-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 When in doubt, test a restore of your backup.
In fact, test it even if you are sure. On 06/28/12 01:47, billdorr...@pgatourhq.com wrote: > Thanks Kevin. Just doing a little sanity check before I go and copy > 4TB worth of database files! > > Bill Dorrian Network Administrator Desk: 904-273-7625 Cell: > 904-859-9471 > > > > From: Kevin Korb <k...@sanitarium.net> To: > rsync@lists.samba.org, Date: 06/28/2012 01:45 AM Subject: > Re: Rsync an offline database? Sent by: > rsync-boun...@lists.samba.org > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > If the database isn't running then the database files are just > files and rsync is as good of a tool as any to copy them. > > On 06/28/12 01:36, billdorr...@pgatourhq.com wrote: >> Is rsync a good way to make a valid copy of offline database >> files (TSM, in this case) from one xfs filesystem to another? If >> so, which options should I use? > >> Once again, the database services would be shut down, so the >> database would be offline. > >> Bill Dorrian Network Administrator Desk: 904-273-7625 Cell: >> 904-859-9471 > >> " Follow the 2012 FedExCup season at PGATOUR.COM." > > >> "The information contained in this transmission and any >> attachments may contain privileged and confidential information. >> It is intended only for the use of the person(s) named above. If >> you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that >> any review, dissemination, distribution, or duplication of this >> communication is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended >> recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy >> all copies of the original message." > > > > -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the > mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: > https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, > read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > > " Follow the 2012 FedExCup season at PGATOUR.COM." > > > "The information contained in this transmission and any attachments > may contain privileged and confidential information. It is intended > only for the use of the person(s) named above. If you are not the > intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, > dissemination, distribution, or duplication of this communication > is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, > please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of > the original message." - -- ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ Kevin Korb Phone: (407) 252-6853 Systems Administrator Internet: FutureQuest, Inc. ke...@futurequest.net (work) Orlando, Florida k...@sanitarium.net (personal) Web page: http://www.sanitarium.net/ PGP public key available on web site. ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk/r8pwACgkQVKC1jlbQAQf4UgCg27YHzXvDBvz1nWTGnfpluSKE Q3UAoISuMoi9ZByUSsmBoGoRsdFZVTjb =vJer -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html