[CentOS] Tape backup question.

Peter Farrow peter at farrows.org
Sat Aug 19 10:30:22 UTC 2006


typical output from my script is like this,  if you want a copy mail me 
off the list....

Regards

Pete

Backup started : Thu Feb  2 22:00:01 GMT 2006

Tape Loaded: Density: DLT 35GB

The following partitions will be backed up: 

Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted o 

/dev/md0               1003960    280900    672060  30% /
/dev/md1                497765     39905    432161   9% /boot
/dev/md5             149470708  16817976 125060020  12% /home
/dev/md2               1003960     16456    936504   2% /tmp
/dev/md3               8064432   2577640   5077144  34% /usr
/dev/md4              30233808   1322964  27375036   5% /var
The total size is 21055841 Kbytes.

The uncompressed tape capacity is 36700160


*****************NEXT VOLUME*****************
  DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Thu Feb  2 22:00:02 2006
  DUMP: Dumping /dev/md0 (/) to standard output
  DUMP: Label: none
  DUMP: Writing 64 Kilobyte records
  DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files]
  DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories]
  DUMP: estimated 283937 blocks.
  DUMP: Volume 1 started with block 1 at: Thu Feb  2 22:00:03 2006
  DUMP: dumping (Pass III) [directories]
  DUMP: dumping (Pass IV) [regular files]
  DUMP: Volume 1 completed at: Thu Feb  2 22:00:53 2006
  DUMP: Volume 1 283840 blocks (277.19MB)
  DUMP: Volume 1 took 0:00:50
  DUMP: Volume 1 transfer rate: 5676 kB/s
  DUMP: 283840 blocks (277.19MB)
  DUMP: finished in 50 seconds, throughput 5676 kBytes/sec
  DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Thu Feb  2 22:00:02 2006
  DUMP: Date this dump completed:  Thu Feb  2 22:00:53 2006
  DUMP: Average transfer rate: 5676 kB/s
  DUMP: DUMP IS DONE
0+19245 records in
0+19245 records out

*****************NEXT VOLUME*****************
  DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Thu Feb  2 22:00:57 2006
  DUMP: Dumping /dev/md1 (/boot) to standard output
  DUMP: Label: none
  DUMP: Writing 64 Kilobyte records
  DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files]
  DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories]
  DUMP: estimated 31743 blocks.
  DUMP: Volume 1 started with block 1 at: Thu Feb  2 22:01:01 2006
  DUMP: dumping (Pass III) [directories]
  DUMP: dumping (Pass IV) [regular files]
  DUMP: Volume 1 completed at: Thu Feb  2 22:01:06 2006
  DUMP: Volume 1 31744 blocks (31.00MB)
  DUMP: Volume 1 took 0:00:05
  DUMP: Volume 1 transfer rate: 6348 kB/s
  DUMP: 31744 blocks (31.00MB)
  DUMP: finished in 5 seconds, throughput 6348 kBytes/sec
  DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Thu Feb  2 22:00:57 2006
  DUMP: Date this dump completed:  Thu Feb  2 22:01:06 2006
  DUMP: Average transfer rate: 6348 kB/s
  DUMP: DUMP IS DONE
0+1999 records in
0+1999 records out

*****************NEXT VOLUME*****************
  DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Thu Feb  2 22:01:08 2006
  DUMP: Dumping /dev/md5 (/home) to standard output
  DUMP: Label: none
  DUMP: Writing 64 Kilobyte records
  DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files]
  DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories]
  DUMP: estimated 16779051 blocks.
  DUMP: Volume 1 started with block 1 at: Thu Feb  2 22:02:34 2006
  DUMP: dumping (Pass III) [directories]
  DUMP: dumping (Pass IV) [regular files]
  DUMP: 7.34% done at 4105 kB/s, finished in 1:03
  DUMP: 15.76% done at 4407 kB/s, finished in 0:53
  DUMP: 24.07% done at 4487 kB/s, finished in 0:47
  DUMP: 32.23% done at 4506 kB/s, finished in 0:42
  DUMP: 40.55% done at 4536 kB/s, finished in 0:36
  DUMP: 48.52% done at 4523 kB/s, finished in 0:31
  DUMP: 56.57% done at 4520 kB/s, finished in 0:26
  DUMP: 63.65% done at 4449 kB/s, finished in 0:22
  DUMP: 67.91% done at 4220 kB/s, finished in 0:21
  DUMP: 74.91% done at 4189 kB/s, finished in 0:16
  DUMP: 83.03% done at 4221 kB/s, finished in 0:11
  DUMP: 91.03% done at 4242 kB/s, finished in 0:05
  DUMP: 99.17% done at 4266 kB/s, finished in 0:00
  DUMP: Volume 1 completed at: Thu Feb  2 23:08:06 2006
  DUMP: Volume 1 16770176 blocks (16377.12MB)
  DUMP: Volume 1 took 1:05:32
  DUMP: Volume 1 transfer rate: 4265 kB/s
  DUMP: 16770176 blocks (16377.12MB)
  DUMP: finished in 3932 seconds, throughput 4265 kBytes/sec
  DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Thu Feb  2 22:01:08 2006
  DUMP: Date this dump completed:  Thu Feb  2 23:08:06 2006
  DUMP: Average transfer rate: 4265 kB/s
  DUMP: DUMP IS DONE
13+393081 records in
13+393081 records out

