comprehend dump and restore TOs and FROMs. In other words, I'm beginning to see that dump -0af TO ( - or device/file) FROM (device or directory/file) and restore -rf (TO curr.dir FROM device or file) or dump -0af - (FROM device or file) | restore -rf - (TO device or directory) or do I still not have it right? Not entirely. Let me give this little cheat sheet: # dump -0 -a -f dumpfile source-device if dumpfile is -, then write to standard output # cd target-directory # restore -r -f dumpfile if dumpfile is -, then read to standard input and combined: # cd target-directory # dump -0 -a -f - source-device | restore -r -f - A common command line parametron for dump -0Lauf (Lauf means (the) run or imperative run! in German, so it's easy to remember, Null-Lauf! or Zero Lauf). Check the manpage at man dump for the meaning of the different options which are often used for some welcome side effects. And now: Lauf! Lauf! Lauf! :-) It's the stdout and stdin that makes me stumble. It's quite easy if you recognize what stdin and stdout are. One program (dump) outputs to stdout, the | (pipe) method redirects this stdout of one program to another program to which it is the stdin, so this other program (restore) reads the stdin. Do I really need to mount the partitions or can I just dump and restore from device to device directly? No. For direct full device operations, you would need dd. The reason is that dump reads from a partition. This partition should be unmounted, but may be mounted if you specify -L in order to tell dump that it will dump a live file system and should therefore create a snapshot, because it simply cannot dump data that is constantly changing. The restore program reads dump files and creates directories and files (with all the stuff like owner:group, permissions and flags), so it has to operate on a mounted file system. That's why the rule: source not mounted or -L, destination mounted and writable (and empty). The dd program operates on blocks of variable size. It has no concept of files and directories. It should not be used on mounted partitions. Unlike dump | restore, dd allows you to duplicate disks fulwise, this means you don't even have to care for slices and partitions. This method is very often used in forensic settings where you need to duplicate a whole disk. But you can, if needed, just dd a whole (at file level defective) partition, as I had to do. The dd program does not care for such problems. There are extended dd variants that can cope with massive reading errors if the source drive is already physically failing. The manual says I should be able to dump restore across the lan too... Yes, that's easy. For example, you can use ssh to connect to another machine where you get the dump files from. The handbook even lists an example, if I remember correctly. In such a setting, you usually prepare the target (slice, partition, format), mount it, connect to the backup server and let restore take the dump files from there. This process can even be scripted, so you simply put a CD or an USB stick into a new computer and let it rock automatically. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Re: Dump/Restore?
On 14 Sep 2009 02:50, Chris Maness ch...@chrismaness.com wrote: On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 6:15 PM, Chris Maness ch...@chrismaness.com wrote: I level 0 dump of my server. I lost a file that I need back. Is it possible to use restore like tar and explode it into a directory instead of a pristine partition/mount? Or even better, is it possible to just extract a single file without exploding the whole tape dump? Sorry if the question seems stupid. Chris KQ6UP Sorry, I was reading the restore man from my mac, and it was not as clear. The restore does not seem to work from my mac (this is where my backup dumps reside as I have two massive HDs). I guess the mac restore would only work with HFS+ and not UFS. I guess the only way would be to move the massive dump file back over to the FreeBSD server. Thanks, Chris KQ6UP ___ Try using NFS or cat over ssh, something like $ ssh my_mac 'cat dumpfile' | restore -if - restore treats the file as a tape, so it doesn't pull any bytes until you ask it to. This should be the least network intensive way of doing it Good luck! Chris ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Dump/Restore?
utis...@googlemail.com wrote: On 14 Sep 2009 02:50, Chris Maness ch...@chrismaness.com wrote: On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 6:15 PM, Chris Maness ch...@chrismaness.com wrote: I level 0 dump of my server. I lost a file that I need back. Is it possible to use restore like tar and explode it into a directory instead of a pristine partition/mount? Or even better, is it possible to just extract a single file without exploding the whole tape dump? Sorry if the question seems stupid. Chris KQ6UP Sorry, I was reading the restore man from my mac, and it was not as clear. The restore does not seem to work from my mac (this is where my backup dumps reside as I have two massive HDs). I guess the mac restore would only work with HFS+ and not UFS. I guess the only way would be to move the massive dump file back over to the FreeBSD server. Thanks, Chris KQ6UP ___ Try using NFS or cat over ssh, something like $ ssh my_mac 'cat dumpfile' | restore -if - restore treats the file as a tape, so it doesn't pull any bytes until you ask it to. This should be the least network intensive way of doing it Good luck! Chris Thanks, that looks like a pretty cool trick. Chris ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Dump/Restore?
