From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 23 19:16:01 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39E9F106566B for ; Sun, 23 Oct 2011 19:16:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter@vereshagin.org) Received: from mx1.skyriver.ru (ns1.skyriver.ru [89.108.118.221]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E87DD8FC0A for ; Sun, 23 Oct 2011 19:16:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (tor-exit-router39-readme.formlessnetworking.net [199.48.147.39]) by mx1.skyriver.ru (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7A7A25A83 for ; Sun, 23 Oct 2011 22:43:38 +0400 (MSD) Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 23:15:44 +0400 From: Peter Vereshagin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20111023191543.GA5252@external.screwed.box> References: <000001cc90c0$a0c16050$e24420f0$@org> <4EA2CE72.5030202@cran.org.uk> <20111022161242.11803f76.freebsd@edvax.de> <4EA31702.7080406@locolomo.org> <1319375054.79311.YahooMailNeo@web36507.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20111023210814.698a51b6.freebsd@edvax.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20111023210814.698a51b6.freebsd@edvax.de> Organization: ' X-Face: 8T>{1owI$Byj]]a; ^G]kRf*dkq>E-3':F>4ODP[#X4s"dr?^b&2G@'3lukno]A1wvJ_L(~u 6>I2ra/<,j1%@C[LN=>p#_}RIV+#:KTszp-X$bQOj,K Subject: Re: Need to Backup Using Dump X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 19:16:01 -0000 Hello. 2011/10/23 21:08:14 +0200 Polytropon => To Bill Tillman : P> The dump + restore mechanism operates on device files P> representing a file system, not a _mounted_ file system, P> as source. dump(8) is able to make a snapshot behind teh scenes, and use that snapshot as a source for dump: -L This option is to notify dump that it is dumping a live file sys tem. To obtain a consistent dump image, dump takes a snapshot of the file system in the .snap directory in the root of the file system being dumped and then does a dump of the snapshot. -- Peter Vereshagin (http://vereshagin.org) pgp: A0E26627