On Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 03:48:02PM +0000, Tony Molloy wrote: > Hi, > > Is it possible to dump a remotely mounted NFS filesystem to a local tape > drive. > > I export a filesystem from machine1 to machine2 > > /users/rsch2 youngmunster(rw,no_root_squash,sync) > > I mount this filesystem on machine 2 > > mount oc:/users/rsch2 /users/rsch2 > > Then when I try to dump it I get the following and an empty dump tape. > > [root@youngmunster bin]# /sbin/dump 0 -a -f /dev/st0 /users/rsch2 > DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Tue Dec 28 15:33:47 2004 > DUMP: Dumping /dev/sda1 (/ (dir users/rsch2)) to /dev/st0 > DUMP: Excluding inode 8 (journal inode) from dump > DUMP: Excluding inode 7 (resize inode) from dump > DUMP: Label: / > DUMP: Writing 10 Kilobyte records > DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files] > DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories] > DUMP: estimated 62 blocks. > DUMP: Volume 1 started with block 1 at: Tue Dec 28 15:33:47 2004 > DUMP: dumping (Pass III) [directories] > DUMP: dumping (Pass IV) [regular files] > DUMP: Closing /dev/st0 > DUMP: Volume 1 completed at: Tue Dec 28 15:33:54 2004 > DUMP: Volume 1 50 blocks (0.05MB) > DUMP: Volume 1 took 0:00:07 > DUMP: Volume 1 transfer rate: 7 kB/s > DUMP: 50 blocks (0.05MB) on 1 volume(s) > DUMP: finished in less than a second > DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Tue Dec 28 15:33:47 2004 > DUMP: Date this dump completed: Tue Dec 28 15:33:54 2004 > DUMP: Average transfer rate: 7 kB/s > DUMP: DUMP IS DONE > > > Regards, > > Tony > > -- > > > > Tony Molloy. > Seems to me it should work, but I haven't used dump ever on a linux machine. It seems to me the critical test would be to try to do this with a filesystem on the local machine. If that works then nfs is the problem . If it does not work than the dump command is the problem. -- ======================================================================= Thousands of days of civilians ... have produced a ... feeling for the aesthetic modules -- ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University One Trinity Place. San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 telephone: (210)-999-7484 email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx
