Re: Back up files...
On Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 11:11:13AM +0800, Ruel Luchavez wrote: Hello again... Guys could you teach me how to transfer files from server, I have back up my files i want to transfer the back up files folder in my DVD CD to avoid disk consumption. For making backups to DVD you need growisofs(1). This is part of the sysutils/dvd+rw-tools port, which you'll need to install. You will also need to configure your kernel to use SCSI emulation for the DVD device. This is documented on my FreeBSD page; http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/freebsd/index.html#cdrom Using growisofs is relatively simple. Read the manual page. The hard part is to make sure that whatever you burn isn't larger than a DVD. Depending on data size you'll have to spread the data to several DVDs. If you have a lot of data, using DVDs is impractical. What I would recommend is to buy a large harddisk with a USB connection and use that to store your backups. Make your backups with the dump(8) command, and compress the dump using gzip(1). E.g. to dump the root partition: dump -0 -a -C 8 -h 0 -L -u -f - / |gzip /where/to/put/root-0-20080409.gz Remember to set the 'nodump' flag (with chflags(1)) on all directories that don't need to be backed up. Good examples are /usr/ports and /usr/obj, and all /*/tmp directories. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) pgpZZLYMBFIGG.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Back up files...
For making backups to DVD you need growisofs(1). This is part of the sysutils/dvd+rw-tools port, which you'll need to install. unless it's DVD+R(W), then with dd or tar works. If you have a lot of data, using DVDs is impractical. not that, unless it's really 100GB ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Back up files...
On Wed, 9 Apr 2008 18:16:45 +0200 Roland Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What I would recommend is to buy a large harddisk with a USB connection and use that to store your backups. Make your backups with the dump(8) command, and compress the dump using gzip(1). E.g. to dump the root partition: dump -0 -a -C 8 -h 0 -L -u -f - / |gzip /where/to/put/root-0-20080409.gz OK. Right. And what is exactly the command for restore? Something like gunzip dumpfile.gz | restore rf dumpfile Or what. Compressing is nice but the use of gzip is always a bit confusing to me. -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D ++ http://nagual.nl/ + SunOS sxde 01/08 ++ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Back up files...
On Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 08:38:28PM +0200, Dick Hoogendijk wrote: On Wed, 9 Apr 2008 18:16:45 +0200 Roland Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What I would recommend is to buy a large harddisk with a USB connection and use that to store your backups. Make your backups with the dump(8) command, and compress the dump using gzip(1). E.g. to dump the root partition: dump -0 -a -C 8 -h 0 -L -u -f - / |gzip /where/to/put/root-0-20080409.gz OK. Right. And what is exactly the command for restore? Something like gunzip dumpfile.gz | restore rf dumpfile Close. It's 'gunzip dumpfile.gz | restore -rf -' since you are restoring from standard input. If you just want to restore a couple of files instead of the whole thing, you should use '-i' instead of '-r'. But if you're using '-r', you should make a pristine filesystem with newfs first. Personally I use 'gzip -1' for compression because it's fast. Using bzip2 usually isn't worth it; backups will be a couple of percents smaller but take two to three times as long! The script that I use to make backups of all my UFS partitions can be found on my shell-scripts page under the name 'dodumps', in case anyone is interested: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/software/scripts.html Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) pgpGojRDDBYA0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Back up files...
Hi to all, Thanks for your reply..I already solve it using third party software, which for me using it is much more easy... best regards.. On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 3:34 AM, Roland Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 08:38:28PM +0200, Dick Hoogendijk wrote: On Wed, 9 Apr 2008 18:16:45 +0200 Roland Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What I would recommend is to buy a large harddisk with a USB connection and use that to store your backups. Make your backups with the dump(8) command, and compress the dump using gzip(1). E.g. to dump the root partition: dump -0 -a -C 8 -h 0 -L -u -f - / |gzip /where/to/put/root-0-20080409.gz OK. Right. And what is exactly the command for restore? Something like gunzip dumpfile.gz | restore rf dumpfile Close. It's 'gunzip dumpfile.gz | restore -rf -' since you are restoring from standard input. If you just want to restore a couple of files instead of the whole thing, you should use '-i' instead of '-r'. But if you're using '-r', you should make a pristine filesystem with newfs first. Personally I use 'gzip -1' for compression because it's fast. Using bzip2 usually isn't worth it; backups will be a couple of percents smaller but take two to three times as long! The script that I use to make backups of all my UFS partitions can be found on my shell-scripts page under the name 'dodumps', in case anyone is interested: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/software/scripts.htmlhttp://www.xs4all.nl/%7Ersmith/software/scripts.html Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/http://www.xs4all.nl/%7Ersmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Back up files...
OK. Right. And what is exactly the command for restore? Something like gunzip dumpfile.gz | restore rf dumpfile gunzip -c or zcat Or what. Compressing is nice but the use of gzip is always a bit confusing to me. possibly because it is too simple ;) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Back up files...
Hello again... Guys could you teach me how to transfer files from server, I have back up my files i want to transfer the back up files folder in my DVD CD to avoid disk consumption. Could you teach me step by step? Best regards:D ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
