Robert Fitzpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, 2007-12-30 at 11:10 -0700, Darren Spruell wrote: >> On Dec 30, 2007 10:54 AM, Robert Fitzpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > I have a server running 5.4-RELEASE using RAID-5 on an Intel RAID >> > controller that I need to move to faster RAID. Is it possible to image >> > or some other way to save the current install and restore after setting >> > up the RAID or should I just plan to reinstall everything? >> >> Running dump(8) and restore(8) would allow you to back up and restore >> your system. >> >> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=dump >> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=restore >> >> This is typically used with tape, although you can dump to disk as well. >> >> If your data/system is critical, you ought to already have some backup >> strategy you could restore the system from to your new RAID. If not, >> you might put one in place (RAID != backups). >> > > Yes, of course, we have data backup and can restore after reinstalling > everything, but I was looking for a complete system restore option. I'll > look into these docs, thanks. There is no tape system, so I guess the > only hope is if it can be dumped and restored from an NFS drive. From > looking at the docs, it does appear this is possible, as long as the > data in on a fs mounted by fstab?
Another possibility is to dump to stdout, and pipe that over ssh. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"