--- On Sun, 9/13/09, Chris Maness ch...@chrismaness.com wrote: From: Chris Maness ch...@chrismaness.com Subject: Re: Dump/Restore? To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sunday, September 13, 2009, 9:50 PM On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 6:15 PM, Chris Maness ch...@chrismaness.com wrote: I level 0 dump of my server. I lost a file that I need back. Is it possible to use restore like tar and explode it into a directory instead of a pristine partition/mount? Or even better, is it possible to just extract a single file without exploding the whole tape dump? Sorry if the question seems stupid. Chris KQ6UP Sorry, I was reading the restore man from my mac, and it was not as clear. The restore does not seem to work from my mac (this is where my backup dumps reside as I have two massive HDs). I guess the mac restore would only work with HFS+ and not UFS. I guess the only way would be to move the massive dump file back over to the FreeBSD server. If the dump was made on the mac, it's highly likely restore will need to be run from the mac. If it was made on freebsd, you'll likely need to run restore from freebsd. Assuming you run it from the appropriate place.. I don't have my Mac handy to check it's man pages, but in FreeBSD I believe in it that it would be #restore -i -f file or #restore -i device Then use 'ls' and 'cd' to find the file you want. In the restore : prompt you can add filename to add it to the restore list. Works with folders, too. extract to finally pull those out. YMMV, so read the docs. I would suspect the Mac has similar options, though can't confirm that at the moment. -Rich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Dump/Restore?
2009/9/14 Chris Maness ch...@chrismaness.com: utis...@googlemail.com wrote: On 14 Sep 2009 02:50, Chris Maness ch...@chrismaness.com wrote: On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 6:15 PM, Chris Maness ch...@chrismaness.com wrote: I level 0 dump of my server. I lost a file that I need back. Is it possible to use restore like tar and explode it into a directory instead of a pristine partition/mount? Or even better, is it possible to just extract a single file without exploding the whole tape dump? Sorry if the question seems stupid. Chris KQ6UP Sorry, I was reading the restore man from my mac, and it was not as clear. The restore does not seem to work from my mac (this is where my backup dumps reside as I have two massive HDs). I guess the mac restore would only work with HFS+ and not UFS. I guess the only way would be to move the massive dump file back over to the FreeBSD server. Thanks, Chris KQ6UP ___ Try using NFS or cat over ssh, something like $ ssh my_mac 'cat dumpfile' | restore -if - restore treats the file as a tape, so it doesn't pull any bytes until you ask it to. This should be the least network intensive way of doing it Good luck! Chris Thanks, that looks like a pretty cool trick. Chris Let me know how you get on with it, I gzip my dumps and can pipe together commands like that, so it should work! Chris -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in a mailing list? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Dump/Restore?
On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 06:15:55PM -0700, Chris Maness wrote: I level 0 dump of my server. I lost a file that I need back. Is it possible to use restore like tar and explode it into a directory instead of a pristine partition/mount? Or even better, is it possible to just extract a single file without exploding the whole tape dump? Yes, it is easily done. Just use the 'interactive' option. First, be clear where you want the restores file[s] to go. The official way to do the interactive option is to cd in to the bottom level of the filesystem it is in and do it from there. Restore will then put the files in the directories where they were when the dump was made. So, if the file[s] were in /home/joes/files/ cd to /home and do the restore. It will take care of knowing about the joes and files subdirectories and build them if they are not there. But, really the general recommended way (and the way I do it) to do an interactive restore is to create a designated directory for it and cd in to that. It can be anywhere there is room for the files. So, for example, on some systems I have a large amount of extra space in a filesystem I mount as /work. Within that I create a directory I can recover (for lack of any more imaginative name). I cd to the /work/recover directory and do the interactive restore. eg do: cd /work/recover restore -if dump_device/file Then fish around amongst the directories. When you find the one[s] you need to restore, just do add filename You can keep going and add several files and directories. When you have all that you want/need, then type extract It will ask you what tape to start with. If the dump is a file or of there is only one tape or other device, type 1 If there are more than one tape, type in the number of the last tape. It will search backward through the list of tapes/devices until it finds the files. eg. if there are 7 tapes in the level 0 dump set, start with 7, then give it 6 and then 5, etc. It will quit asking when it finds the files. Finally, it will ask if you want to set ownership of . Say no unless you have a good reason for doing otherwise. Now, if you have used a separate directory as I suggest above, tell restore to quit and then look at the file[s] to make sure they are all right and then manually move then to whichever directory you want. You can then delete them from /work/recover but leave that directory around for when you need it again. This is good for any circumstance when you want to pull just one of a few files out of a dump (or a tar file). I do a similar thing when I untar stuff I have moved over. I make a /work/unroll directory and untar stuff in there and move whay I want to where I want it. This may seem to be an extra unnecessary step, but it cuts down on errors, in my handling directories and file locations. jerry Sorry if the question seems stupid. Chris KQ6UP ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Dump/Restore?
