mondoarchive(8)                                                mondoarchive(8)



[1mNAME[0m
       mondoarchive - a backup / disaster-recovery tool.


[1mSYNOPSIS[0m
       [1mmondoarchive -O [22m[ [4moptions[24m ] : backup your PC
       [1mmondoarchive -V [22m[ [4moptions[24m ] : verify your backup


[1mDESCRIPTION[0m
       [4mmondoarchive[24m  backs  up a subset of your files, your entire filesystem,
       or even images of non-Linux filesystems to CD's, tape, ISO images or an
       NFS  mount. In the event of catastrophic data loss, you will be able to
       restore everything, taking a PC from bare metal to its  original  state
       if necessary.

       With  [1m-O[22m,  it  backs  up your filesystem to CD, tape, ISO images or NFS
       share. Boot floppies or a special boot CD will be created to allow  you
       to restore from bare metal if necessary.

       With  [1m-V[22m,  it  verifies  the  backup  against the live filesystem. This
       option may be used in combination with [1m-O [22mto verify a backup after  its
       creation, or on its own to see how much the live filesystem has changed
       since the backup was made.

       Call mondoarchive [1mwithout flags [22mto make it auto-detect as many settings
       as  possible, ask you politely for the rest, and then backup and verify
       your OS or a subset thereof.

       To restore data, either run [4mmondorestore[24m from the command line or  boot
       from the emergency CD/floppies generated during the backup process. The
       latter will come in handy if a gremlin wipes your hard disk.


[1mBACKUP MEDIA[0m
       You must specify one of the following:-


       [1m-c [4m[22mspeed[24m     Use CD-R drive as backup device and its (write-once) disks
                    as backup media.


       [1m-w [4m[22mspeed[24m     Use  CD-RW  drive as backup device and its (write/rewrite)
                    disks as backup media.  Mondo will wipe media before writ-
                    ing to them.


       [1m-r           [22mUse  DVD  drive  as  backup device and its disks as backup
                    media. Growisofs decides on the best speed for your drive.
                    Note  that calling mondoarchive [1musing sudo when writing to[0m
                    [1mDVDs will fail [22mbecause growisofs does not support  this  -
                    see the growisofs manpage for details.


       [1m-C [4m[22mspeed[24m     Use  CD-R  drive as a streaming device, almost like a tape
                    streamer. Use write-once disks as backup  media.   [1mExperi-[0m
                    [1mmental.[0m


       [1m-p [4m[22mprefix[24m    Use  [1mprefix  [22mto  generate the name of your ISO images.  By
                    default, mondoarchive calls images mondorescue-1.iso, mon-
                    dorescue-2.iso,  ...   Using  [1m-p machine [22mit will call your
                    images machine-1.iso, machine-2.iso, ...


       [1m-i           [22mUse ISO files (CD images) as backup media.  This  is  good
                    for  backing  up your system to a spare hard drive. The [1m-n[0m
                    switch is a wiser choice if you plan  to  restore  from  a
                    remote filesystem.


       [1m-n [4m[22mmount[24m     Use  files  residing  on  NFS  partition  as backup media.
                    [4mmount[24m     is     the     remote     mount-point,      e.g.
                    '192.168.1.3:/home/nfs'  for  my file server. Please mount
                    it before backing up/verifying.


       [1m-t           [22mUse tape streamer as backup device and its tapes as backup
                    media.


       [1m-u           [22mUse  a generic streaming device as backup device. Use this
                    if you want to write your backup to a device that  is  not
                    directly  support by mondoarchive. This will send the data
                    directly to a raw device.  [1mFor experienced users only.[0m


[1mMAJOR OPTIONS[0m
       [1m-D           [22mMake a differential backup:  examine  the  filesystem  and
                    find  which  files have changed since the last full backup
                    was carried out. Backup only those files.


       [1m-E [4m[22m"path[24m [4m..."[0m
                    Exclude path(s) from backup. The paths should be separated
                    with a whitespace.  Note that mondo automatically excludes
                    removable media (/mnt/floppy, /mnt/cdrom, etc.). For exam-
                    ple,  if you are backing up to an NFS mount but you do not
                    want to include the contents of the  mount  in  a  backup,
                    exclude  your  local mount-point with this switch. It will
                    also work with partitions, e.g.  /dev/sdd4 if you  have  a
                    peculiar SCSI zip drive which insists on showing up in the
                    mountlist. NB: If you  exclude  /dev/sdd4  then  the  /dev
                    entry  itself  will  still  be  backed up, even though the
                    mountlist entry will be suppressed.  NOTA: If you  precise
                    a directory with a final / its content will be archived so
                    it won't do what you expect.


