Changeset 2543 in MondoRescue for branches/2.2.9/mondo-doc/mondoarchive.8
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r2492 r2543 25 25 26 26 .SH SYNOPSIS 27 .B mondoarchive -O27 .B mondoarchive \-O 28 28 [ 29 29 .I options 30 30 ] : backup your PC 31 31 .br 32 .B mondoarchive -V32 .B mondoarchive \-V 33 33 [ 34 34 .I options … … 41 41 non-Linux filesystems to CD's, tape, ISO images or an NFS mount. In the event of 42 42 catastrophic data loss, you will be able to restore everything, taking a PC from 43 bare metal to its original state if necessary. 43 bare metal to its original state if necessary. 44 44 45 45 .PP … … 60 60 61 61 .PP 62 Call mondoarchive 62 Call mondoarchive 63 63 .BR without 64 .BR flags 64 .BR flags 65 65 to make it auto-detect as many settings as possible, ask you politely for the 66 66 rest, and then backup and verify your OS or a subset thereof. 67 67 68 68 .PP 69 To restore data, either run 69 To restore data, either run 70 70 .I mondorestore 71 71 from the command line or boot from the emergency media generated during … … 78 78 79 79 .TP 80 .BI " -c " speed80 .BI "\-c " speed 81 81 Use CD-R drive as backup device and its (write-once) disks as backup media. 82 82 83 83 .TP 84 .BI " -w " speed84 .BI "\-w " speed 85 85 Use CD-RW drive as backup device and its (write/rewrite) disks as backup media. 86 86 Mondo will wipe media before writing to them. 87 87 88 88 .TP 89 .BI " -r "89 .BI "\-r " 90 90 Use DVD drive as backup device and its disks as backup media. Growisofs decides 91 91 on the best speed for your drive. Note that calling mondoarchive 92 92 .B using sudo when writing to DVDs will fail 93 because growisofs does not support this - see the growisofs manpage for93 because growisofs does not support this \- see the growisofs manpage for 94 94 details. 95 95 96 96 .TP 97 .BI " -C " speed97 .BI "\-C " speed 98 98 Use CD-R drive as a streaming device, almost like a tape streamer. Use 99 99 write-once disks as backup media. … … 101 101 102 102 .TP 103 .BI " -p " prefix104 Use 105 .B prefix 103 .BI "\-p " prefix 104 Use 105 .B prefix 106 106 to generate the name of your ISO images. 107 107 By default, mondoarchive names images mondorescue-1.iso, mondorescue-2.iso, ... 108 Using 109 .B -p machine108 Using 109 .B \-p machine 110 110 will name your images machine-1.iso, machine-2.iso, ... 111 111 112 112 .TP 113 .BI " -i "113 .BI "\-i " 114 114 Use ISO files (CD images) as backup media. This is good for backing up your 115 115 system to a spare hard drive. The … … 118 118 119 119 .TP 120 .BI " -n " mount120 .BI "\-n " mount 121 121 Use files residing on a remote share as backup media. 122 122 .I mount … … 130 130 131 131 .TP 132 .BI " -t "132 .BI "\-t " 133 133 Use tape streamer as backup device and its tapes as backup media. 134 134 135 135 .TP 136 .BI " -U "136 .BI "\-U " 137 137 Use a generic USB device as backup device. Use this if you want to write 138 your backup to a USB key or USB disk, which will be make bootable. 138 your backup to a USB key or USB disk, which will be make bootable. 139 139 The USB device should be attached to the system in order for this to work and 140 140 its device name passed to the 141 .BR \-d 141 .BR \-d 142 142 option. Do not use the partition name, but the raw device name (/dev/sda e.g.) 143 143 .B WARNING: All the data on the related device will be removed. 144 144 145 145 .TP 146 .BI " -u "146 .BI "\-u " 147 147 Use a generic streaming device as backup device. Use this if you want to write 148 148 your backup to a device that is not directly support by mondoarchive. This will … … 152 152 .SH MAJOR OPTIONS 153 153 .TP 13 154 .BI " -D "154 .BI "\-D " 155 155 Make a differential backup: examine the filesystem and find which files have 156 156 changed since the last full backup was carried out. Backup only those files. 157 157 158 158 .TP 159 .BI " -E " "\*(lqpath ...\*(rq"159 .BI "\-E " "\*(lqpath ...\*(rq" 160 160 Exclude path(s) from backup. The paths should be separated with a whitespace and surrounded by quotes. 161 161 This is the prefered and recommended option when doing partial archiving. … … 167 167 the mountlist. NB: If you exclude /dev/sdd4 then the /dev entry itself will 168 168 still be backed up, even though the mountlist entry will be suppressed. 