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Re: Backing up via rsync -- Does it work? [message #44697 is a reply to message #43122]

Thu, 22 December 2011 16:45

votsalo
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Registered: December 2011
Location: Greece

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I believe rsync has no problem with dev files.

I use rsync -a -v to backup my non-openvz OS
I have tried a successful restore (when I regretted an OS upgrade).
I have also cloned my OS to another partition this way. I just had to edit fstab and change the UUIDs to the new filesystems.

However, I do the backup/restore while the OS is not running, because I'm worried about data inconsistencies. I boot to another OS, backup my main OS, and then reboot the main OS. Consequently I don't do these OS backups very often. I do them before I make any major changes (such as upgrading the OS). I backup my working files with rsync daily, without rebooting.

I don't know if the same applies to openvz, since it may have more exotic special files, directory hard links, etc.

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		Backing up via rsync -- Does it work? By: optize on Sun, 24 July 2011 16:50
		Re: Backing up via rsync -- Does it work? By: Ales on Sun, 24 July 2011 17:43
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		Re: Backing up via rsync -- Does it work? By: votsalo on Thu, 22 December 2011 16:45

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