Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 12:10:46 -0700 (MST) From: "Chad R. Larson" <chad@DCFinc.com> To: berenmls@saers.com (Niklas Saers) Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dump -> multiple fs'es and computers Message-ID: <199902041910.MAA20503@freeway.dcfinc.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.2.32.19990204130133.019e83a0@pop.saers.com> from Niklas Saers at "Feb 4, 99 01:01:33 pm"
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As I recall, Niklas Saers wrote: > Hi. We've got a DLT-tapedrive and four FreeBSD-boxes which we want to take > backup of. The DLT-tape can store 15 GB uncompressed, and our disks are > 8+4+2+1=15 Gb in total, filled up about a third, so there should be more > than enough. Now I wish to dump them all to the streamer and make dayly > incrementals. BUT, dump seems only to be able to handle one filesystem pr > tape. So I'm quite sure I've misunderstood something here. What programs > should I use to dump all my file systems on my four computers over to the > DLT-drive and run incrementals on them? You want to make use of the "no-rewind" version of the device. For example, here's how my machine dumps it's filesystems to a SCSI tape. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= #!/bin/sh # Dump the whole system to the DAT drive /sbin/dump -au -0 -b 32 -f /dev/nrst0 / /sbin/dump -au -0 -b 32 -f /dev/nrst0 /usr /sbin/dump -au -0 -b 32 -f /dev/nrst0 /var /sbin/dump -au -0 -b 32 -f /dev/nrst0 /home /sbin/dump -au -0 -b 32 -f /dev/rst0 /chad -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= It's a shell script, run as root. -crl -- Chad R. Larson (CRL15) 602-953-1392 Brother, can you paradigm? chad@dcfinc.com chad@larsons.org chad@anasazi.com larson1@home.net DCF, Inc. - 14623 North 49th Place, Scottsdale, Arizona 85254-2207 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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