snapshot rsync dump/restore

[Roland Smith]

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 09:03:50AM +0100, n dhert wrote:
> I want to clone a FreeBSD system on another system.
> Say, Mondaymorning I use the dump(8)  to make dumpfiles of all filesystems
> (dumpofroot.dmp, dumpofvar.dmp, ...tmp.dmp, ...usr.dmp, ...home.dmp ) on an
> external USB disk.

Dumping /tmp is usually not necessary.

> The original system keeps running.
> Then Wednesday I setup FreeBSD on the new system, and use restore(8) to put
> the contents of my dumpfiles in the filesystems of that clone system.

If the new system has different hardware, do not forget to adjust
/boot/loader.conf, or build a custom kernel. And you should definitely edit
/etc/rc.conf if even for the hostname.

> Then I still need to have the changes occured during Mondaymorning till
> Wednesdayafternoon on the original system, to be put in some way on the
> clone system, so that these are not lost.
<snip>
> How exactly would one best proceed?

I would recommend rsync.

> Is rsync save regarding soft-links ?

Yes, if you use the '-a' flag.

Roland
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