Comments on: DD Backups over SSH http://karlherrick.com/dev/2008/09/12/dd-backups-over-ssh/ Sun, 27 Nov 2011 16:45:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Saman http://karlherrick.com/dev/2008/09/12/dd-backups-over-ssh/#comment-73 Saman Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:01:16 +0000 http://karlherrick.com/dev/2008/09/12/dd-backups-over-ssh/#comment-73 Thanks for the good and short tutorial. Found it helpfull. I'd like to mention, that if you are looking for a filesystem backup util in Linux, you maybe want try LVM! With LVM snapshots you can minimize the downtime of a running system when taking the backup. Further you can then copy, tar, cpio or rsync the LVM snapshot. Thanks for the good and short tutorial.

Found it helpfull.

I’d like to mention, that if you are looking for

a filesystem backup util in Linux, you maybe want try LVM!

With LVM snapshots you can minimize the downtime of a

running system when taking the backup.

Further you can then copy, tar, cpio or rsync the LVM snapshot.

]]> By: Vance http://karlherrick.com/dev/2008/09/12/dd-backups-over-ssh/#comment-72 Vance Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:39:03 +0000 http://karlherrick.com/dev/2008/09/12/dd-backups-over-ssh/#comment-72 The drive that you are imaging has to be unmounted for the process to work so if you are going to image your primary boot partition you should boot from a live CD. Once you get the commands down dd + SSH is better than Norton Ghost and a lot cheaper. The drive that you are imaging has to be unmounted for the process to work so if you are going to image your primary boot partition you should boot from a live CD. Once you get the commands down dd + SSH is better than Norton Ghost and a lot cheaper.

]]> By: Karl Herrick http://karlherrick.com/dev/2008/09/12/dd-backups-over-ssh/#comment-71 Karl Herrick Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:59:21 +0000 http://karlherrick.com/dev/2008/09/12/dd-backups-over-ssh/#comment-71 This post is about imaging /dev/hda. If you are booted from /dev/hda, than I don't think that it would be a good idea to try and image it (nor am I sure it is even possible... haven't tried)... because you would have partitions mounted, that you are trying to image. Files would be changing, just by being booted off of the drive. Though you could be booted off of /dev/hda and image /dev/sda, or some other device. This post is about imaging /dev/hda. If you are booted from /dev/hda, than I don’t think that it would be a good idea to try and image it (nor am I sure it is even possible… haven’t tried)… because you would have partitions mounted, that you are trying to image.

Files would be changing, just by being booted off of the drive. Though you could be booted off of /dev/hda and image /dev/sda, or some other device.

]]> By: Nico http://karlherrick.com/dev/2008/09/12/dd-backups-over-ssh/#comment-70 Nico Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:47:42 +0000 http://karlherrick.com/dev/2008/09/12/dd-backups-over-ssh/#comment-70 What is the problem with making this with the system booted up normally from /dev/hda ? Is it really necesary to start with a live cd? What is the problem with making this with the system booted up normally from /dev/hda ? Is it really necesary to start with a live cd?

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