support quality (Re: dump | restore fails: unknown tape headertype 1853384566)

[Jack L. Stone]

At 10:15 AM 3.26.2009 -0400, Mike Tancsa wrote:
>At 10:01 AM 3/26/2009, Peter Schuller wrote:
>> >
>> > Unless the filesystem is very busy, you will get your data backed up.
>> > If you have things like databases, I still would not trust
>> > snapshots.
>>
>>Uh. If backuping up a live database from a snapshot is not
>>trustworthy, either the snapshot facility is broken or the database is
>>broken (i.e., not crash-safe to begin with).
>
>... or the database is configured in a risky way... But judging by 
>this thread, it seems dump with -L is indeed broken for some 
>people.  Hence, I suggested dumping the database using the database's 
>backup tools and trying dump without -L
>
>         ---Mike 

Mike: The "L" for dumping is definitely NOT the problem.

Jack

(^_^)
Happy trails,
Jack L. Stone

System Admin
Sage-american