Question about Backing up with tar
Andrew Haley
aph at redhat.com
Thu Dec 10 11:05:39 UTC 2009
kevin wrote:
> I would like to know if this will work with fc9:
>
> # sudo su
> # cd /
> # tar cvpzf backup.tgz --exclude=/proc --exclude=/lost+found
> --exclude=/backup.tgz --exclude=/mnt --exclude=/sys /
>
>
>
> What I really want to know is this. I have two systems that are
> identical and would like to just copy one to the other and keep all
> permissions for each of the files and folders copied. Is this feasible
> or could someone point me to the right direction with some kind of tutorial?
tar isn't going to do it: tar can't cope with files that have holes, for one
thing. You have to be careful with mount points too.
Something like this will work:
umount the file systems
mkfs the new filesystem. mount it
dump 0f - /dev/filesystem | ssh foobar -c 'cd /restorepoint && restore rf -'
Andrew.
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