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jjeffus
Joined: 06 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 8:36 pm Post subject: How can you download (BU) a disk image? |
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Honestly I search here for the answer before asking such a simple question.
I see that there are post about moving you VM to a local machine does that include the key? Or isn't there a simple way to do it?
Anyone? |
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pclissold
Joined: 24 Oct 2003
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Location: Netherlands
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| Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 9:25 pm Post subject: Re: How can you download (BU) a disk image? |
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jjeffus wrote: … does that include the key?
Key? |
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jjeffus
Joined: 06 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 10:39 am Post subject: Re: How can you download (BU) a disk image? |
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pclissold wrote: jjeffus wrote: … does that include the key?
Key?
Hint, clue, method, example. |
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pclissold
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| Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 1:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Still not sure I understand the question. Is this what you're looking for? |
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jjeffus
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| Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 2:18 pm Post subject: |
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pclissold wrote: Still not sure I understand the question. Is this what you're looking for?
That is what I was hoping to NOT have to do.
Seems like a very convoluted process to just BU a disk image. |
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Guspaz
Joined: 26 May 2009
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Location: Montreal, QC
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| Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 2:24 pm Post subject: |
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When I want to image a disk, I just do something like this:
pv /dev/sda | nc 1.2.3.4 1234
And on the receiving end:
nc -l 1234 > /foo/bar/my.img
It's about as dead-simple as it can get. Keeping in mind that all the parameters I've given here are just samples, and a linode doesn't use /dev/sda but something else (was it /dev/xva or something?)
If you want to get a bit fancier, you can pipe it through gzip (or pigz to use multiple cores) on the sending end and optionally decompress on the receiving end. |
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Guspaz
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| Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 2:25 pm Post subject: |
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| *dupe* |
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Guspaz
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| Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 2:28 pm Post subject: |
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| *dupe* |
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jjeffus
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| Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 2:28 pm Post subject: |
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pclissold wrote: Still not sure I understand the question. Is this what you're looking for?
That is what I was hoping to NOT have to do.
Seems like a very convoluted process to just BU a disk image. |
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jjeffus
Joined: 06 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 2:30 pm Post subject: |
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Guspaz wrote: When I want to image a disk, I just do something like this:
pv /dev/sda | nc 1.2.3.4 1234
And on the receiving end:
nc -l 1234 > /foo/bar/my.img
It's about as dead-simple as it can get. Keeping in mind that all the parameters I've given here are just samples, and a linode doesn't use /dev/sda but something else (was it /dev/xva or something?)
If you want to get a bit fancier, you can pipe it through gzip (or pigz to use multiple cores) on the sending end and optionally decompress on the receiving end.
This is the type thing I was looking for thanks a million.
I'll give it a whirl. |
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JshWright
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| Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 2:31 pm Post subject: |
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Could you clarify what "BU" means?
I assume it's "back up", but since you just started using it without defining what it meant, I just wanted to make sure...
~JW |
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jjeffus
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| Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 4:58 pm Post subject: |
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JshWright wrote: Could you clarify what "BU" means?
I assume it's "back up", but since you just started using it without defining what it meant, I just wanted to make sure...
~JW
Yep, BU = back up |
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jjeffus
Joined: 06 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:12 pm Post subject: |
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OK, I am trying this but don't find a pv command and it is
not in the FEDORA 11man-pages in the instance I installed here.
Can anyone point me to the pv command? Is it pv inside of lvm?
TIA |
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pclissold
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| Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Nothing to do with LVM. pv is Pipe Viewer. |
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jjeffus
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| Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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Ha hahahah.
I gotta change my local firewall to do this. :lol:
>Nothing to do with LVM. pv is Pipe Viewer.
Thanks. I found it while you were typing. Thanks. |
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