Re: [vox-tech] simple backup and restore

[Jay Strauss <me@heyjay.MAPScom>]

Tim Riley wrote:
> Jay Strauss wrote:
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just want to do a simple backup, write the backup file to the system
> > disk or an NFS mount.  Then restore from that file.
> >
> > I'm not sure what I should backup.  I figure I can exclude: /tmp /dev
> > /mnt /proc
> >
> > If I do:
> >
> > cd /
> > tar zcvf backup.tar.gz bin boot etc home initrd initrd.img lib media opt
> > root sbin  srv  sys  usr  var  vmlinuz
> >
> > How would I restore, such that I get the previous image, and not a
> > combination of the restored files and the new files?
> Instead of backing up individual system files and directories, consider
> making an image backup of the entire filesystem:
> # dd if=/dev/hda1 bs=10k | gzip > backup.dd.gz
>
> Then upon restore, you're guaranteed to get the previous image.
Thanks Tim,  I tried dd but it was taking forever.  tar took 3.5 minutes 
to write and dd took 15 before I cancelled it.  I'll try again with the 
bs=10k

Jay
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