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# 1  
Old 08-22-2011
SuSE 11.4 Filesystem Backup and Restore
Hi,

The dump and restore commands are missing from this server under SuSE 11.4 for unknown reasons. What is the cleanest way to backup and restore filesystems? Clean means to keep all the original hard/soft links and timestamps. Is find/cpio clean enough?

Code:
$ cd /source
$ find . -print | cpio -Bpdumv /destination

Thank you in advance!
Last edited by pludi; 08-22-2011 at 03:38 PM..
# 2  
Old 08-22-2011
If you can connect to the internet, or get to your install media, you can install the tools you want with zypper.
# 3  
Old 08-22-2011
Install which tool, dump? What is it called in SuSE? I've tried 'zypper dump' but it doesn't work. Thanks.
# 4  
Old 08-24-2011
unfortunately, you have to actually tell zypper what to do, not just the package


Try:
Code:
zypper install dump

zypper does things like install, uninstall, etc and unless you tell it the action you want, it doesn't work. It doesn't read minds.
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Old 10-21-2011
What's wrong with tar? Maybe I missed something.
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