169 N.B.: If you specify a directory with a final / its content will be archived so it won't do what you expect. 170 You may also specify full disk device to this option as with -E \*(lq/dev/sda /dev/cciss/c0d0\*(rq 169 N.B.: If you specify a directory with a final / its content will be 170 archived so it won't do what you expect. 171 You may also specify full disk device to this option as with \-E 172 \*(lq/dev/sda /dev/cciss/c0d0\*(rq 171 173 172 174 .TP 173 175 .BI "-I " "\*(lqpath ...\*(rq" 174 Include paths(s) in backup. This option is mainly use to perform tests in order to reduce the time taken by the archiving operation. 175 The default backup path is \*(lq/\*(rq but you may specify alternatives, e.g. -I \*(lq/home /etc\*(rq to override that. 176 You may also specify full disk device to this option as with -I \*(lq/dev/sda /dev/cciss/c0d0\*(rq 176 Include paths(s) in backup. This option is mainly use to perform tests 177 in order to reduce the time taken by the archiving operation. 178 The default backup path is \*(lq/\*(rq but you may specify alternatives, 179 e.g. \-I \*(lq/home /etc\*(rq to override that. 180 You may also specify full disk device to this option as with \-I 181 \*(lq/dev/sda /dev/cciss/c0d0\*(rq 177 182 N.B.: When using the 178 183 .BR \-I 179 option with the 184 option with the 180 185 .BR \-E 181 option, the -E content should be subdirectories of those mentioned in the -I only, as -I takes precedence. 186 option, the \-E content should be subdirectories of those mentioned in 187 the \-I only, as -I takes precedence. 182 188 183 189 .TP 184 190 .BI "-J " "file" 185 191 Specify an explicit list of files and directories to include in a plain text file, one item 186 (file or directory) per line. Beware that directories placed in that file are not managed recursively contrary to what is done with the -I option.192 (file or directory) per line. Beware that directories placed in that file are not managed recursively contrary to what is done with the \-I option. 187 193 188 194 .TP … … 206 212 for processing by an 'expect' wrapper, enabling the user to backup nightly via 207 213 a cron job. However, if you want to run this program with an attractive but 208 non-cron-friendly interface then use ' -g'.214 non-cron-friendly interface then use '\-g'. 209 215 210 216 .TP 211 217 .BI "-k " "path" 212 218 Path of user's kernel. If you are a Debian (<3.0) or Gentoo (<1.4) user then specify 213 .B -k FAILSAFE219 .B \-k FAILSAFE 214 220 as your kernel. Otherwise, you will rarely need this option. 215 221 … … 217 223 .BI "-m " 218 224 Manual (not self-retracting) CD trays are often found on laptops. If you are 219 a laptop user, your CD burner has BurnProof technology or you experience 220 problems with mondo then please call mondoarchive with this switch. 225 a laptop user, your CD burner has BurnProof technology or you experience 226 problems with mondo then please call mondoarchive with this switch. 221 227 222 228 .TP … … 248 254 CD burner using a non-standard command. 249 255 .B -A 250 understands two tokens - _ISO_ and _CD#_ - which will be translated into the256 understands two tokens \- _ISO_ and _CD#_ - which will be translated into the 251 257 ISO's filename and its index number (1, 2, ...) respectively. So, you could use 252 .I -A 'foobackup _ISO_; rm-f _ISO_'258 .I \-A 'foobackup _ISO_; rm \-f _ISO_' 253 259 to feed each ISO to some magical new backup tool. 254 260 … … 256 262 .BI "-B " "command" 257 263 This command will be called before each CD/NFS/ISO file is written. See 258 .B -A264 .B \-A 259 265 for more information. 260 266 … … 277 283 .TP 278 284 .BI "-R " 279 EXPERIMENTAL. Do not use in mission-critical environments. Star is an alternative to afio. Mondo now supports POSIX ACLs and extended attributes, so -R is essentially redundant for now. 285 EXPERIMENTAL. Do not use in mission-critical environments. Star is an 286 alternative to afio. Mondo now supports POSIX ACLs and extended 287 attributes, so \-R is essentially redundant for now. 280 288 281 289 .TP 282 290 .BI "-P " "tarball" 283 291 Post-nuke tarball. If you boot into Nuke Mode and everything is restored 284 successfully then the 292 successfully then the 285 293 .I post-nuke 286 294 script will be sought and executed if found. This is useful for post-restore … … 288 296 just the 289 297 .I post-nuke 290 script (or binary, or whatever it is) but also any files it requires. 