On Tue, 2006-04-18 at 11:15 -0300, tomlobato wrote: > Hi! > > > It is possible to make partition image on the fly? With the system (*Linux > server) running? > > I think in the aproach: At midnigth (less system use), the script remounts > partition readonly by some minutes while put the output of 'dd if=/dev/...' > to a file in another HD on the same machine. Some word? Some trouble in do > so?
dd? Only if the restore-partition is the *exact* same size, right? > * The server is running several services like internet, mail, web, jabber, > mysql. I want to make a diary backup of it. Hardware resources are not > problem, I can use another machine, or DVD writer or another HD or the three > options together. Have you looked at amanda? It's in the Debian repository. > If it is not possible, what do you think about mount the system from > another system in the LAN via NFS, and use simple 'cp -R /mnt/nfs-server/ > /backup/'? Obviously excluding dirs like /proc, /mnt, etc. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA "I believe in making the world safe for our children, but not our children's children, because I don't think children should be having sex." Jack Handey -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
