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From: mike@hele@ap542.uucp (Mike Hoffmann)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin
Subject: backups with dump and rdump - best strategy?
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Date: 17 Nov 90 13:41:52 GMT
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Hi!

Recently we have received our Exabyte drive, and I want to use the little
marvel to make FS backups of 3 machines:
	- one with 300 MB has the drive connected to
	- two other (600MB and 1.2GB) are connected with TCP/IP

How is the best way to do backups
	a) when the systems can *not* be shut down
	b) no file system must be unmounted

How can I avoid data inconsistencies, when (r)dump work on active FSs?

Thanks
Mike

Mike Hoffmann, Siemens-Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG, SNI AP 712  
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