Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:12:56 -0700 From: Nerius Landys <nlandys@gmail.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best procedure for full backup of live system Message-ID: <560f92640910160012k6877b82ah5899405418f7c0e7@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0910152049340.80320@wonkity.com> References: <560f92640910142042tc46f1e3lb81ac1e4528a44ab@mail.gmail.com> <20091015143947.GB54613@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <560f92640910151742h33393131j9974c23db37602b8@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0910152049340.80320@wonkity.com>
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Thanks again guys. =A0My final series of steps to take full backups: bsdlabel ad4s1 | ssh -p 22222 nlandys@localhost dd of=3D/home/nlandys/backup/bsdlabel_ad4s1 dmesg -a | ssh -p 22222 nlandys@localhost dd of=3D/home/nlandys/backup/dmesg dd if=3D/dev/ad4 bs=3D512 count=3D1 | ssh -p 22222 nlandys@localhost dd of=3D/home/nlandys/backup/MBR cat /etc/fstab | ssh -p 22222 nlandys@localhost dd of=3D/home/nlandys/backup/fstab dump -0Lan -f - / | gzip | ssh -p 22222 nlandys@localhost dd of=3D/home/nlandys/backup/dump0-root.gz dump -0Lan -f - /tmp | gzip | ssh -p 22222 nlandys@localhost dd of=3D/home/nlandys/backup/dump0-tmp.gz dump -0Lan -f - /var | gzip | ssh -p 22222 nlandys@localhost dd of=3D/home/nlandys/backup/dump0-var.gz dump -0Lan -f - /usr | gzip | ssh -p 22222 nlandys@localhost dd of=3D/home/nlandys/backup/dump0-usr.gz ... where port 22222 on localhost is a pipe to my remote desktop with the 500 GB harddrive. If I missed anything important please let me know.
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