*****************NEXT VOLUME*****************
  DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Thu Feb  2 23:08:09 2006
  DUMP: Dumping /dev/md2 (/tmp) to standard output
  DUMP: Label: none
  DUMP: Writing 64 Kilobyte records
  DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files]
  DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories]
  DUMP: estimated 133 blocks.
  DUMP: Volume 1 started with block 1 at: Thu Feb  2 23:08:10 2006
  DUMP: dumping (Pass III) [directories]
  DUMP: dumping (Pass IV) [regular files]
  DUMP: Volume 1 completed at: Thu Feb  2 23:08:10 2006
  DUMP: Volume 1 64 blocks (0.06MB)
  DUMP: 64 blocks (0.06MB)
  DUMP: finished in less than a second
  DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Thu Feb  2 23:08:09 2006
  DUMP: Date this dump completed:  Thu Feb  2 23:08:10 2006
  DUMP: Average transfer rate: 0 kB/s
  DUMP: DUMP IS DONE
0+5 records in
0+5 records out

*****************NEXT VOLUME*****************
  DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Thu Feb  2 23:08:13 2006
  DUMP: Dumping /dev/md3 (/usr) to standard output
  DUMP: Label: none
  DUMP: Writing 64 Kilobyte records
  DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files]
  DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories]
  DUMP: estimated 2651090 blocks.
  DUMP: Volume 1 started with block 1 at: Thu Feb  2 23:08:16 2006
  DUMP: dumping (Pass III) [directories]
  DUMP: dumping (Pass IV) [regular files]
  DUMP: 79.50% done at 7025 kB/s, finished in 0:01
  DUMP: Volume 1 completed at: Thu Feb  2 23:14:31 2006
  DUMP: Volume 1 2648704 blocks (2586.62MB)
  DUMP: Volume 1 took 0:06:15
  DUMP: Volume 1 transfer rate: 7063 kB/s
  DUMP: 2648704 blocks (2586.62MB)
  DUMP: finished in 375 seconds, throughput 7063 kBytes/sec
  DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Thu Feb  2 23:08:13 2006
  DUMP: Date this dump completed:  Thu Feb  2 23:14:31 2006
  DUMP: Average transfer rate: 7063 kB/s
  DUMP: DUMP IS DONE
4+145744 records in
4+145744 records out

*****************NEXT VOLUME*****************
  DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Thu Feb  2 23:14:33 2006
  DUMP: Dumping /dev/md4 (/var) to standard output
  DUMP: Label: none
  DUMP: Writing 64 Kilobyte records
  DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files]
  DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories]
  DUMP: estimated 1295663 blocks.
  DUMP: Volume 1 started with block 1 at: Thu Feb  2 23:14:44 2006
  DUMP: dumping (Pass III) [directories]
  DUMP: dumping (Pass IV) [regular files]
  DUMP: Volume 1 completed at: Thu Feb  2 23:19:10 2006
  DUMP: Volume 1 1295744 blocks (1265.38MB)
  DUMP: Volume 1 took 0:04:26
  DUMP: Volume 1 transfer rate: 4871 kB/s
  DUMP: 1295744 blocks (1265.38MB)
  DUMP: finished in 266 seconds, throughput 4871 kBytes/sec
  DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Thu Feb  2 23:14:33 2006
  DUMP: Date this dump completed:  Thu Feb  2 23:19:10 2006
  DUMP: Average transfer rate: 4871 kB/s
  DUMP: DUMP IS DONE
1+34397 records in
1+34397 records out


*****SUMMARY*****

Partition: /dev/md2 Result: Completed Ok Mounted On: /tmp 

Partition: /dev/md1 Result: Completed Ok Mounted On: /boot 

Partition: /dev/md4 Result: Completed Ok Mounted On: /var 

Partition: /dev/md3 Result: Completed Ok Mounted On: /usr 

Partition: /dev/md5 Result: Completed Ok Mounted On: /home 

Partition: /dev/md0 Result: Completed Ok Mounted On: / 



Paul Schoonderwoerd wrote:
> On Saturday 19 August 2006 11:10, Geert Batsleer wrote:
>   
>> Hello,
>>
>> I want to backup my PE2800 on tape but I'm not sure how to do this.
>>
>> My PE2800 has a RAID5 setup with 2 72GB SCSI disks and a Seagate DAT-2 72GB
>> internal tape-streamer and I'm running Centos 4.3 with the latest yum
>> updates.
>>
>> I'm not sure if this tape-streamer is recognised by the OS properly because
>> it doesn't show up along with my DVD/floppy
>>
>> I also recieved with the server a copy of Galaxy Express software from Dell
>> but from what it looks this seems to be more of a client/server
>> backupprogram and not really functional on a standalone server.
>>
>> So how does one backs up + restores a complete HD (incl. MBR) like a ghost
>> image or something on a tape. Any good software or howto's you can suggest
>> would be much appreciated.
>>
>> kind regards,
>>
>> Geert
>>     
>
> Geert,
>
> Have a look at the mt command. This will amongst other things show you the 
> status of the tapedrive ( mt -f /dev/mt0 status ). /dev/mt0 is most likely 
> the devicename for your tapedrive.
>
> I can recommend Lone-tar from www.cactus.com. Have long time experience with 
> it, very good and solid. Bare metal restore from two floppies (or CD) and 
> your tape in under 2 hours. Lots of options but still easy. You can download 
> a trial version.
> Costs somewhere between 400 and 500 Euro's. If that's is too much, have a look 
> at Bacula. No personal experience with that though.
>
> Good luck,
>   

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