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On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 6:44 AM, Benny Pedersen <me@××××.eu> wrote: |
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> Mark Knecht skrev den 2013-06-19 20:59: |
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>> mark@c2RAID6 ~ $ cat ./DoBackups |
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>> mount /backups |
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>> rsync -avx /VirtualMachines/VMWare/. /backups/VMWare |
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> is not possible to make native vmware backup in blocklevel ?, or is file |
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> level backup needed ? |
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Possibly, and it's sensible that Virtualbox & VMWare would provide |
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some mechanisms to do that, but then I'd have to back up a bunch of |
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different VMs using different tools, and that would only get the VMs |
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and not the other files on the old RAID. |
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<SNIP> |
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>> rsync -avx /home/. /backups/home |
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> this would make a tarball instaed ? |
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No, it's not a tarball, it's just a copy of the file system structure |
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that existed on the old RAID/ |
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<SNIP> |
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> its possible to make filelevel backups to nas disks like qnap i have here |
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> with have rsync client/server, but if you more liked to migrade to another |
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> vmware/virtualbox then rsync is not the best option for backups |
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OK, I'm not sure I'm understanding you but I'm not trying to migrate |
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from one version fo VBox or VMWare to another. I'm only trying to |
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reduce the number of RAIDs on a single set of drives. The RAID6 that |
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has / is being enlarged and then the copied data will be added onto |
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that array in the same locations (/VirtualMachines) instead of |
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mounting a second RAID under /VirtualMachine. There is no migration |
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going on in terms of executable versions. |
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>> When the RAID comes back up I want to reverse and copy back from |
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>> USB drive to the /VirtualMachines directory. |
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> will not create the virtualbox/vmware setup, if thats not needed then ok |
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I guess I agree. It won't 'create' it because it's already there. In |
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fact I mounted the USB backup drive at /VirtualMachines and ran the |
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VMs from the USB drive as a test that it was working before I removed |
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the old RAID. I expect that when I rsync the USB backup back to |
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/VirtualMachines on the new, larger / RAID6 it will continue to work. |
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Thanks for the comments. |
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Cheers, |
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Mark |
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