On Fri, 28 Dec 2007, Jeffrey Ross wrote:
Jon Stanley wrote:
On Dec 28, 2007 10:16 AM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
drive. Dump tends to be unhappy if the filesystem changes during the
run, so you might be better off using tar. Also, some tape drives are
Note what Linus has to say on the topic here:
http://lwn.net/2001/0503/a/lt-dump.php3
Old post, still applies just as well today as it did then.
And the rebuttal to Linus' view on dump/restore
http://dump.sourceforge.net/isdumpdeprecated.html
However keep in mind, dump will only work on a ext2 or ext3 filesystem.
To restore the filesystem you have a few methods, if you want to restore
everything do the following:
cd /newfilesystem; restore rf /dev/{tapedevice}
Jeff
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I tried tar, but it complained about some things, so I'm now looking at
rsync. I want to back up to our Overland LTO3 tape library connected to
the server via a SCSI card. One filesystem is /home, and the other is
/var.
I'd want to create a full backup, with verbose output, and weekly
incrementals.
Again, files may be in-use during backups - no databases in use at this
time. I just have to live with the in-use files situation.
What would be the best rsync method to the local lto3 library (full
magazine with 12 LTO3 400/800 GB tapes).
Thanks again.
Scott
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