[gentoo-amd64] Quick rsync backup before changing a RAID

2013-06-19 Thread Mark Knecht
Hi, I need to change the RAID layout on my home server. This change does _not_ involve the running RAID6 with Gentoo on it (at least at the moment) but only a rather old, large and ill-placed second RAID6 that has some _very_ important Virtualbox VMs. Now, I have backup scripts for protecting

Re: [gentoo-amd64] Quick rsync backup before changing a RAID

2013-06-19 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote: I'm wondering whether -avx is what others would use or whether there's a better set of options. I think that is the typical rsync backup command set as far as I have ever seen. It should work as you expect it to work.

Re: [gentoo-amd64] Quick rsync backup before changing a RAID

2013-06-19 Thread Panagiotis Christopoulos
On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 9:59 PM, Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote: ... I'm wondering whether -avx is what others would use or whether there's a better set of options. When the RAID comes back up I want to reverse and copy back from USB drive to the /VirtualMachines directory.

Re: [gentoo-amd64] Quick rsync backup before changing a RAID

2013-06-19 Thread Mark Knecht
On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 12:15 PM, Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote: I'm wondering whether -avx is what others would use or whether there's a better set of options. I think that is the typical rsync

Re: [gentoo-amd64] Quick rsync backup before changing a RAID

2013-06-19 Thread Mark Knecht
On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 12:19 PM, Panagiotis Christopoulos pxr...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 9:59 PM, Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote: ... I'm wondering whether -avx is what others would use or whether there's a better set of options. When the RAID comes back

Re: [gentoo-amd64] Quick rsync backup before changing a RAID

2013-06-19 Thread Thanasis
on 06/19/2013 10:15 PM Paul Hartman wrote the following: I recently rsync'ed a drive between computers, one running a Live CD and one not, over ssh, and somehow got all my user/groups mixed up You should have used the option --numeric-ids (see rsync man page)

Re: [gentoo-amd64] Quick rsync backup before changing a RAID

2013-06-19 Thread Mark Knecht
On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 12:37 PM, Thanasis thana...@asyr.hopto.org wrote: on 06/19/2013 10:15 PM Paul Hartman wrote the following: I recently rsync'ed a drive between computers, one running a Live CD and one not, over ssh, and somehow got all my user/groups mixed up You should have used the

Re: [gentoo-amd64] Quick rsync backup before changing a RAID

2013-06-19 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 2:37 PM, Thanasis thana...@asyr.hopto.org wrote: on 06/19/2013 10:15 PM Paul Hartman wrote the following: I recently rsync'ed a drive between computers, one running a Live CD and one not, over ssh, and somehow got all my user/groups mixed up You should have used the

Re: [gentoo-amd64] Quick rsync backup before changing a RAID

2013-06-19 Thread Rich Freeman
On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 3:21 PM, Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote: Is 'using ACLs' one of those things that if you don't know then you are not? I just run basic Gentoo here. All installs done as per the install guide. I don't even use LVM or anything fancy. (Which is likely part of why

Re: [gentoo-amd64] Quick rsync backup before changing a RAID

2013-06-19 Thread Mark Knecht
On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Rich Freeman ri...@gentoo.org wrote: On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 3:21 PM, Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote: Is 'using ACLs' one of those things that if you don't know then you are not? I just run basic Gentoo here. All installs done as per the install guide.