From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 18 15:32:29 2010 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 E3F1A106566C for ; Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:32:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (gate6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3C168FC0A for ; Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:32:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seedling.black-earth.co.uk (seedling.black-earth.co.uk [81.187.76.163]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id o3IFWKAG081261 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:32:22 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Message-ID: <4BCB2603.7080303@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:32:19 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100317 Thunderbird/3.0.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jan Hlodan References: <4BCB07C0.8010305@sbcglobal.net> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.0.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.96 at happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_ADSP_ALL, SPF_FAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, "J.D. Bronson" Subject: Re: Backing up freebsd to 1 file? 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, 18 Apr 2010 15:32:30 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 18/04/2010 15:19:32, Jan Hlodan wrote: > you can migrate to zfs and then create snapshot of whole disk, import > this snapshot (e.g. via ssh) and then restore it back. You can create snapshots with UFS too. It's a good way of getting a reasonably consistent backup without having to shut the whole system down. Cheers, Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkvLJgMACgkQ8Mjk52CukIzreQCeJBZYMx2Zi1QGq0K76mUD39/x /LgAnAx44eaGLZjNP9eOg9HyOyeR7CYO =/mZk -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----