Re: ISO backup on NFS mount vs NFS backup
Bruno Cornec <[email protected]>
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Hello, Gattegno, Victor said on Tue, May 09, 2017 at 09:39:25AM +0000: >I would recommend the second method (-n "nfs://10.10.10.100:/data/col1/bkup-share" -d $TargetDir2). >Then, when booting on the first iso (the one created by mondoarchive in your $TargetDir2), that TargetDir2 directory will be NFS automagically mounted to restore the other iso files ; because the NFS mount information are stored in that first iso, in mondo-restore.cfg file (in tmp directory of images/all.tar.gz), you can check it by opening the first iso through 7-Zip (http://www.7-zip.org). Indeed, same recommendation. And wrt questions: >From: Nikolaos Milas [mailto:[email protected]] >1. Are both backup methods above considered OK to use? Yes. >2. Is it considered sane practice to use the NFS backup method on a network NFS share which is already mounted on the box? Yes. >2. If both methods are considered OK, how could we compare their advantages/disadvantages? Using ISO you don't incorporate network info in the media. So at restore time you'll have to give all the params manually. And network won't be started automatically either you'll have to force it. Thus: >3. What are the differences in restoring? In general, are (should) mondoarchive backups be able to be restored with any restore method, regardless the method they have been taken? > >As an example: >Can backups of both methods above be restored as mounted ISOs (virtual DVDs)? Yes. >Can backups of both methods above be restored from a mounted directory (as NFS mount) with the "Restore from Hard Disk" method? Yes. >Can backups of both methods above be restored using network (NFS) restore method? No. Bruno. -- HPE EMEA EG FLOSS Technology Strategist http://www.hpe.com/engage/opensource Open Source Profession, WW Linux Community Lead http://github.com/bcornec FLOSS projects: http://mondorescue.org http://project-builder.org Musique ancienne? http://www.musique-ancienne.org http://www.medieval.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot