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How to Backup data from a FreeBSD Server (Raid1) using Ubuntu ?

Asked by Subhranshu Dwivedi

Dear All,

I am huge fan of Ubuntu live CD, through which I always take backups on the fly and recover data as and when needed,

Now what we have here is FreeBSD system whose filesystem (/) needs to be recovered,

We have two hard disks (160gb each) with Raid 1 setup using raid controller,

I am able to boot in with ubuntu 12.04 live cd, and can see on fdisk -l both drives on zfs filesystem, however i am not able to mount them and get to the data,

It would be kind if some one can help me on this.

Thanks

Subhranshu

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Mount the RAID array in liveCD and copy the data as you need. Why do you not have a backup system which would mean you don't have to mess around like this...?

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Subhranshu Dwivedi (subhranshu) said : 		#2

Thanks for replying Andrew,

How can i do it If the its on ZFS Pools,

Using Ubuntu Live CD?

Please help !!

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Subhranshu Dwivedi (subhranshu) said : 		#3

I got the FreeBSD single user mode accessed and then mounting the same with
mount -u -w /
Then made the required recovery actions,

Thanks for help !!

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

I suggest you look into a backup solution. This would have avoided this whole charade. Think about it.