--On Samstag, 25. November 2006 04:41 -1000 Hydro Meteor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Oops, looks like I was able to answer my own question for the most part > as I had missed parts in the current manual describing configuring to > back up a raw partition (sparse = yes). Even so, it would be interesting > to hear from anyone who has some experiences and scar tissue from doing > so in a production environment. > > Even more specifically, besides flavors of Linux, it would be interesting > to hear of anyone who has any direct experiences with HFSX (the version > of the HFS+ Apple file system that is case sensitive). I can't imagine > case sensitivity being a problem since Apple's HFS+ deviates from most of > the world's modern day file systems which are typically case sensitive. AFAIK the fs-type is not of much interest when backing up a raw partition. The partition/fs should not be mounted though for obvious reasons. > On 11/25/06, Hydro Meteor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hopefully this doesn't come across as a question with an obvious answer, > but I'm wondering if there is any reason why one can not or should not > use Bacula to back up (and restore later if necessary such as if there is > a physical disk failure) an entire disk partition of a platform (at the > moment specifically I'm thinking of a machine or machines with Ubuntu > Linux installed -- Dapper Drake or Edgy -- but later would want to extend > to Mac OS X and FreeBSD if feasible)? > > The reason I ask is that I've noticed that Bacula hasn't gotten too much > attention it seems on the Ubuntu wiki with regard to backup and recovery > solutions and I have seen several on various mailing lists suggest using > a lower level disk imaging technology for backing up entire partitions > such as "parted" and "partedimage" of which there are also graphical > front ends (such as QParted). > > Has anyone had experiences backing up entire partitions of any platform > (be it Linux (Ubuntu or not), Mac OS X, FreeBSD, et al)? I have never done raw backups with bacula, so I can't tell you much about using this for production. IMHO backing up at device level doesn't seem very logical for backup and recovery though, if you have the option of a direct fs-backup, which is the case for Linux, FreeBSD and OSX. Regards, Georg ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
