Backing Up Hardware Raid Arrays (Linux) - ACRONIS BACKUP AND RECOVERY 10 ADVANCED SERVER - UPDATE 3 User Manual

Num Partition
---- -------------------- ----------- ---------- ---------- -----------
Disk 1 (sda):
1-1 sda1
1-2 sda2
1-3 sda3
Unallocated
1-4 Acronis Secure Zone
Unallocated
Disk 2 (sdb):
2-1 sdb1
2-2 sdb2
Unallocated
Disk 3 (sdc):
Table
Unallocated
Disk 4 (sdd):
4-1 sdd1
4-2 sdd2
Unallocated
Dynamic & GPT Volumes:
DYN1 VolGroup00-LogVol00
DYN2 md0
The logical volume, DYN1, occupies basic volumes 2-2 and 4-2. The RAID-1 volume, DYN2, occupies
basic volumes 2-1 and 4-1.
To back up the logical DYN1 volume, run the following command (here, the name of the backup is
assumed to be /home/backup.tib):
trueimagecmd --partition:dyn1 --filename:/home/backup.tib --create
To back up the RAID-1 volume DYN2, run the following command:
trueimagecmd --partition:dyn2 --filename:/home/backup.tib --create
To back up all three hard disks with volumes, select the volumes 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, DYN1 and DYN2:
trueimagecmd --partition:1-1,1-2,1-3,dyn1,dyn2 --filename:/home/backup.tib --
create
If you select Disk 3, volume 2-1 or volume 2-2, the program will create a raw (sector-by-sector)
backup.

2.10 Backing up hardware RAID arrays (Linux)

Hardware RAID arrays under Linux combine several physical drives to create a single partitionable
disk. The special file related to a hardware RAID array is usually located in /dev/ataraid. You can back
up hardware RAID arrays in the same way as ordinary hard disks.
Physical drives that are part of hardware RAID arrays may be listed alongside other disks as if they
had a bad partition table or no partition table at all. Backing up such disks does not make sense as it
won't be possible to recover them.
48
Flags Start
Pri,Act 63
Pri 417690
Pri 24997140
27101655
Pri 32499495
33543720
Pri 62
Pri 250001
500001
0
1
Pri 62
Pri 250001
500001
Disk: 3 250385
Disk: 5 250385
Disk: 5 62
Disk: 3 62
Size Type
208813 Ext2
12289725 ReiserFS
1052257 Linux Swap
2698920 Unallocated
522112 FAT32
5356 Unallocated
124969 Ext2
125000 None
8138607 Unallocated
Table
1048575 Unallocated
124969 Ext2
125000 None
798575 Unallocated
245760 Ext3
245760
245760
124864 Ext2
249728
249728
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