What's the easiest way to do a backup and verify?

[Jerry McAllister]

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> * Jerry McAllister [2005-03-14 10:30 -0500]
> >  > [...] So then wouldn't a second dump of the same snapshot diffed to 
> >  > the tape device be a good for a verify?
> 
> >  No, because the condition of the files that you are dumping the second
> >  time is different from the first time.
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> >  Most places cannot afford to make file systems completely unavailable
> >  for periods of time long enough (several hours, up to a couple of days)
> >  to allow dump to be run twice without any changes being made to the
> >  file system.
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> 
> Note the OP's use of the word "snapshot". I think he is right! Or if he 
> isn't; it has nothing to do with the filesystem beeing changed, but rather 
> something to do with the way the backup is written to tape. However, I do 
> think snapshots could be used for exactly this.

But, if he is writing a snapshot, then why is he using dump?
I think he was using the word snapshot to imply the dump file.  
But, of course, I could be wrong.

////jerry