mondorestore(8)mondorestore(8)NAMEmondorestore - a restore / disaster-recovery tool.
SYNOPSISmondorestore [-p prefix][-K loglevel][-i][-U]... : restore your PC
DESCRIPTIONmondorestore restores data previously backed up with mondoarchive.
Note that mondorestore will usually automatically be called when boot‐
ing a MondoRescue medium. The only exception is booting a MondoRescue
medium in Expert mode in which case mondorestore can be evoked from the
command line.
-p prefix
Use prefix to specify the name of your ISO images. By default,
mondorestore names images mondorescue-1.iso, mondorescue-2.iso,
... Using -p machine mondorestore will use images named
machine-1.iso, machine-2.iso, ...
-i Use ISO files (CD images) as restore media. This is good when
having backed up your system to a spare hard drive. The -n
switch is a wiser choice if you plan to restore from a remote
filesystem.
-n mount
Use files residing on NFS partition as restore media. mount is
the remote mount-point, e.g. nfs://192.168.1.3:/home/nfs' for my
file server. Please mount it before restoring/verifying.
-t Use tape streamer as restore device and its tapes as restore
media.
-U Use a generic USB device as restore device. Use this if you want
to read your backup from a USB key or USB disk. The USB device
should be attached to the system in order for this to work and
its device name passed to the -d option.
-u Use a generic streaming device as restore device. Use this if
you want to read your backup from a device that is not directly
support by mondoarchive. This will get the data directly from a
raw device. For experienced users only.
-E “path ...”
Exclude path(s) from restore (future dev). The paths should be
separated with a whitespace. /mnt/cdrom, /proc, /sys, /tmp).
For example, if you are restoring up from an NFS mount but you
do not want to restore some content, exclude it with that
switch.
-I “path ...”
Include paths(s) to restore (future dev).
-J file
Specify an explicit list of files and directories to restore in
a plain text file, one item (file or directory) per line. Beware
that directories placed in that file are not managed recursively
contrary to what is done with the -I option.
-d dev|dir
Specify the restore device (CD/tape/USB) 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 USB users, this is the device
name of your key or external disk. 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 '/var/cache/mondo'.
-g GUI mode. Without this switch, the screen output of mondorestore
is text based.
-m Manual (not self-retracting) CD trays are often found on lap‐
tops. If you are a laptop user, your CD burner has BurnProof
technology or you experience problems with mondo then please
call mondorestore with this switch.
-o Use OBDR (One Button Disaster Recovery) type of tapes. By
default, tapes are not bootable. With this flag, tape will be
read as bootable tapes following the OBDR format.
-x 'dev ...'
Specify non-Linux partitions which you want to restore (future
dev).
-T path
Specify the full pathname of the tempdir, the directory where
temporary files are stored.
-b Specify 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.
-e Don't eject the CD or tape when restoring...
-f device
Specify the drive on which your Master Boot Record lives. Usu‐
ally, this is discovered automatically. (future dev)
-Q Give more detailed information about the boot loader.
-K loglevel
Specify the loglevel. Use 99 for full debug. Standard debug
level is 4.
-z Use extended attributes and acl for each file and store them in
the backup media. Use this option if you use SElinux e.g. but it
will slow down backup and restore time of course.
-Z Specify mondorestore mode. Mode could be one of nuke: This mode
restore everything like on the original system with no/minimal
questions interactive: This mode asks all the questions to the
user compare: This mode just compares the system with the backup
iso: This mode restores from iso images, instead of real media
isonuke: This mode restores from iso images, instead of real
media, with no/minimal questions mbr: This mode just restores
the MBR (Master Boot Record)
DIAGNOSTICSmondorestore generates an Extremely important file: /var/log/mondore‐
store.log. When seeking technical support, attach this file to your
email.
FILES
/var/log/mondorestore.log This log contains important information
required to analyse mondorestore problem reports. Mondo support highly
recommends sending this file with support questions. It's located under
/tmp during the restore process and moved under /var/log at the end.
NOTES
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
http://www.mondorescue.org/docs.shtml - or in /usr/share/doc/mondo-x.xx
on your hard drive.
BUGS
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.
SEE ALSOafio(1), bzip2(1), find(1), mindi(8), mondoarchive(8).
AUTHORS
Bruno Cornec (lead-development) bruno_at_mondorescue.org
Andree Leidenfrost (co-developer) aleidenf_at_bigpond.net.au
ORIGINAL AUTHORS
Hugo Rabson (original author) hugo.rabson_at_mondorescue.org
Jesse Keating (packaging) hosting_at_j2solutions.net
Stan Benoit (testing) troff_at_nakedsoul.org
Mikael Hultgren (docs) mikael_hultgren_at_gmx.net
See mailing list at http://www.mondorescue.org for technical support.
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