1 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull .TH VBACKUP 8
3 cea719ac 2005-07-18 devnull vbackup, vcat, vftp, vmount, vnfs \-
4 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull back up Unix file systems to Venti
5 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull .SH SYNOPSIS
6 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull .B vbackup
46 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull .B vmount
55 d63790ee 2008-07-20 devnull .B -ELLRVir
63 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull .I blocksize
67 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull .I cachesize
69 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull .I config
70 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull .SH DESCRIPTION
71 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull These programs back up and restore standard
72 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull Unix file system images stored in
73 d32deab1 2020-08-16 rsc .MR venti (8) .
74 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull Images stored in
76 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull are named by
77 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull .IR scores ,
78 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull which consist of a file system type followed
79 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull by a colon and forty hexadecimal digits, as in:
82 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull ffs:0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567
85 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull (The hexadecimal data is the SHA1 hash of the Venti
86 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull root block representing the file system image.)
88 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull These programs expect the environment variable
89 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull .B $venti
90 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull to be set to the network address of the Venti server to use
91 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull (for example,
92 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull .B yourhost
94 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull .BR tcp!yourhost!venti ).
96 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull .I Vbackup
97 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull copies the file system stored on
99 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull to the Venti server and prints the
100 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull score for the newly-stored image.
101 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull The argument
103 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull should be a disk or disk partition device
104 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull that would be appropriate to pass to
105 d32deab1 2020-08-16 rsc .MR mount (8) .
107 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull The optional argument
108 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull .I score
109 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull is the score of a previous backup of the disk image.
111 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull .I score
112 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull is given,
113 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull .I vbackup
114 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull will not write to Venti any blocks that have not changed
115 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull since the previous backup.
116 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull This is only a speed optimization: since the blocks are already
117 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull stored on Venti they need not be sent to the Venti server again.
119 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull The options to
120 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull .I vbackup
124 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull Turn on debugging output.
127 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull Trace interactions with Venti server.
129 be81682d 2007-06-12 devnull .B -m \fIhost
130 be81682d 2007-06-12 devnull .B -M \fImtpt
131 be81682d 2007-06-12 devnull Set names used to construct the path in the
132 be81682d 2007-06-12 devnull .B mount command.
133 be81682d 2007-06-12 devnull The default
135 be81682d 2007-06-12 devnull is the name returned by
136 be81682d 2007-06-12 devnull .I sysname
138 d32deab1 2020-08-16 rsc .MR getuser (3) ).
139 be81682d 2007-06-12 devnull The default
141 be81682d 2007-06-12 devnull is the place where
143 be81682d 2007-06-12 devnull is currently mounted.
145 be81682d 2007-06-12 devnull Set backup mount point:
146 be81682d 2007-06-12 devnull this name is also used in the printed
147 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull .B mount
148 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull command.
149 e5e159fd 2005-07-18 devnull The default is the name returned by
150 e5e159fd 2005-07-18 devnull .I sysname
152 d32deab1 2020-08-16 rsc .MR getuser (3) ).
155 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull No-op mode: do not write any blocks to the server
158 a4b5da0b 2007-11-27 rsc Read scores incrementally from the previous backup as needed,
159 a4b5da0b 2007-11-27 rsc rather than prefetching them.
162 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull Print verbose output.
164 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull .B -w \fIn
165 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull Write parallelism: keep
167 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull writes to the server in progress at a time.
169 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull .B -s \fIsecs
170 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull Status interval: every
172 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull seconds, print a line tracking progress of the backup.
176 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull .I vbackup
177 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull finishes, it prints a single line of the form
180 be81682d 2007-06-12 devnull mount /\fIhost\fL/\fIyyyy\fL/\fImmdd\fL/\fImtpt\fL \fIscore\fL \fIyyyy\fL/\fImmdd\fL/\fIhhmm
183 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull This line is a valid configuration line for
185 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull .RI ( q.v. ).
186 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull .I Mntpath
187 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull is the path on which
189 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull is currently mounted.
192 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull writes the named disk image to standard output.
193 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull Unused file system blocks are printed zeroed regardless
194 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull of their actual content.
