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

[G. M. <gma...@is...>]

Hello Bill,
I know mondo... but is not for me... because, it lacks a features.
It cannot write/restore data via SSHFS... it only support NFS.
Running Mondo on my server will produce 50 CDs !!!
So, in case of restore after a disaster... I would burn 50 CD !!!
For this, mondo support the storage and restoration over NFS, so, you
don't need to burn 50 CD... but I cannot have NFS access... but SSHFS
access.
This is because I use clonezilla... that support saving/restore via
sshfs connections.

Ciao,
Gianluca


Bill Gurley ha scritto:
> 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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