On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 06:50:05PM -0700, Chris Maness wrote: On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 6:15 PM, Chris Maness ch...@chrismaness.com wrote: I level 0 dump of my server. I lost a file that I need back. Is it possible to use restore like tar and explode it into a directory instead of a pristine partition/mount? Or even better, is it possible to just extract a single file without exploding the whole tape dump? Sorry if the question seems stupid. Chris KQ6UP Sorry, I was reading the restore man from my mac, and it was not as clear. The restore does not seem to work from my mac (this is where my backup dumps reside as I have two massive HDs). I guess the mac restore would only work with HFS+ and not UFS. I guess the only way would be to move the massive dump file back over to the FreeBSD server. The dump is just a file and it should not matter where it is stored, but you will have to use some network access type thing such as an rsh or an NFS connection to read it. Another thing is that restores need to be done on the same OS that the dumps were written - regardless of where they are stored. dump/restore depends on knowing something about the underlying filesystem, so it is not transferable from one system to another and often even between one OS version to another, like tar tends to be.But, you can make the dump file move between where it is stored and a system that can restore from it using one of the network protocols. jerry Thanks, Chris KQ6UP ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Dump/Restore?
On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:45:01 -0700 (PDT), Richard Mahlerwein mahle...@yahoo.com wrote: In the restore : prompt you can add filename to add it to the restore list. Works with folders, too. Excuse me, just a little terminology note: FreeBSD has directories, not folders. It doesn't have sheets of papers instead of files, too. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Dump/Restore?
--- On Mon, 9/14/09, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: From: Polytropon free...@edvax.de Subject: Re: Dump/Restore? To: mahle...@yahoo.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Chris Maness ch...@chrismaness.com Date: Monday, September 14, 2009, 4:37 PM On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:45:01 -0700 (PDT), Richard Mahlerwein mahle...@yahoo.com wrote: In the restore : prompt you can add filename to add it to the restore list. Works with folders, too. Excuse me, just a little terminology note: FreeBSD has directories, not folders. It doesn't have sheets of papers instead of files, too. :-) Pie on my face. I work too much with multiple operating systems. *sigh* BTW, I also work and develop heavily with a (non BSD, non-open source) document imaging and workflow management software, so you probably will, at some point, see me confuse files and sheets of paper. I will not mind a gentle reminder just like the above when I do that . :) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Re: Dump/Restore?
On 14 Sep 2009 22:38, Richard Mahlerwein mahle...@yahoo.com wrote: --- On Mon, 9/14/09, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: From: Polytropon free...@edvax.de Subject: Re: Dump/Restore? To: mahle...@yahoo.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Chris Maness ch...@chrismaness.com Date: Monday, September 14, 2009, 4:37 PM On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:45:01 -0700 (PDT), Richard Mahlerwein mahle...@yahoo.com wrote: In the restore : prompt you can add to add it to the restore list. Works with folders, too. Excuse me, just a little terminology note: FreeBSD has directories, not folders. It doesn't have sheets of papers instead of files, too. :-) Pie on my face. I work too much with multiple operating systems. *sigh* BTW, I also work and develop heavily with a (non BSD, non-open source) document imaging and workflow management software, so you probably will, at some point, see me confuse files and sheets of paper. I will not mind a gentle reminder just like the above when I do that . :) Yeah, unfortunately I still think of 'folders', and am continually wrong-footed by the term 'directory' in a graphical environment, even after years of GNU and FreeBSD use. I have all sorts of strange habits that many will recognise as symptoms of multi-booting and running servers. There's no shame in that! Chris ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Dump/Restore?
On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:02:49 +, utis...@googlemail.com wrote: Yeah, unfortunately I still think of 'folders', and am continually wrong-footed by the term 'directory' in a graphical environment, even after years of GNU and FreeBSD use. Just imagine if the Xerox Alto and its first GUI wouldn't have been invented in the US, but in Germany. Then we would refer to ring binders or lever arch folders, or ordners or actenordner (the german word is der Ordner or der Akten- ordner). Surely, this would be the default symbol: http://www.officexl.de/kopierpapier/images/ordner.jpg And all paper sizes defaults would refer to DIN A4 in the first place... what a beautiful imagination! :-) I have all sorts of strange habits that many will recognise as symptoms of multi-booting and running servers. There's no shame in that! Please don't get me wrong: There are correct places to use the term folder, e. g. when talking about mail folders (which can be represented as files (mbox) or directories with files (MH) on the disk level). But in the case discussed, directory is the correct term. There's no need to change proven terminology just because some company indoctrinates you to do so. :-) How important it is to use the correct terminology is when users start asking you questions about their modems (refers to PC), their TV and their brains (refers to speakers), or start complaining that the file system is too big (refers to the icon size in the file manager used), and want the same pictures at home as I have them at work (refers to the OS). To sum it up in quite your own words: I have all sorts of strange habits that many will recognise as symptoms of asperger's syndrome. There's no shame in that! :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Re: Dump/Restore?