       [1m-I [4m[22m"path[24m [4m..."[0m
                    Include paths(s) in backup. The default backup path is "/"
                    but  you may specify alternatives, e.g. -I "/home /etc" to
                    override that.


       [1m-J [4m[22mfile[24m      Specify an explicit list of files  and  directories  in  a
                    plain text file, one item (file or directory) per line.


       [1m-N           [22mExclude  all  mounted  network filesystems. This currently
                    means NFS, SMB, Coda and Netware.  In  other  words,  only
                    backup the local hard disk(s).


       [1m-d [4m[22mdev|dir[24m   Specify   the   backup   device   (CD/tape)  or  directory
                    (NFS/ISO). For CD-R[W] drives, this is the SCSI node where
                    the drive may be found, e.g. '0,1,0'. For tape users, this
                    is the tape streamers /dev entry, e.g. '/dev/st0'. For ISO
                    users,  this  is  the  directory  where the ISO images are
                    stored. For NFS users, this is the  directory  within  the
                    NFS  mount  where  the backups are stored. The default for
                    ISO and NFS is '/root/images/mondo'.


       [1m-g           [22mGUI mode. Without this switch, the screen output  of  mon-
                    doarchive  is suitable for processing by an 'expect' wrap-
                    per, enabling the user to backup nightly via a  cron  job.
                    However,  if  you want to run this program with an attrac-
                    tive but non-cron-friendly interface then use '-g'.


       [1m-k [4m[22mpath[24m      Path of user's kernel. If you are a Debian or Gentoo  user
                    then  specify  [1m-k  FAILSAFE [22mas your kernel. Otherwise, you
                    will rarely need this option.


       [1m-m           [22mManual (not self-retracting) CD trays are often  found  on
                    laptops.  If  you  are  a  laptop user, your CD burner has
                    BurnProof technology or you experience problems with mondo
                    then please call mondoarchive with this switch.


       [1m-o           [22mUse  LILO as boot loader of boot floppy/CD instead of SYS-
                    LINUX/ISOLINUX. By default, SYSLINUX is used for  floppies
                    and  ISOLINUX for CD's. Use LILO if you prefer to use that
                    boot loader. NB: This does not affect  which  boot  loader
                    you  use  to  boot your PC, merely the boot loader used by
                    the CD's/floppies created  by  Mondo.  Use  ELILO  instead
                    which is mandatory for IA64 machines.


       [1m-s [4m[22msize[24m      How  much  can each of your backup media hold? You may use
                    'm' and 'g' on the end of the number, e.g. '700m'  for  an
                    extra-large  CD-R.  You no longer need to specify the size
                    of your cartridges if you are backing up to tape.


       [1m-x [4m[22m'dev[24m [4m...'[24m Specify non-Linux partitions which  you  want  to  backup,
                    e.g. NTFS or BeOS.



[1mMINOR OPTIONS[0m
       [1m-[0-9]       [22mSpecify  the  compression level. Default is 3. No compres-
                    sion is 0.


       [1m-A [4m[22mcommand[24m   This command will be called after each CD/NFS/ISO file  is
                    written.  It is useful if you want to do something with an
                    ISO after creating it, e.g. write it to a CD burner  using
                    a non-standard command.  [1m-A [22munderstands two tokens - _ISO_
                    and _CD#_ - which will be translated into the ISO's  file-
                    name  and  its  index number (1, 2, ...) respectively. So,
                    you could use [4m-A[24m [4m'foobackup[24m [4m_ISO_;[24m [4mrm[24m [4m-f[24m  [4m_ISO_'[24m  to  feed
                    each ISO to some magical new backup tool.


       [1m-B [4m[22mcommand[24m   This command will be called before each CD/NFS/ISO file is
                    written. See [1m-A [22mfor more information.


       [1m-F           [22mDo not offer to write  boot+data  floppy  disk  images  to
                    3.5-inch   floppy   disks.   The  images  will  remain  in
                    /root/images/mindi until your next backup run, however.


       [1m-H           [22mWhen you boot from the tape/CD, your hard  drive  will  be
                    wiped  and the archives will be restored. Your decision to
                    boot from the tape/CD will be taken as consent. No further
                    permission will be sought.  [1mUse with caution.[0m


       [1m-L           [22mUse  lzo, a fast compression engine, instead of bzip2. You
                    may find lzo on Mondo's website or via FreshMeat. WARNING!
                    Some versions of LZO are unstable.


