Na you won't break anything apart from maybe increasing the load/ i/o wait On your server..otherwise you'll get a nice backup :) (make sure you've got The exact same space as the partition you're backing up too) -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ESGLinux Sent: Friday, 24 July 2009 10:39 p.m. To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: Re: backup system for RHEL Thanks Geogfry, I´m going to try it to see what happens, I expect I´ll dont break nothing ;-) Greetings, ESG 2009/7/24 Geofrey Rainey <Geofrey.Rainey@xxxxxxxxxx> > Yes exactly, that's the way. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ESGLinux > Sent: Friday, 24 July 2009 10:33 p.m. > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: Re: backup system for RHEL > > 2009/7/24 Geofrey Rainey <Geofrey.Rainey@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > For the Xen images made of partitions, you'd do: > > > > # dd if=/dev/sda? of=/backup/xen-backup-image.img bs=1M > > > > (where /dev/sda? is the partition which your > > /etc/xen/<xen-config>:disk='phy:.....' refers to. > > > > Make sense? > > > > Not really, > > Because the images are not in a partition, They are files. > For example I have this: > disk = [ "tap:aio:/home/images/NODE1.img,xvda,w" ] > > perhaps doing: > dd if=/home/images/NODE1.img of=/backup/xen-backup-image.img bs=1M > > will work? > > ESG > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > ========================================================== > For more information on the Television New Zealand Group, visit us > online at tvnz.co.nz > ========================================================== > CAUTION: This e-mail and any attachment(s) contain information that > is intended to be read only by the named recipient(s). This information > is not to be used or stored by any other person and/or organisation. > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list ========================================================== For more information on the Television New Zealand Group, visit us online at tvnz.co.nz ========================================================== CAUTION: This e-mail and any attachment(s) contain information that is intended to be read only by the named recipient(s). This information is not to be used or stored by any other person and/or organisation. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