On 14 Sep 2009 23:14, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:02:49 +, utis...@googlemail.com wrote: Yeah, unfortunately I still think of 'folders', and am continually wrong-footed by the term 'directory' in a graphical environment, even after years of GNU and FreeBSD use. Just imagine if the Xerox Alto and its first GUI wouldn't have been invented in the US, but in Germany. Then we would refer to ring binders or lever arch folders, or ordners or actenordner (the german word is der Ordner or der Akten- ordner). Surely, this would be the default symbol: http://www.officexl.de/kopierpapier/images/ordner.jpg And all paper sizes defaults would refer to DIN A4 in the first place... what a beautiful imagination! :-) I have all sorts of strange habits that many will recognise as symptoms of multi-booting and running servers. There's no shame in that! Please don't get me wrong: There are correct places to use the term folder, eg when talking about mail folders (which can be represented as files (mbox) or directories with files (MH) on the disk level). But in the case discussed, directory is the correct term. There's no need to change proven terminology just because some company indoctrinates you to do so. :-) How important it is to use the correct terminology is when users start asking you questions about their modems (refers to PC), their TV and their brains (refers to speakers), or start complaining that the file system is too big (refers to the icon size in the file manager used), and want the same pictures at home as I have them at work (refers to the OS). To sum it up in quite your own words: I have all sorts of strange habits that many will recognise as symptoms of asperger's syndrome. There's no shame in that! :-) Certainly no shame in that, but also one should be corrected on errors of terminology. Sorry if I didn't make that clear (I didn't!). I merely meant to point out that the best of us make terminological errors, and that it's all part of our 'diversity'. However, you were still right to correct the term IMO. Chris ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Dump/Restore?
I level 0 dump of my server. I lost a file that I need back. Is it possible to use restore like tar and explode it into a directory instead of a pristine partition/mount? Or even better, is it possible to just extract a single file without exploding the whole tape dump? Sorry if the question seems stupid. Chris KQ6UP ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Dump/Restore?
On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 6:15 PM, Chris Maness ch...@chrismaness.com wrote: I level 0 dump of my server. I lost a file that I need back. Is it possible to use restore like tar and explode it into a directory instead of a pristine partition/mount? Or even better, is it possible to just extract a single file without exploding the whole tape dump? Sorry if the question seems stupid. Chris KQ6UP Sorry, I was reading the restore man from my mac, and it was not as clear. The restore does not seem to work from my mac (this is where my backup dumps reside as I have two massive HDs). I guess the mac restore would only work with HFS+ and not UFS. I guess the only way would be to move the massive dump file back over to the FreeBSD server. Thanks, Chris KQ6UP ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Dump | Restore
Unable to successfully dump | restore over ssh. Source machine FreeBSD 6.2, disk /dev/mirror/gm0s1a, target machine FreeBSD 6.2, target disk /dev/ad1s1a mounted on /mnt. Run dump -0aLf - / | ssh ip_address ''cd /mnt/ cat | restore - rf -'', dump/restore goes without any errors. Fstab fixed, but system failure to boot: BTX halted. Please help. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Dump | Restore
target machine FreeBSD 6.2, target disk /dev/ad1s1a mounted on /mnt. Run dump -0aLf - / | ssh ip_address ''cd /mnt/ cat | restore - rf -'', dump/restore goes without any errors. 1 total nonsense: cat|restore instead of restore 2 probably nonsense: use rsh not ssh unless you really need encryption. Fstab fixed, but system failure to boot: BTX halted. bsdlabel -B ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Dump | Restore
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Daniels Vanags daniels.van...@smpbank.lvwrote: Unable to successfully dump | restore over ssh. Source machine FreeBSD 6.2, disk /dev/mirror/gm0s1a, target machine FreeBSD 6.2, target disk /dev/ad1s1a mounted on /mnt. Run dump -0aLf - / | ssh ip_address ''cd /mnt/ cat | restore - rf -'', dump/restore goes without any errors. dump L0af - / | ssh ip_addr '(cd /mnt; restore -rf -)' Fstab fixed, but system failure to boot: BTX halted. You could either do bdslabel -B or use sysinstall to do the same. Only you mount the slice to /, set bootable and softupdates, then chane the mount point to /mnt before you W to commit. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. -- Mark Twain ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Dump | Restore
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 12:46:05PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: use rsh not ssh unless you really need encryption. Sure, you *could* do that, but be sure to encrypt *and* sign the backup stream beforehand, e.g. using openssl or gnupg... And even then, anyone sniffing that poorly encrypted (at layer 2) wireless LAN connection could still hijack the password, log into the backup host, and delete or corrupt the (encrypted) dump files. Perhaps it's better to use ssh anyway, even for encrypted and signed dump files. Creating and transfering a couple of key files to the clients and backup host and using ssh(1) is not hard. Really not. ;-) -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Dump | Restore
