Re: file harvest
On Tuesday 11 November 2008 18:10:24 Roland Smith wrote: > Alternatively, does the web interface provide a means to run a fsck? > That might be the best solution. Unless they heavily modified how the filesystem works, you should be looking for a way to schedule a command on the next boot, before OS mounts the disks. I'm with Roland, sometimes paying extra saves money. This of course, depending on the importance of the data you lost, whether it's recreatable at all and how many man hours that would take. -- Mel Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules and never get to the software part. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: file harvest
On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 10:59:58AM -0500, Jean-Paul Natola wrote: > Since I cannot ssh into the snap, can I mount it to my BSD box and run some > of those utilities? It seems that SnapOS uses a modified UFS. See http://www.dtidata.com/resourcecenter/category/file-systems-explained/snap-server-file-systems/ I quote: "SNAP Appliance used a proprietary Unix File System (UFS) handler in order to run there Network Attached Storage (NAS) product. This particular OS ran a Berkley Software Distribution (BSD) flavor of UFS. Although there are many similarities to the original file system, there are also enough changes to make file recovery extremely difficult." So you could try putting it in a FreeBSD box, use dd to make an image of the whole disk, and experiment on that image. But maybe you should contact dtidata. They seem to know a lot about this appliance. Alternatively, does the web interface provide a means to run a fsck? That might be the best solution. 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) pgpRPqEFG5c0i.pgp Description: PGP signature
RE: file harvest
Since I cannot ssh into the snap, can I mount it to my BSD box and run some of those utilities? -Original Message- From: Polytropon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 12:29 AM To: Jean-Paul Natola Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: file harvest On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:53:38 -0500, "Jean-Paul Natola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Question is how can I, if it all possible, do a harvest of my own? Hah, you're asking the right one, man. :-) There are many good tools available from the ports, some of them can even be used for diagnostics and recovery on UFS file systems. The most famous one is The Sleuth Kit, another useful tool is magicrescue. Try and see if they are helpful to you. Good luck! -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: file harvest
All you need to know is here: http://www.dtidata.com/resourcecenter/category/file-systems-explained/snap-server-file-systems/ On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 7:53 PM, Jean-Paul Natola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > > I have a SNAP 4100 appliance that lost 2 directories, no backup , I sent it > out to a DR service and they have told me that all they can do is file > harvest, where I would get a list of files such as file0001.xls file0002.xls > etc... > > With no guarantee of what will come out, now we are a non-profit so 3k with > no guarantees is kind of hard to swallow- > > Question is how can I, if it all possible, do a harvest of my own? > > I believe the snap uses UFS > > TIA > > j > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: file harvest
On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:53:38 -0500, "Jean-Paul Natola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Question is how can I, if it all possible, do a harvest of my own? Hah, you're asking the right one, man. :-) There are many good tools available from the ports, some of them can even be used for diagnostics and recovery on UFS file systems. The most famous one is The Sleuth Kit, another useful tool is magicrescue. Try and see if they are helpful to you. Good luck! -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: file harvest
On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 12:53:38PM -0500, Jean-Paul Natola wrote: > Hi all, > > > I have a SNAP 4100 appliance that lost 2 directories, no backup , I sent it > out to a DR service and they have told me that all they can do is file > harvest, where I would get a list of files such as file0001.xls file0002.xls > etc... > > With no guarantee of what will come out, now we are a non-profit so 3k with > no guarantees is kind of hard to swallow- > > Question is how can I, if it all possible, do a harvest of my own? Have you contacted http://www.overlandstorage.com? They list this product as 'discontinued', complete with the 'SnapOS' that it runs. But they might be able to help you. > I believe the snap uses UFS A lot of UNIX systems use UFS, not just FreeBSD! Log into the server with telnet of ssh. Check that it runs FreeBSD by executing the command 'uname -a'. If so, run 'man fsck_ufs' and read the manual page! (If the manual pages were not installed, you can read them on the FreeBSD site instead). Otherwise read the 'fsck' manual page for the OS in question. Run fsck_ufs on the filesystem in question. Orphaned files and directories will be placed in a directory named 'lost+found'. And start making backups! 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) pgppaGonIRf3L.pgp Description: PGP signature