On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:28 PM, Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) <space.time.universe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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Hi All,
I have tested my self-written harddisk backup/cloning script by performing a backup of my Western Digital 500 GB SATA harddisk to my 160 GB Hitachi harddisk.
The backup operation is successful except for 3 virtual machines. The backup of these 3 virtual machines fail because partimage does not support ext4 filesystems. I have performed a backup of these 3 VMs *again* using the following modified script to handle ext4 filesystems by using fsarchiver:
<SCRIPT>
#!/bin/sh
###############################################################################################################
# Declare Variables
###############################################################################################################
HARDDISK=/dev/sda
DEST=/media/hitachi/redo
FSA_COMPLEVEL=3
PROCESSOR_CORES=2
GZIP_COMPLEVEL=fast
PARTIMAGE_COMPLEVEL=1
###############################################################################################################
# Create Storage Directory for Backup Images
###############################################################################################################
if [ ! -d $DEST ]
then
mkdir -p $DEST
fi
# VM 19: openSUSE 11.2 x86_64 Linux PV domU
###############################################################################################################
# Add partition mappings in /dev/mapper
kpartx -av /dev/virtualmachines/opensuse
# Backup MBR
dd if=/dev/virtualmachines/opensuse of=$DEST/virtualmachines-opensuse.mbr bs=512 count=1
# Backup Partition Geometry
sfdisk -d /dev/virtualmachines/opensuse > $DEST/virtualmachines-opensuse.sfdisk
# Backup Filesystems
# partimage does not support ext4 filesystems
#partimage -d -M -b -z$PARTIMAGE_COMPLEVEL save /dev/mapper/virtualmachines-opensuse2 \
#$DEST/virtualmachines-opensuse2.img
fsarchiver savefs -v -z $FSA_COMPLEVEL -j $PROCESSOR_CORES $DEST/virtualmachines-opensuse2.fsa \
/dev/mapper/virtualmachines-opensuse2
# Delete partition mappings in /dev/mapper
kpartx -dv /dev/virtualmachines/opensuse
# VM 16: Slackware64 13.0 amd64 HVM domU
###############################################################################################################
# Add partition mappings in /dev/mapper
kpartx -av /dev/virtualmachines/slackware64
# Backup MBR
dd if=/dev/virtualmachines/slackware64 of=$DEST/virtualmachines-slackware64.mbr bs=512 count=1
# Backup Partition Geometry
sfdisk -d /dev/virtualmachines/slackware64 > $DEST/virtualmachines-slackware64.sfdisk
# Backup Filesystems
# partimage does not support ext4 filesystems
#partimage -d -M -b -z$PARTIMAGE_COMPLEVEL save /dev/mapper/virtualmachines-slackware64p1 \
#$DEST/virtualmachines-slackware64p1.img
#partimage -d -M -b -z$PARTIMAGE_COMPLEVEL save /dev/mapper/virtualmachines-slackware64p2 \
#$DEST/virtualmachines-slackware64p2.img
fsarchiver savefs -v -z $FSA_COMPLEVEL -j $PROCESSOR_CORES $DEST/virtualmachines-slackware64p1.fsa \
/dev/mapper/virtualmachines-slackware64p1
fsarchiver savefs -v -z $FSA_COMPLEVEL -j $PROCESSOR_CORES $DEST/virtualmachines-slackware64p2.fsa \
/dev/mapper/virtualmachines-slackware64p2
# Delete partition mappings in /dev/mapper
kpartx -dv /dev/virtualmachines/slackware64
# VM 17: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala Linux HVM domU
###############################################################################################################
# Add partition mappings in /dev/mapper
kpartx -av /dev/virtualmachines/ubuntu910
# Backup MBR
dd if=/dev/virtualmachines/ubuntu910 of=$DEST/virtualmachines-ubuntu910.mbr bs=512 count=1
# Backup Partition Geometry
sfdisk -d /dev/virtualmachines/ubuntu910 > $DEST/virtualmachines-ubuntu910.sfdisk
# Backup Filesystems
# partimage does not support ext4 filesystems
#partimage -d -M -b -z$PARTIMAGE_COMPLEVEL save /dev/mapper/virtualmachines-ubuntu910p1 \
#$DEST/virtualmachines-ubuntu910p1.img
fsarchiver savefs -v -z $FSA_COMPLEVEL -j $PROCESSOR_CORES $DEST/virtualmachines-ubuntu910p1.fsa \
/dev/mapper/virtualmachines-ubuntu910p1
# Delete partition mappings in /dev/mapper
kpartx -dv /dev/virtualmachines/ubuntu910
# EOF
</SCRIPT>
The duration of harddisk cloning has been shortened from 7 hours to 4.5 hours. The filesize of the backup image set has been reduced from 300 GB to 126 GB, which is a substantial reduction of more than 50%.
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Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering)
Alma Maters:
(1) Singapore Polytechnic
(2) National University of Singapore
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