On Monday 20 April 2009 14:59:55 cpghost wrote: On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 12:46:05PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: use rsh not ssh unless you really need encryption. Sure, you *could* do that, but be sure to encrypt *and* sign the backup stream beforehand, e.g. using openssl or gnupg... And even then, anyone sniffing that poorly encrypted (at layer 2) wireless LAN connection could still hijack the password, log into the backup host, and delete or corrupt the (encrypted) dump files. Perhaps it's better to use ssh anyway, even for encrypted and signed dump files. Creating and transfering a couple of key files to the clients and backup host and using ssh(1) is not hard. Really not. ;-) But doesn't use full network capacity. Closed circuit LAN's (yes, they still do exist) don't need ssh, but a level 0 dump of several TB of data does need full lan speed. -- Mel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Dump | Restore
Greetings, On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 4:31 AM, Daniels Vanags daniels.van...@smpbank.lvwrote: Unable to successfully dump | restore over ssh. Source machine FreeBSD 6.2, disk /dev/mirror/gm0s1a, target machine FreeBSD 6.2, target disk /dev/ad1s1a mounted on /mnt. Run dump -0aLf - / | ssh ip_address ''cd /mnt/ cat | restore - rf -'', dump/restore goes without any errors. Fstab fixed, but system failure to boot: BTX halted. Please help. I read up on what the BTX is. BooT eXtender -- url here http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/arch-handbook/boot-boot2.html Long story short, BTX is what brings the PC BIOS/CMOS code execution from 16-bit real mode, to 32-bit protected mode. I've had repeated problems with name-brand PCs that result in a BTX halted. Whiteboxes/custom builds tend to work the best (and IMHO, last the longest). So asking the OP to flag slices or bsdlabels as bootable probably won't help, but I've been wrong before. :D ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Dump | Restore
Tim Judd wrote: [snip] Long story short, BTX is what brings the PC BIOS/CMOS code execution from 16-bit real mode, to 32-bit protected mode. I've had repeated problems with name-brand PCs that result in a BTX halted. Whiteboxes/custom builds tend to work the best (and IMHO, last the longest). [snip] Often the so called name-brand PCs have quirky and inferior BIOS, as well as minor hardware glitches that sometimes get ironed out with subsequent chipset steppings. Since these are primarily manufactured and sold for the Windows crowd, Windows will mask many of these deficiencies. Have problem xyz-1001 with $mfr model blah and many times the answer is download $mfr driver revision so and so. This is where a known small hardware defect can be worked around in driver code to mask and hide the problem. This is Windows centric and if you're not using Windows then you're not supported. -Mike ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Dump/Restore
Please Help! After dump-restore /dev, /proc, /usr/compat/linux/proc - is empty, system fealure to boot. Please guide me, how to dump/restore devfs. df -h Filesystem SizeUsed Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/mirror/gm0s1a 52G 37G 11G78%/ devfs 1.0K1.0K 0B 100%/dev procfs 4.0K4.0K 0B 100%/proc linprocfs4.0K4.0K 0B 100% /usr/compat/linux/proc Daniel Vanags Information Technology Department IT infrastructure system engineer JSC SMP Bank www.smpbank.lv Phone:+371 67019386 E-mail: daniels.van...@smpbank.lv mailto:daniels.van...@smpbank.lv ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Dump/Restore
Please Help! After dump-restore /dev, /proc, /usr/compat/linux/proc - is empty, system fealure to boot. Please guide me, how to dump/restore devfs. I am not sure about /usr/compat/linux/proc but /dev and /proc are created on the fly by the system: Lines are added into /dev for each new device that the system detects Lines are added into /proc for any new process started by the system There is not reason to dump or restore them. Bests. Olivier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Dump/Restore
On Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 10:50:49AM +0300, Daniels Vanags wrote: Please Help! After dump-restore /dev, /proc, /usr/compat/linux/proc - is empty, system fealure to boot. Please guide me, how to dump/restore devfs. These are pseudo file systems, and are dynamically managed by the system. You aren't expected to back them up. If you're system failed to boot, how did you inspect the filesystem? -- Jonathan Chen j...@chen.org.nz -- Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Dump/Restore
2009/4/9 Daniels Vanags daniels.van...@smpbank.lv: This is a source comp output, after dump/restore /dev is empty. I run freesbie on target machine. -Original Message- From: Chris Rees [mailto:utis...@googlemail.com] Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 11:56 AM To: Daniels Vanags Subject: Re: Dump/Restore 2009/4/9 Daniels Vanags daniels.van...@smpbank.lv: Please Help! After dump-restore /dev, /proc, /usr/compat/linux/proc - is empty, system fealure to boot. Please guide me, how to dump/restore devfs. df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/mirror/gm0s1a 52G 37G 11G 78% / devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /dev procfs 4.0K 4.0K 0B 100% /proc linprocfs 4.0K 4.0K 0B 100% /usr/compat/linux/proc But /proc, /dev, and /u/c/l/proc are full in that df output... What are you talking about? Try ls /dev, and post that. Pretty sure it should be normal. -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? You need to check then, that /dev is mounted. # mount -t devfs devfs /dev Chris -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Dump/Restore
