Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 10:04:31 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: L Goodwin <xrayv19@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Correct way to use dump to backup a Samba share Message-ID: <20070708080431.GA17250@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <543595.21864.qm@web58112.mail.re3.yahoo.com> References: <543595.21864.qm@web58112.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
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On Sat, Jul 07, 2007 at 06:42:20PM -0700, L Goodwin wrote:
> I have a Samba share on a software RAID 1 array (using
> gmirror) that I need to backup. I want to create a
> shell script that does a level 0 backup every time to
> (alternately) one of two USB drives. I plan to have
> only ONE USB drive connected at a time.=20
>=20
> I want the script to mount the drive, perform the
> backup, then unmount the drive so that it is ready for
> someone who knows zip about computers to safely remove
> and take offsite.=20
>=20
> Here are the steps I have for the script.
> Is this all I need to do? Do I need any error handling
> logic? THANKS!
> # Mount the backup drive:
> mount /dev/usb0
>=20
> # Create the backup:
> /sbin/dump -0u -f /dev/usb0 /sambavol
>=20
> # Unmount the backup drive:
> umount /dev/usb0
The following is a rough outline of what you should do;
-------------- shell-script --------------
#!/bin/sh
# The following assumes that the USB mass-storage device is formatted
# with a UFS filesystem
# Only root can perform dumps.
if [ $(id -u) -ne 0 ]; then
echo "Only root can perform dumps. Exiting."
exit 1
fi
DDIR=3D/mnt/root
# First, check if the target directory exists
if [ ! -d $DDIR ]; then
echo "The $DDIR directory doesn't exist. Exiting."
exit 1
fi
# Then check if it is already mounted
if mount|grep $DDDIR >/dev/null; then
echo "The $DDIR directory is already in use. Exiting"
exit 1
fi
# Check if the device to dump to exists;
DEV=3D/dev/da0
if [ ! -c $DEV ]; then
echo "The $DEV device doesn't exist. Exiting."
exit 1
fi
# Check if the device is already mounted
if mount|grep $DEV >/dev/null; then
echo "The $DEV device is already mounted. Exiting"
exit 1
fi
SRC=3D/sambavol
DFLAGS=3D"-0 -u -f"
# Check if the filesystem that is to be dumped exists.
if [ ! -d $SRC ]; then
echo "The $SRC directory doesn't exist. Exiting."
exit 1
fi
# Now check if it is mounted
if mount -t ufs|grep $SRC; then
DFLAGS=3D"-L "$DFLAGS
fi
# Mount the USB device.
if ! mount $DEV $DDIR; then
"Mounting the USB disk failed. Exiting"
exit 1
fi
DATE=3D$(date "+%Y%m%d")
# Perfrom the dump, assuming that the filesystem is live.
dump $DFLAGS ${DDIR}/sambavol-0-${DATE}.dump $SRC
umount $DDIR
-------------- shell-script --------------
Of course, you have to remove old dumps once in a while, lest you run
out of disk space.
Depending on the contents of the samba share, it might be worthwhile to
compress the dump with gzip;
# Perfrom the dump,=20
dump $DFLAGS - $SRC|gzip >${DDIR}/sambavol-0-${DATE}.gz
Roland
--=20
R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/
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