-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I've been asked whether there are any outstanding issues in using dump/restore to backup ext3-based systems. The persons asking me this had mentioned previously hearing that dump may be unreliable and was asking for verifcation. TIA. - -- Douglas J Hunley (doug at hunley.homeip.net) - Linux User #174778 Admin: Linux StepByStep - http://www.linux-sxs.org and http://jobs.linux-sxs.org I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a parallel universe... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+IumL2MO5UukaubkRApnIAJ9OPmGSNrXloC4JpnDFd9abCW2YZwCfVBCm XzcMou3c0fIVwSRQEC5Q8zM=aOy1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Hi, On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 16:30, Douglas J Hunley wrote:> I've been asked whether there are any outstanding issues in using dump/restore > to backup ext3-based systems. The persons asking me this had mentioned > previously hearing that dump may be unreliable and was asking for > verifcation. TIA.Dump is essentially not to be trusted on any live filesystem that is being actively modified. That's no different on ext3, but you should be able to use facilities such as LVM snapshotting to freeze the fs while you do the dump. Cheers, Stephen