Please Help! After dump-restore /dev, /proc, /usr/compat/linux/proc - is empty, system fealure to boot. Please guide me, how to dump/restore it always should be - before mounted as pseudo-fs devfs. df -h Filesystem SizeUsed Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/mirror/gm0s1a 52G 37G 11G78%/ devfs 1.0K1.0K 0B 100%/dev procfs 4.0K4.0K 0B 100%/proc linprocfs4.0K4.0K 0B 100% /usr/compat/linux/proc Daniel Vanags Information Technology Department IT infrastructure system engineer JSC SMP Bank www.smpbank.lv Phone:+371 67019386 E-mail: daniels.van...@smpbank.lv mailto:daniels.van...@smpbank.lv ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Dump/Restore
2009/4/9 Daniels Vanags daniels.van...@smpbank.lv: Please Help! After dump-restore /dev, /proc, /usr/compat/linux/proc - is empty, system fealure to boot. Please guide me, how to dump/restore devfs. df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/mirror/gm0s1a 52G 37G 11G 78% / devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /dev procfs 4.0K 4.0K 0B 100% /proc linprocfs 4.0K 4.0K 0B 100% /usr/compat/linux/proc But /proc, /dev, and /u/c/l/proc are full in that df output... What are you talking about? Try ls /dev, and post that. Pretty sure it should be normal. -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Dump/Restore
On Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 10:50:49AM +0300, Daniels Vanags wrote: Please Help! After dump-restore /dev, /proc, /usr/compat/linux/proc - is empty, system fealure to boot. Please guide me, how to dump/restore devfs. You only dump(8) file systems. /dev /procfs /dev/mirror/..., etc are not filesystems. They are just directories.Don't dump them. /procfs is not even a real directory so it goes away and gets repopulated when the system boots again. They all need to live in the '/' filesystem and of what is dumpable, gets dumped when you dump / (the root filesystem). Unless I completely misunderstand what you are asking. jerry df -h Filesystem SizeUsed Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/mirror/gm0s1a 52G 37G 11G78%/ devfs 1.0K1.0K 0B 100%/dev procfs 4.0K4.0K 0B 100%/proc linprocfs4.0K4.0K 0B 100% /usr/compat/linux/proc Daniel Vanags Information Technology Department IT infrastructure system engineer JSC SMP Bank www.smpbank.lv Phone:+371 67019386 E-mail: daniels.van...@smpbank.lv mailto:daniels.van...@smpbank.lv ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
dump/restore problem
Hi list when I started a migration to new HDD, according few how-tos, I got the following warning: # dump -0Lauf - /dev/ad0s1f | restore -rf - DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Wed Feb 4 22:02:42 2009 DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch DUMP: Dumping snapshot of /dev/ad0s1f (/usr) to standard output DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files] DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories] DUMP: estimated 3021238 tape blocks. *Header with wrong dumpdate.* DUMP: dumping (Pass III) [directories] DUMP: dumping (Pass IV) [regular files] warning: ./.snap: File exists *expected next file 141455, got 146* DUMP: 2.86% done, finished in 3:35 at Thu Feb 5 01:44:32 2009 So does anyone know what, exactly, *expected next file 141455, got 146* and *Header with wrong dumpdate.* means? Thanks, Ivan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: dump/restore problem
Ivan; when I started a migration to new HDD, according few how-tos, I got the following warning: # dump -0Lauf - /dev/ad0s1f | restore -rf - When debugging dump/restore problems, it is always best to dump to a file, and then restore from the file -- this allows you to see which of dump and restore is printing which message. I would guess that the Header with wrong dumpdate is this issue: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=bin/118087 More surprising is: warning: ./.snap: File exists *expected next file 141455, got 146* DUMP: 2.86% done, finished in 3:35 at Thu Feb 5 01:44:32 2009 What exactly is your .snap entry? Is it actually a directory, or do you have a file called .snap that is getting in the way? The expected next file message indicates inode numbers out of sequence, which I would guess also come from restore -- if the warning about .snap comes from dump, then I would encourage you to make sure that dump cleanly creates its archive (to a file) before spelunking in the restore error messages. If you are short of space and are using several partitions on your new drive, just format the largest and place the output files there while you experiement. Andrew. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Advice for dump/restore over SSH
Odhiambo Washington a écrit :
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 2:03 AM, Roland Smith rsm...@xs4all.nl
mailto:rsm...@xs4all.nl wrote:
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 05:43:56PM -0500, Freebsd wrote:
Sounds pretty interesting to me but i couldn't test right now. As nc
is in /usr/bin how will i not face the same problem as with ssh? Can
you point me to a freebsd live cd that has nc included?
The 7.0-RELEASE livefs CD that I had lying around has nc on it. As does
the 6.1-RELEASE disc 1 that I also found. So I think all install/lifefs
images have nc. I suggest that you get e.g. 7.1-RELEASE-i386-livefs.iso
or 7.1-RELEASE-amd64-livefs.iso (depending on your hardware
architecture) from your nearest ftp mirror.
Hi Roland,
While still on this topic...
Now that FreeBSD went DVD, does one still need the
X.Y-RELEASE-i386{amd64}-livefs.iso still, or the DVD had a complete
livefs functionality as well?
It worked perfectly with the DVD of 7.1-RELEASE for i386.
Thanks a lot Roland for your precises answers. You're saving me a lot of
time.
Martin
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Advice for dump/restore over SSH
Hi everyone, I'm having difficulties trying to clone a FreeBSD 7.1 PC to another exact same PC over SSH. There is my the things I tried: I found that link http://devpit.org/wiki/Dump_and_Restore_over_SSH which seemed exactly what I wanted. The problem is that FreeSBIE is not working on this PC (Dell Vostro 220 Slim). It seems to be a problem with the disk controler (can't mount the / partition). So, I decided to install a minimal FreeBSD 7.1 on the PC to be cloned. I'm trying to dump/restore the /usr partition but I got warnings with the files already being present and it finally crashed SSHd just after transfering /usr/lib/libssl.so. After that, there is nothing to do with the PC, SSHd refuse to restart (segmentation fault). The other soon to be a problem is to dump/restore the / partition (the kernel and the others currently used files). My question is how do you clone PC over SSH (it would be too much a PITA to open each case to plug the HD directly in the source PC). Thanks a lot for sharing, Martin ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Advice for dump/restore over SSH
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 12:34:26PM -0500, FreeBSD wrote: My question is how do you clone PC over SSH (it would be too much a PITA to open each case to plug the HD directly in the source PC). Would it have to be ssh? Why not just use netcat [nc(1)] if both machines are on your local network? Try something like: destination machine, booted e.g. from CD newfs /dev/foo mount /dev/foo /mntroot cd /mntroot nc -l 65000| restore -rvf - source machine dump -0 -a -C 8 -L -u -f - / | nc dest 65000 Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) pgpAvBJ2iBcr8.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Advice for dump/restore over SSH
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Roland Smith wrote: On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 12:34:26PM -0500, FreeBSD wrote: My question is how do you clone PC over SSH (it would be too much a PITA to open each case to plug the HD directly in the source PC). Would it have to be ssh? Why not just use netcat [nc(1)] if both machines are on your local network? Try something like: destination machine, booted e.g. from CD newfs /dev/foo mount /dev/foo /mntroot cd /mntroot nc -l 65000| restore -rvf - source machine dump -0 -a -C 8 -L -u -f - / | nc dest 65000 Roland Your answer is perfectly correct, but a couple of reasons makes me want to point up a tried true tool like rsync. It'll do what the man wants while using ssh to cover security, give really nice running feedback (if the user likes that sort of thing, I do), and because it's basically a lot less general a tool than netcat, it's a bunch simpler for an occaisonal user to figure out the parameters on ... it's made precisely for this sort of job. Of course, it happens to be true that, if you are going to really spend the time to learn one of them, your time'd probably be better spent with netcat, it's got many more things it can do, but like I said, for an occaisonal user, well, I wouldn't have recommended that. Of course, a not terribly big shell script could make nc look like rsync. Reverse isn't true. Just wanted to offer a simpler option. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkl0v5MACgkQz62J6PPcoOlZdACfXxFS+7SclI6Il/6fXYOgd6Vl JsYAn2MhB/5x9VH4JvnVwxWsDHi8SF4N =jKWP -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Advice for dump/restore over SSH
