Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 12:30:34 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: John Levine <johnl@iecc.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fastest way to get an entire FBSD system back online? Message-ID: <20110303123034.9cd09de4.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20110302220739.27592.qmail@joyce.lan> References: <AANLkTinMnV5qVYzeEPQN7i6u7AUZZ-ewEaudBp3LmTk-@mail.gmail.com> <20110302220739.27592.qmail@joyce.lan>
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On 2 Mar 2011 22:07:39 -0000, John Levine <johnl@iecc.com> wrote: > It's not as automated as the Windows approach, but if you know what > you're doing it's mostly limited by the speed of the disks. Use dump > rather than an image copy so you only restore what's actually in use. Unlike "Windows", UNIX gives you the ability to create a fully programmable automated approach according to your needs, e. g. for multiple installations, defective systems can be booted via LAN, USB or CD, then it can be determined _which_ system it is automatically, and the proper backup sets can be restored. Partitioning tasks (labeling, slicing, partitioning, newfsing and tunefsing, as well as other pre-restore tasks) can also be fully automated, reducing any interaction to zero (which is less than nearly-zero), which means that it's even better automated than "Windows". By the way, you can create similar procedures if you are using ZFS. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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