bare metal backup solution ?
by Pigi_102 from LinuxQuestions.org on (#6HGDF)
Hi all,
I have always used dump and restore utilities, from https://dump.sourceforge.io/ and it has always worked correctly, until now.
Recently I decided to test my restore procedure using systemrescuecd as boot tool, and tried the restore.
Unfortunally it is not working as it coredump at a certain moment.
Thus I've decided to get the restore binary ( and a bunch of needed libraries as it don't compile statically ) and tried again with this.
I kinda works, I mean it does not coredump anymore, but all files are not readible.
Probably because I've dump'ed it with z9 options to compress, not sure.
Now I'm trying to backup the original filesystem without the z9 option, and would check a restore again, but I'm quite sure it still won't work.
So this is my question: what you guys use to take a full bare metal backup ?
dump was nice, as it works on filesystem, so no chance to get other filesystems ( /proc, /dev and so on ) on the backup, but if it does not works anymore I need to find another way, and fast :)
Or eventually, is there a way to create a systemrescuecd like iso ( usb possibily ) to get these restores working ?
Actually my machine is a slackware 14.2 and cannot upgrade in any way.
Thanks in advance
Pigi
I have always used dump and restore utilities, from https://dump.sourceforge.io/ and it has always worked correctly, until now.
Recently I decided to test my restore procedure using systemrescuecd as boot tool, and tried the restore.
Unfortunally it is not working as it coredump at a certain moment.
Thus I've decided to get the restore binary ( and a bunch of needed libraries as it don't compile statically ) and tried again with this.
I kinda works, I mean it does not coredump anymore, but all files are not readible.
Probably because I've dump'ed it with z9 options to compress, not sure.
Now I'm trying to backup the original filesystem without the z9 option, and would check a restore again, but I'm quite sure it still won't work.
So this is my question: what you guys use to take a full bare metal backup ?
dump was nice, as it works on filesystem, so no chance to get other filesystems ( /proc, /dev and so on ) on the backup, but if it does not works anymore I need to find another way, and fast :)
Or eventually, is there a way to create a systemrescuecd like iso ( usb possibily ) to get these restores working ?
Actually my machine is a slackware 14.2 and cannot upgrade in any way.
Thanks in advance
Pigi