On Mon, 2005-03-21 at 17:48, David Havery wrote: > See, I know with dd (I've not used partimage) that when you create an > image, you get a file the size of the partition (empty space and all), > that's no good for a couple of reasons... > > 1) if I have a 300g drive with a 10g install, I want to be able to use > a cheap 10g to back up to rather than fork over the premium for a 300g > 2) in the case of an array, the space may very well be bigger than > available drives. Yet another choice that is especially good if you have more than one machine to back up and/or the data changes and you need to do the backups regularly: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ Run backuppc on a different machine, letting it run automatically over the network. It won't automatically make a machine bootable, but if you learn just a bit about partitioning, formatting, and grub you can do that part yourself. -- Les Mikesell les@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > system imager btw, is a pretty good solution, it will backup filespace > (vs drivespace), however, to do this with a bootable distro and span > multiple dvd's is beyond my ability presently. Sadly, this is exactly > what mkCDrec claims to do but since I can't get it installed and can't > get support from them, it's moot. > > I think in the long run, what we're going to end up doing is providing > an install with systemimager on a smaller drive. This would allow for > booting and instructions to run a bash script that will allow for > reimaging. > > thanks for all the advice and help > > ------------------------- > David Havery > dhavery@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.pssclabs.com > (949) 380-7288 > ------------------------- > > > > > STYMA, ROBERT E (ROBERT) wrote: > > >>when restoring, will this recreate partitions or will it just > >>restore an > >>image to a partition that's already made? > >> > >>Making the images would all happen in house, it when they need to be > >>restored that the process needs to be as automated and simple as > >>possible. I've never used partimaged, I will look into it, > >>but based on > >>your description I'm assuming the restore process does not > >>need a second > >>machine, or am I wrong? > >> > >> > >> > >You have to create a partition the same size as the original to restore > >into. That is unfortunate as I don't always remember the size needed > >if I forget to write it down. I asked on the parimage if there is a way > >of reading the required size from the file but have not gotten a response > >in a month. I have started poking around in the code to see what I could > >find. I am hoping it is held in the backup somewhere as the restore tells > > you when you don't have enough space. > > > >I usually restore across the network just like I created the backup. > >To restore with one machine, you have to get the backup file somewhere the > >target machine can read it and the rescue CD is already occupying the > >CDROM. > > > > > >
