Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1998 8:43:59 -0600 From: RJEnt <rjent@rjent.pair.com> To: "questions@freebsd.org" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: tar disaster recovery questions Message-ID: <199811081505.KAA16392@relay.pair.com>
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Greetings, I am a rookie at disaster recovery and I have hade a machine crash and have rebuilt & recovered the mission critical data however I am a bit puzzled if I went about my recovery the correct way. To backup I am using: tar -cv /* to backup to the tape. Successful recovery steps were: I wanted to upgrade the os while I was at it and I installed a basic install running the features I wanted then I put the mission crititcal data back on it via: tar -x stuff_I_wanted_back (mostly apps that I am serving from Samba) while located in / on the disk. This all went well but, but when I restored the home dirs then I lost my link to /home so I just recreated it by: ln -s /usr/home /home I hope that was right it seems to be working. My question are: Does tar not support this? Should I switch to dump and why? All thoughts welcome so I may improve my disaster recovery plan. Thanks! http://www.rjent.pair.com FreeBSD, Nothing but the BEST! Samba + FreeBSD =FreePDC! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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