298 script (or binary, or whatever it is) but also any files it requires. 291 299 292 300 .TP 293 301 .BI "-S " "path" 294 Specify the full pathname of the scratchdir, the directory where ISO images are built before being295 archived. If you have plenty of RAM and want to use a ramdisk for scratch 296 space, specify its path here.302 Specify the full pathname of the scratchdir, the directory where ISO 303 images are built before being archived. If you have plenty of RAM and 304 want to use a ramdisk for scratch space, specify its path here. 297 305 298 306 .TP 299 307 .BI "-T " "path" 300 Specify the full pathname of the tempdir, the directory where temporary files (other than ISO images301 being assembled) are stored. See302 .B -S308 Specify the full pathname of the tempdir, the directory where temporary 309 files (other than ISO images being assembled) are stored. See 310 .B \-S 303 311 304 312 .TP … … 307 315 this unless you have really great boot disks in your hand and you are an anally 308 316 retentive SOB who can't wait 2 minutes for Mindi to run in the background. If 309 you use -W then you'd better know what the hell you're doing, okay?317 you use \-W then you'd better know what the hell you're doing, okay? 310 318 311 319 .TP … … 330 338 the boot loader can usually be discovered. If you specify RAW then the MBR will 331 339 be backed up and restored byte-for-byte without any analysis. It is likely that 332 you will also need to specify the boot device with -f <dev>. ELILO is mandatory340 you will also need to specify the boot device with \-f <dev>. ELILO is mandatory 333 341 for IA64 machines. 334 342 … … 343 351 .TP 344 352 .BI "-z " 345 Use extended attributes and acl for each file and store them in the backup media. Use this option if you use SElinux e.g. but it will slow down backup and restore time of course. 353 Use extended attributes and acl for each file and store them in the 354 backup media. Use this option if you use SElinux e.g. but it will slow 355 down backup and restore time of course. 346 356 347 357 348 358 .SH DIAGNOSTICS 349 359 Mondo generates one additional, and extremely important file: 350 .BI /var/log/mondoarchive.log. 351 When seeking technical support, attach this file to your email. 352 360 .BI /var/log/mondoarchive.log. 361 When seeking technical support, attach this file to your email. 353 362 354 363 … … 359 368 support questions. 360 369 370 361 371 .SH NOTES 362 A link to Mondo's HTML-based manual (by Bruno Cornec, Mikael Hultgren, Cafeole, Randy Delphs,363 Stan Benoit, and Hugo Rabson) may be found at372 A link to Mondo's HTML-based manual (by Bruno Cornec, Mikael Hultgren, 373 Cafeole, Randy Delphs, Stan Benoit, and Hugo Rabson) may be found at 364 374 .I http://www.mondorescue.org/docs.shtml 365 - or in 375 \- or in 366 376 .I /usr/share/doc/mondo-x.xx 367 377 on your hard drive. … … 370 380 It is recommend that your system has more than 64 MB ram. SCSI device order 371 381 change with nuke can have unexpected results. It is recommended you use expert 372 mode with drastic hardware reconfigurations. 382 mode with drastic hardware reconfigurations. 373 383 374 384 .SH EXAMPLES … … 376 386 .BI ISO: 377 387 Backup to a directory; note that /mnt/foo's contents will be backed up except 378 for its ISO's unless you exclude it, as follows: -388 for its ISO's unless you exclude it, as follows: 379 389 .br 380 390 .I "mondoarchive -Oi -d /mnt/foo -E '/mnt/foo /mnt/foo2' -p \`hostname\`-\`date +%Y-%m-%d\`" … … 438 448 Backup PC to a Software Raid mount point, iso size 700mb: 439 449 .br 440 .I "mondoarchive -O -s 700m -d /mnt/raid" 450 .I "mondoarchive -O -s 700m -d /mnt/raid" 441 451 442 452 … … 444 454 afio(1), bzip2(1), find(1), mindi(8), mondorestore(8). 445 455 .SH AUTHORS 446 Bruno Cornec (lead-development) 456 Bruno Cornec (lead-development) 447 457 .I "bruno_at_mondorescue.org" 448 458 .br 449 Andree Leidenfrost (co-developer) 459 Andree Leidenfrost (co-developer) 450 460 .I "aleidenf_at_bigpond.net.au" 451 461 .br … … 464 474 .br 465 475 See mailing list at http://www.mondorescue.org for technical support. 466 .
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