On Sat, 17 Dec 2005, Michael Mansour wrote:

> Hi Michael,
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > i have some problems with my installation.
> > 
> > I use SL4 as a Server system with an LVM Storage for System and 
> > Data. And now I want so backup the whole Hard drive to an image File 
> > stored on a LAN-NFS-Server.
> > 
> > I should be possible to run a disaster Recovery, which means that I can
> > restore the complete System with its old configuration.
> > 
> > Can I use TAR?
> > 
> > My Hard Drive has a capacity about approximately 140 Gbyte. When I 
> > use "dd" the Image file has also 140 Gbyte, but only 51 Gbyte are 
> > currently used.
> > 
> > Which command or program can I use for Backup only the 51 Gbyte 
> > instead of 140 (I do not want to backup free space).
> > 
> > Thanks for help
> 
> There's so many possibilities for this, but I'd start by looking at projects like:
> 
> * Mondo Rescue
> 
> * Ghost for Linux (g4u or g4l)
> 

Do these support LVM?

-Connie Sieh

> Michael.
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