Backup solutions?

[Les Mikesell]

On Wed, 2005-10-26 at 15:33, Kenneth Porter wrote:
> --On Wednesday, October 26, 2005 1:00 PM -0700 "Daniel B. Thurman" 
> <dant at cdkkt.com> wrote:
> 
> > GAH:  Disregard my reponse regarding using dump
> > and restore.  I found a link stating that use of
> > these programs are not recommended per response
> > from Linus Torvalds himself.
> >
> > Here is the reference:
> > http://www.europe.redhat.com/documentation/rhl9/rhl-sap-en-9/s1-disaster-
> > rhlspec.php3
> 
> Linked from dump's home page <http://dump.sourceforge.net/>, the dump (not) 
> deprecated FAQ:
> 
> <http://dump.sourceforge.net/isdumpdeprecated.html>
> 
> Any problem with dump is also a problem with all other backup schemes.

But it affects dump more than other schemes.  The others have problems
with files that change, but they see the same file as the applications
regardless of whether it (and related metadata) has been flushed to
disk or not. 

>  Even 
> if you choose to use another solution, you should read this FAQ to see what 
> issues you might encounter, as much of it is about generic stuff not 
> specific to dump.

I think if you use dump, the right approach would be to use LVM and
make a snapshot first, then back up the snapshot.  Does anyone know
if this actually works?

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  Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell at gmail.com