Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 18:03:26 +0200 From: Matthias Petermann <matthias@d2ux.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Mike Clarke <jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk>, matthew@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Filesystem dump incremental? Message-ID: <4FB5214E.6010106@d2ux.net> In-Reply-To: <201205171252.04519.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> References: <4FB4D7AB.9030200@d2ux.net> <201205171252.04519.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk>
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Thanks Mike and Matthew, the -u switch was what I missed. It now works fine. Regards, Matthias On 17.05.2012 13:52, Mike Clarke wrote: > On Thursday 17 May 2012, Matthias Petermann wrote: > >> dump -a -1 -f /mnt/da0/backup-compaq.1.dump / > Try a new full backup with > > dump -0aLuf /mnt/da0/backup-compaq.1.dump / > > then for the incremental use > > dump -1aLuf /mnt/da0/backup-compaq.1.dump / > > The option you're missing is "u", but "L" is worth using as well when > you're backing up a mounted filesystem. > > You could hack the contents of /etc/dumpdates to avoid having to repeat > the level zero dump if you know the date and time when the original one > was started. >
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