jerrykobes
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FreeBSD 6.0 restore issues
I backed up my hard drive with the following commands to my second hard drive mounted as /backup (/dev/ad1s1d):
dump -0 -a -L -f /backup/root.dump /
dump -0 -a -L -f /backup/var.dump /var
dump -0 -a -L -f /backup/usr.dump /usr
Then I attempted to restore my system using these dump files by booting off of the CD, redoing the partitions, and running "fixit." In fix it I ran the following commands:
mount /dev/ad1s1d /tmp
cd /mnt
restore -r -f /tmp/root.dump
cd /mnt/var
restore -r -f /tmp/var.dump
cd /mnt/usr
restore -r -f /tmp/usr.dump
But for each restore I got an error like this,
for root.dump it was:
expected next file 16454, got 578
var.dump showed:
expected next file 23566, got 5
usr.dump gave the error:
expected next file 359, got 356
I am using virtual machines and had a backup of this machine that contained the same dump files and ran the restore on it as well. I came up with the exact same errors that contained the same numbers as well. Is there something wrong with the restore? When I restart the computer it runs fine and everything seems to be restore. The only difference I notice is that the /tmp permissions have changed and that there is now a file called "restoresymtable" that is . I am worried that these errors may have caused loss of information that won't be detected until later. I am a novice and would greatly appreciate a down to earth explanation on what is going on and any step-by-step way to fix the problem if it needs to be fixed.
Thanks,
Jerry
dump -0 -a -L -f /backup/root.dump /
dump -0 -a -L -f /backup/var.dump /var
dump -0 -a -L -f /backup/usr.dump /usr
Then I attempted to restore my system using these dump files by booting off of the CD, redoing the partitions, and running "fixit." In fix it I ran the following commands:
mount /dev/ad1s1d /tmp
cd /mnt
restore -r -f /tmp/root.dump
cd /mnt/var
restore -r -f /tmp/var.dump
cd /mnt/usr
restore -r -f /tmp/usr.dump
But for each restore I got an error like this,
for root.dump it was:
expected next file 16454, got 578
var.dump showed:
expected next file 23566, got 5
usr.dump gave the error:
expected next file 359, got 356
I am using virtual machines and had a backup of this machine that contained the same dump files and ran the restore on it as well. I came up with the exact same errors that contained the same numbers as well. Is there something wrong with the restore? When I restart the computer it runs fine and everything seems to be restore. The only difference I notice is that the /tmp permissions have changed and that there is now a file called "restoresymtable" that is . I am worried that these errors may have caused loss of information that won't be detected until later. I am a novice and would greatly appreciate a down to earth explanation on what is going on and any step-by-step way to fix the problem if it needs to be fixed.
Thanks,
Jerry
ASKER
Shouldn't the "-L" on "dump -0 -a -L -f /backup/root.dump /" fix that problem?
Yes, but only if you created a .snap dir in the root of the filesystem BEFORE the dump as root.
If not, the -L option is ignored. Did you create that dir?
If not, the -L option is ignored. Did you create that dir?
ASKER
Nope, I didn't. Is there anything special I have to type when creating the .snap directory? Or is the command just "mkdir .snap"?
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- expected next file , got
A file that was not listed in the directory showed up. This can
occur when using a dump tape created on an active file system.