Re: [Clonezilla-live] Create an image of the disk without rebooting the server

[Steven S. <st...@nc...>]

Bill,
Thanks for the information. Yes, Mondo Rescue is better than Clonezilla 
for this case.

Regards,
Steven.

Bill Gurley wrote:
> G. Massera wrote:
>> Hello everybody,
>> first of all,
>> Thank you for Clonezilla... it's a fantastic system for cloning machines :-)
>>
>> I need to create images of a server hard-disk... but I cannot restart 
>> and boot the clonezilla-live for create the image.
>> So, It would be fantastic if there is a way to run a command (script) 
>> that create the image without rebooting the server machine.
>>
>> There is a way to extract the command from clonezilla-live CD and 
>> install into my Linux Server and run it with a crontab ???
>>
> 
> I love clonezilla!  And I use it almost every day.
> 
> But, long before clonezilla, I was using a different open source tool 
> for situations like you describe, and that is Mondo Rescue:
> 
> http://www.mondorescue.org/
> 
> It will backup a live filesystem, and will create iso files that can be 
> used to create bootable restore CD's.  I've been using this for years on 
> my servers that stay up all the time.  It uses a curses menu system 
> (similar to clonezilla), but also supports command line capability.  I 
> have a script in a weekly cron that backs up the running system, but 
> excludes the user space, which is backed up nightly using rsync.
> 
> I use external usb disks, which I rotate, so the iso's are stored there.
> 
> Here is an example script in cron.weekly:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> #
> # This is a script to run the "Mondo Rescue" program in archive mode
> # to backup the system, with certain excludes.  This will create
> # ISO images which can be used to restore the system.
> #
> #
> # 'man mondoarchive' shows all of the switch options.
> #
> #
> # First, let's test to see if the USB drive is mounted,
> # then proceed.
> if (mount|egrep '/mnt/usbdisk' > /dev/null)
> then
> echo 'USB disk is mounted; Running the Mondo backup...'
> # Delete the old iso files...
> rm -f /mnt/usbdisk/Mondo/Atom*
> sleep 2
> mondoarchive -Oi -d /mnt/usbdisk/Mondo -E "/mnt/usbdisk" -p Atom -9 -s 
> 660m -F
> else
>    echo The USB disk IS NOT mounted.
> fi
> 
> 
> So far, I have not had a catastrophe where I have needed to use these 
> ISO's!  But I have done test restores.  It can get messy, if your 
> situation has any complications, such as LVM.  But if you take the time 
> to learn about Mondo, this can be a very useful tool, as is clonezilla 
> as well.
> 
> 
> -Bill-
> 
> ---------------------------------
>   Bill Gurley, Technical Director
>   Department of Chemistry
>   Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville
>   865-974-3145
> 
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