Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:09:22 -0500 From: "Jack L. Stone" <jacks@sage-american.com> To: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>, Peter Schuller <peter.schuller@infidyne.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: support quality (Re: dump | restore fails: unknown tape headertype 1853384566) Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.20090326120922.00ee69f0@sage-american.com> In-Reply-To: <200903261415.n2QEF7hF038711@lava.sentex.ca> References: <20090326140131.GA45201@hyperion.scode.org> <3.0.1.32.20090326065337.00f081e0@sage-american.com> <3.0.1.32.20090325072137.00ee6b48@sage-american.com> <49C9E635.5010106@kkip.pl> <49C83673.3000604@aldan.algebra.com> <200903251820.54749.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <200903251925.36108.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <3.0.1.32.20090325072137.00ee6b48@sage-american.com> <3.0.1.32.20090326065337.00f081e0@sage-american.com> <3.0.1.32.20090326070807.00f081e0@sage-american.com> <200903261331.n2QDVd4b038485@lava.sentex.ca> <20090326140131.GA45201@hyperion.scode.org>
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At 10:15 AM 3.26.2009 -0400, Mike Tancsa wrote: >At 10:01 AM 3/26/2009, Peter Schuller wrote: >> > >> > Unless the filesystem is very busy, you will get your data backed up. >> > If you have things like databases, I still would not trust >> > snapshots. >> >>Uh. If backuping up a live database from a snapshot is not >>trustworthy, either the snapshot facility is broken or the database is >>broken (i.e., not crash-safe to begin with). > >... or the database is configured in a risky way... But judging by >this thread, it seems dump with -L is indeed broken for some >people. Hence, I suggested dumping the database using the database's >backup tools and trying dump without -L > > ---Mike Mike: The "L" for dumping is definitely NOT the problem. Jack (^_^) Happy trails, Jack L. Stone System Admin Sage-american
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