       [1m-R           [22mEXPERIMENTAL. Do not use in mission-critical environments.
                    Star is an alternative to afio. Mondo now  supports  POSIX
                    ACLs  and extended attributes, so -R is essentially redun-
                    dant for now.


       [1m-P [4m[22mtarball[24m   Post-nuke tarball. If you boot into Nuke Mode  and  every-
                    thing  is  restored successfully then the [4mpost-nuke[24m script
                    will be sought and executed if found. This is  useful  for
                    post-restore customization. It is assumed that the tarball
                    (.tar.gz ) will contain not just the [4mpost-nuke[24m script  (or
                    binary, or whatever it is) but also any files it requires.


       [1m-S [4m[22mpath[24m      Specify the scratchdir, the directory where ISO images are
                    built before being archived. If you have plenty of RAM and
                    want to use a ramdisk for scratch space, specify its  path
                    here.


       [1m-T [4m[22mpath[24m      Specify  the  tempdir, the directory where temporary files
                    (other than ISO images being assembled) are stored. See [1m-S[0m


       [1m-W           [22mDon't  make your backup self-booting. This is a really bad
                    idea, IMO. Don't do this unless you have really great boot
                    disks in your hand and you are an anally retentive SOB who
                    can't wait 2 minutes for Mindi to run in  the  background.
                    If  you use -W then you'd better know what the hell you're
                    doing, okay?


       [1m-b           [22mSpecify the internal block size used by  the  tape  drive.
                    This  is usually 32K but some drives just don't like that.
                    They should but they don't. That's what happens when  tape
                    drive vendors don't talk to kernel driver writers. Try 512
                    or 16384.


       [1m-e           [22mDon't eject the CD or tape when backing up or restoring...
                    unless  cdrecord  insists  on it. If it does, well, tough.
                    Sorry. :)


       [1m-f [4m[22mdevice[24m    Specify the drive on which your Master Boot Record  lives.
                    Usually, this is discovered automatically.


       [1m-l [4m[22mGRUB|LILO|ELILO|RAW[0m
                    Specify  the  boot  loader.  By  default, your Master Boot
                    Record is examined and the boot loader can usually be dis-
                    covered. If you specify RAW then the MBR will be backed up
                    and restored byte-for-byte without  any  analysis.  It  is
                    likely  that you will also need to specify the boot device
                    with -f <dev>. ELILO is mandatory for IA64 machines.


       [1m-Q           [22mGive more detailed information about the boot loader.


       [1m-K [4m[22mloglevel[24m  Specify the loglevel.



[1mDIAGNOSTICS[0m
       Mondo  generates  two  additional,  and  Extremely   important   files:
       [1m/var/log/mindi.log  [22mand [1m/var/log/mondo-archive.log.  [22mWhen seeking tech-
       nical support, attach these two files to your email.




[1mFILES[0m
       [4m/var/log/mindi.log[24m This log contains important information required  to
       analyse mindi problem reports.

       [4m/var/log/mondo-archive.log[24m  This  log  contains  important  information
       required to analyse mondoarchive problem reports. Mondo support  highly
       recommends sending these files with support questions.


[1mNOTES[0m
       A  link to Mondo's HTML-based manual (by Bruno Cornec, Mikael Hultgren,
       Cafeole, Randy Delphs, Stan Benoit, and Hugo Rabson) may  be  found  at
       [4mhttp://www.mondorescue.org/docs.shtml[24m - or in [4m/usr/share/doc/mondo-x.xx[0m
       on your hard drive.


[1mBUGS[0m
       It is recommend that your system has more than 64 MB ram.  SCSI  device
       order  change  with nuke can have unexpected results. It is recommended
       you use expert mode with drastic hardware reconfigurations.


[1mEXAMPLES[0m
       [1mISO: [22mBackup to a directory;  note  that  /mnt/foo's  contents  will  be
       backed up except for its ISO's unless you exclude it, as follows:-
       [4mmondoarchive[24m [4m-Oi[24m [4m-d[24m [4m/mnt/foo[24m [4m-E[0m

       Backup   to   ISO's   non-interactively,  e.g.  as  a  job  running  in
       /etc/cron.daily:
       [4mmkdir[24m [4m-p[24m [4m/bkp/[0m



Mondo Rescue 2.0.9-rRRR           2006-08-09                   mondoarchive(8)
