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From: Benny Pedersen <me@××××.eu>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Quick rsync backup before changing a RAID
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 13:44:04
Message-Id: 34211e9ae68e1758f7290c94b4883c97@junc.eu
In Reply to: [gentoo-amd64] Quick rsync backup before changing a RAID by Mark Knecht
1 Mark Knecht skrev den 2013-06-19 20:59:
2
3 > mark@c2RAID6 ~ $ cat ./DoBackups
4 > mount /backups
5 > rsync -avx /VirtualMachines/VMWare/. /backups/VMWare
6
7 is not possible to make native vmware backup in blocklevel ?, or is
8 file level backup needed ?
9
10 > rsync -avx /VirtualMachines/Virtualbox/. /backups/Virtualbox
11
12 same here, i know virtualbox can make blocklevel backup and its really
13 more usefull if imho to make it that way
14
15 > rsync -avx /home/. /backups/home
16
17 this would make a tarball instaed ?
18
19 > cd
20 > umount /backups
21 > mark@c2RAID6 ~ $
22 >
23 > I'm wondering whether -avx is what others would use or whether
24 > there's a better set of options.
25
26 its possible to make filelevel backups to nas disks like qnap i have
27 here with have rsync client/server, but if you more liked to migrade to
28 another vmware/virtualbox then rsync is not the best option for backups
29
30 > When the RAID comes back up I want to reverse and copy back from
31 > USB drive to the /VirtualMachines directory.
32
33 will not create the virtualbox/vmware setup, if thats not needed then
34 ok
35
36 --
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Quick rsync backup before changing a RAID Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>