Arno, In my case that hopefully wouldn't be too much of a problem -- Director and SD on the same machine with local SCSI tape.
I like your idea of a CD boot, but it wouldn't allow me to make the operation lights-out (I could script going to RL1, backup, and reboot to RL3 -- I think :-). But it was pointed out in a non-public email that the only open files typically encountered are databases, and database native backup tools, piped to bacula, could be the solution there without changing run levels or otherwise mucking with the system. --Gary -----Original Message----- From: Arno Lehmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 12:13 PM To: Gary Kopp Cc: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Single-user mode backups? Hi. Gary Kopp wrote: > > > Some Linux book I was reading suggested running generic (dump, tar, > whatever) DR backups in single-user mode to minimize open file issues. Sure one way. The only problem is that in single-user mode you quite often can't access your backup media. Network? External harddrive? NFS mount? > Do Bacula users see that as a worthwhile approach, or should I spend my > time thinking about more important things, like when will lunch be ready? If you find a way to allow single user mode to activate the network for bacula-fd, go ahead... in my opinion, the safer and better way is to use an emergency CD (or any other medium, could even be network boot...) with full network access and the necessary drivers for all filesystems to save. Then start the static bacula-FD in a chrooted environment. Seems more universal to me than playing with single user mode (if available at all) on all sorts of systems. Arno > > > --Gary > -- IT-Service Lehmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Arno Lehmann http://www.its-lehmann.de ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idt77&alloc_id492&op=click _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
