> On 22. Mar 2023, at 13:43, César Catrián C. <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi, please help with an issue while running dump(8) over a snapshotted 
> filesystem using fss.
> 
> The system is current 10.99.2 pvh Xen VM, compiled with mar 18 2023 sources, 
> running under NetBSD Xen, current 10.99.2 also, with feb 23 2023 sources.
> 
> Did other successful backups on two stable NetBSD 9.3 VMs.
> 
> The dump file is being put over a nsf share in another NetBSD machine.
> 
> These are the commands used:
> /usr/sbin/fssconfig fss0 /home /var/tmp
> /sbin/mount /dev/fss0 /mnt/fs3
> /sbin/dump -0af - /mnt/fs3 | /usr/bin/bzip2 > 
> /mnt/fs4/backups/current/home.dump.bz2

There is no need to mount the snapshot, the simplest way to dump is:

/sbin/dump -0af - -x /var/tmp /home | ...

Dump will take and release the snapshot for you, see "man dump".

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J. Hannken-Illjes - [email protected]

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