Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 08:37:56 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Xn Nooby <xnooby@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What is the best way to image copy a FreeBSD system? Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1102150820500.15948@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinaPn50-vUigoj_d=optGqxj4NDFoN9=RvTxcpX@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTinaPn50-vUigoj_d=optGqxj4NDFoN9=RvTxcpX@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, 15 Feb 2011, Xn Nooby wrote: > On Linux I use clonezilla, which understands the EXT3 filesystem, and > it can skip unused space (I'm using about 3GB out of 1TB). > > On FreeBSD, I have to fill the 1TB drive with zero-filled files, then > delete them, on each partiton, since CloneZilla uses DD+gzip on the > entire drive. Some of the development versions of Clonezilla do understand UFS. It's been a few months since I looked at this, and I need to go back and figure out exactly which. > Is there an image-copy backup program that understands the UFS > file-system? Or perhaps there is a better solution on FreeBSD? Others have already mentioned good points of dump and restore. They can be used even on mounted partitions, so the system can stay up while a backup is running. Some scripting could make restores as easy as Clonezilla. A bare-metal restore could be made from a modified FreeBSD install CD. Partition the target disk (interactively or not), locate the dump files, restore them, then do any interactive fixup needed.
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