Imaging to new system

I have a server running 5.4-RELEASE using RAID-5 on an Intel
RAID
controller that I need to move to faster RAID. Is it
possible to image
or some other way to save the current install and restore
after setting
up the RAID or should I just plan to reinstall everything?

-- 
Robert

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On Dec 30, 2007 10:54 AM, Robert Fitzpatrick <listswebtent.net> wrote:
> I have a server running 5.4-RELEASE using RAID-5 on an
Intel RAID
> controller that I need to move to faster RAID. Is it
possible to image
> or some other way to save the current install and
restore after setting
> up the RAID or should I just plan to reinstall
everything?

Running dump(8) and restore(8) would allow you to back up
and restore
your system.

http://
www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=dump
http
://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=restore

This is typically used with tape, although you can dump to
disk as well.

If your data/system is critical, you ought to already have
some backup
strategy you could restore the system from to your new RAID.
If not,
you might put one in place (RAID != backups).

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On Sun, 2007-12-30 at 11:10 -0700, Darren Spruell wrote:
> On Dec 30, 2007 10:54 AM, Robert Fitzpatrick
<listswebtent.net> wrote:
> > I have a server running 5.4-RELEASE using RAID-5
on an Intel RAID
> > controller that I need to move to faster RAID. Is
it possible to image
> > or some other way to save the current install and
restore after setting
> > up the RAID or should I just plan to reinstall
everything?
> 
> Running dump(8) and restore(8) would allow you to back
up and restore
> your system.
> 
> http://
www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=dump
> http
://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=restore
> 
> This is typically used with tape, although you can dump
to disk as well.
> 
> If your data/system is critical, you ought to already
have some backup
> strategy you could restore the system from to your new
RAID. If not,
> you might put one in place (RAID != backups).
> 

Yes, of course, we have data backup and can restore after
reinstalling
everything, but I was looking for a complete system restore
option. I'll
look into these docs, thanks. There is no tape system, so I
guess the
only hope is if it can be dumped and restored from an NFS
drive. From
looking at the docs, it does appear this is possible, as
long as the
data in on a fs mounted by fstab?

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Robert

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On Dec 30, 2007 11:47 AM, Robert Fitzpatrick <listswebtent.net> wrote:
> > Running dump(8) and restore(8) would allow you to
back up and restore
> > your system.
> >
> > http://
www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=dump
> > http
://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=restore
> >
> > This is typically used with tape, although you can
dump to disk as well.
> >
> > If your data/system is critical, you ought to
already have some backup
> > strategy you could restore the system from to your
new RAID. If not,
> > you might put one in place (RAID != backups).
>
> Yes, of course, we have data backup and can restore
after reinstalling
> everything, but I was looking for a complete system
restore option. I'll
> look into these docs, thanks. There is no tape system,
so I guess the
> only hope is if it can be dumped and restored from an
NFS drive. From
> looking at the docs, it does appear this is possible,
as long as the
> data in on a fs mounted by fstab?

Can be data on a mounted fs or an umounted filesystem
altogether:

  'files-to-dump' is either a mountpoint of a filesystem or
a list of files
  and directories on a single filesystem to be backed up as
a subset of the
  filesystem.  In the former case, either the path to a
mounted filesystem
  or the device of an unmounted filesystem can be used. 
(dump(8))

DS
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Robert Fitzpatrick <listswebtent.net> writes:

> On Sun, 2007-12-30 at 11:10 -0700, Darren Spruell
wrote:
>> On Dec 30, 2007 10:54 AM, Robert Fitzpatrick
<listswebtent.net> wrote:
>> > I have a server running 5.4-RELEASE using
RAID-5 on an Intel RAID
>> > controller that I need to move to faster RAID.
Is it possible to image
>> > or some other way to save the current install
and restore after setting
>> > up the RAID or should I just plan to reinstall
everything?
>> 
>> Running dump(8) and restore(8) would allow you to
back up and restore
>> your system.
>> 
>> http://
www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=dump
>> http
://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=restore
>> 
>> This is typically used with tape, although you can
dump to disk as well.
>> 
>> If your data/system is critical, you ought to
already have some backup
>> strategy you could restore the system from to your
new RAID. If not,
>> you might put one in place (RAID != backups).
>> 
>
> Yes, of course, we have data backup and can restore
after reinstalling
> everything, but I was looking for a complete system
restore option. I'll
> look into these docs, thanks. There is no tape system,
so I guess the
> only hope is if it can be dumped and restored from an
NFS drive. From
> looking at the docs, it does appear this is possible,
as long as the
> data in on a fs mounted by fstab?

Another possibility is to dump to stdout, and pipe that over
ssh. 
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