FreeBSD Backup

[probsd org]

This is assuming you have another account on another freebsd/linux box with a significant amount of space. Works great on a live filesystem. I use /, /var, /tmp, and /usr as examples.
   
  dump -L -0f - /usr | ssh -C login at other-freebsd-server "cat > /usr/home/login/usr.dump"
  dump -L -0f - /tmp | ssh -C login at other-freebsd-server "cat > /usr/home/login/tmp.dump"
  dump -L -0f - /var | ssh -C login at other-freebsd-server "cat > /usr/home/login/var.dump"
  dump -L -0f - / | ssh -C login at other-freebsd-server "cat > /usr/home/login/root.dump"
   
  Then to restore:
  cd /usr ; ssh -C login at other-freebsd-server "cat /usr/home/login/usr.dump" | restore -rf -
  cd / ; ssh -C login at other-freebsd-server "cat /usr/home/login/root.dump" | restore -rf -
  cd /var ; ssh -C login at other-freebsd-server "cat /usr/home/login/var.dump" | restore -rf -
  cd /tmp ; ssh -C login at other-freebsd-server "cat /usr/home/login/tmp.dump" | restore -rf -
   
  michael

 
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