Hi, On 5/28/2007 8:36 AM, Dave wrote: > Hello, > I've got a centos5 box that needs to be fully backed up because it's > going to be reinstalled with raid. I don't want to loose any data. I set up > a backup job that backed up / and /boot do i need to do anymore? The job > completed successfully, but i'm getting in the email output: > > wserv-fd: /sys is a different filesystem. Will not descend from / into > /sys > wserv-fd: /dev is a different filesystem. Will not descend from / into > /dev > > Do i need either of these filesystems if i'm going to be recreating the > system then installing from backup?
That depends on how you will reinstall your OS. If you will d a minimal system installation and then restore your backup over it these two file systems will not be needed because they will be created at installation time and populated automatically. (Keep in mind that, restoring to a system with a different setup, will get you in trouble when you overwrite, for example, your initrd, bootloader setup, and /etc directory. You should take care not to overwrite anything necessary for booting from the RAID system.) If you want to do a bare-metal restore to the RAIDified system, you'll need some extra steps afterwards, mainly making the RAID system known to the OS. Personally, in your situation, I'd prefer to do a minimal system installation, save the essential configuration (bootloader setup, kernel, initial ram disk, and disk setup come to mind, but there are probably others...) and then restore over it. If you did a real minimal installation, and don't swith to another architecture (x86 vs. 64-bits enhanced mainly), don't install a newer or older kernel, and so on, you could restore and NOT overwrite existing files. In case your system doesn't boot, you could use your distributions repair installation tolls, or simply first copy the saved low-level setup over the broken installation and re-install the bootloader. In any case, a scenario like this can really get you into trouble :-) Arno > Thanks. > Dave. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- IT-Service Lehmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Arno Lehmann http://www.its-lehmann.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