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 12:34:26PM -0500, FreeBSD wrote: I'm having difficulties trying to clone a FreeBSD 7.1 PC to another exact same PC over SSH. There is my the things I tried: I found that link http://devpit.org/wiki/Dump_and_Restore_over_SSH which seemed exactly what I wanted. The problem is that FreeSBIE is not working on this PC (Dell Vostro 220 Slim). It seems to be a problem with the disk controler (can't mount the / partition). So, I decided to install a minimal FreeBSD 7.1 on the PC to be cloned. I'm trying to dump/restore the /usr partition but I got warnings with the files already being present and it finally crashed SSHd just after transfering /usr/lib/libssl.so. After that, there is nothing to do with the PC, SSHd refuse to restart (segmentation fault). It sounds like you're trying to restore onto the non-empty /usr partition while running programs from that partition. I don't think that is ever likely to work, and I'm not surprised that your sshd crashes and won't restart when you've replaced some-but-not-all of its files. You should restore non-incremental dump backups onto a file system made freshly empty with newfs, which you can do if you bring the system up in single-user mode or boot it from other media like a live CD. This is why the FreeSBIE CD is an essential part of the plan at the link you posted. You will probably have to start again from scratch on the PC you're cloning onto; find some media you can boot it from, or install it to where you can bring it up in single-user and run some listener which is simpler than sshd. -- Clifton -- Clifton Royston -- clift...@iandicomputing.com / clift...@lava.net President - I and I Computing * http://www.iandicomputing.com/ Custom programming, network design, systems and network consulting services ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Advice for dump/restore over SSH
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 12:59:47PM -0500, Chuck Robey wrote: Your answer is perfectly correct, but a couple of reasons makes me want to point up a tried true tool like rsync. It'll do what the man wants while using ssh to cover security, give really nice running feedback (if the user likes that sort of thing, I do), and because it's basically a lot less general a tool than netcat, it's a bunch simpler for an occaisonal user to figure out the parameters on ... it's made precisely for this sort of job. I love rsync for making backups of huge partitions with slowly changing data. It's absolutely brilliant for that. But in this situation I would not recommend it: 1) The dump/restore combo is the _only_ alternative that supports all the features of UFS2 without special options (e.g. flags, ACLs). 2) Rsync will leave old crap on the destination drive, unless you specifiy the --delete option to rsync, or if you wipe the destination drive beforehand, in which case rsync's overhead is useless. 3) Rsync will not tranfers file flags unless compiled with a patch, which is _not_ the default. 4) nc is wickedly fast. When transferring files between my laptop and desktop it easily saturates the 100 Mbit link between them :) 5) Rsync is in ports, which kinda sucks if you have a broken install and need to start from a boot/rescue CD. Dump, restore and nc are part of the base system. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) pgpEHKeGHaIxb.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Advice for dump/restore over SSH
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 05:43:56PM -0500, Freebsd wrote: Sounds pretty interesting to me but i couldn't test right now. As nc is in /usr/bin how will i not face the same problem as with ssh? Can you point me to a freebsd live cd that has nc included? The 7.0-RELEASE livefs CD that I had lying around has nc on it. As does the 6.1-RELEASE disc 1 that I also found. So I think all install/lifefs images have nc. I suggest that you get e.g. 7.1-RELEASE-i386-livefs.iso or 7.1-RELEASE-amd64-livefs.iso (depending on your hardware architecture) from your nearest ftp mirror. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) pgpGjcCcNeCeh.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Advice for dump/restore over SSH
Le 09-01-19 à 12:46, Roland Smith rsm...@xs4all.nl a écrit : On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 12:34:26PM -0500, FreeBSD wrote: My question is how do you clone PC over SSH (it would be too much a PITA to open each case to plug the HD directly in the source PC). Would it have to be ssh? Why not just use netcat [nc(1)] if both machines are on your local network? Try something like: destination machine, booted e.g. from CD newfs /dev/foo mount /dev/foo /mntroot cd /mntroot nc -l 65000| restore -rvf - source machine dump -0 -a -C 8 -L -u -f - / | nc dest 65000 Roland -- Sounds pretty interesting to me but i couldn't test right now. As nc is in /usr/bin how will i not face the same problem as with ssh? Can you point me to a freebsd live cd that has nc included? Thanks a lot for your help Martin___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