196 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull By default,
198 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull will assume that its standard output is seekable
199 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull .RI ( i.e.,
200 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull it has been redirected to a file or disk)
201 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull and seek over unused blocks instead of writing to them.
204 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull option causes
206 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull to zero unused blocks instead.
209 7b14c113 2005-08-11 devnull presents an
210 d32deab1 2020-08-16 rsc .MR ftp (1) -like
211 7b14c113 2005-08-11 devnull interface to a physical or backed-up disk image.
212 7b14c113 2005-08-11 devnull It is used mainly for debugging.
216 7b14c113 2005-08-11 devnull .B vftp>
217 7b14c113 2005-08-11 devnull prompt for a list of commands.
219 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull .I Vmount
220 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull mounts the NFS service at the network connection
221 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull .I address
223 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull .IR mountpoint .
224 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull On most operating systems,
225 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull .I vmount
226 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull must be run by the user
227 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull .BR root .
230 9f0d3523 2008-07-20 rsc is passed to the host OS kernel rather than interpreted by
231 d32deab1 2020-08-16 rsc .MR dial (3) ,
232 9f0d3523 2008-07-20 rsc it must be only an IP address, not a full dial address.
235 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull serves, using the
236 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull NFS version 3 protocol,
237 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull one or more disk images in a synthetic tree defined
238 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull by the configuration file
239 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull .IR config .
241 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull serves both NFS mount protocol
242 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull and NFS protocol
244 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull .IR addr
245 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull (default
246 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull .BR udp!*!nfs ).
247 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull The options are:
250 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull Disable `encrypted' handles.
251 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull By default handles are encrypted with a random key to avoid
252 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull leaking information about the backed-up file systems.
253 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull If encryption is disabled, the NFS handles exposed to the client
254 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull may leak information about the root scores of the disks as well
255 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull as inode numbers.
258 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull Local service only: serve only requests from the loopback interface (127.0.0.1).
261 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull Local service only, with paranoia: serve only requests from loopback,
262 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull and only from the first source port that sends a request.
263 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull This option is intended to be used to make sure that once the local
264 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull host has mounted the service, no other local users can access it.
267 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull Print all NFS and NFS mount RPCs to standard error.
270 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull Print all Venti transactions to standard error.
272 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull .BI -a " addr
273 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull Serve requests on
274 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull .IR addr
275 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull (see above).
277 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull .BI -b " blocksize
278 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull Set block size used by the in-memory venti block cache.
279 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull Must be as large as the maximum block size in any
280 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull file system mentioned in the configuration.
282 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull .BI -c " cachesize
283 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull Set the number of blocks stored by the in-memory venti cache.
286 d63790ee 2008-07-20 devnull Run in ``insecure'' mode, allowing remote root users to
287 d63790ee 2008-07-20 devnull use uid and gid 0 and read any file.
288 d63790ee 2008-07-20 devnull (Normally, remote root is mapped to uid and gid \-1
289 d63790ee 2008-07-20 devnull and has no special permissions.)
292 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull Respond to all requests with a Sun RPC rejection.
293 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull This is useful during debugging.
296 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull .I Config
297 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull is a text file describing the
298 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull backup hierarchy for
300 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull to serve.
301 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull Lines beginning with a sharp
302 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull .RB ( # )
303 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull are ignored.
304 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull The rest of the file is a sequence of commands, one per line.
305 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull The commands are:
307 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull .BI mount " mtpt score time
308 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull Add the file system with the given
309 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull .I score
310 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull to the tree at the mount point
311 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull .IR mtpt .
312 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull The path to the mount point will be created
313 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull if necessary.
315 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull .B /dev/null
316 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull is given as the score, an empty file system is mounted at
317 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull .IR mtpt ,
318 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull excluding
319 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull .IR mtpt 's
320 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull contents from view.
322 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull is the modification time to return for the directory
323 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull .IR mtpt ,
324 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull either a decimal number of seconds since the epoch
325 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull or a string of the form
326 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull .IB yyyy / mmdd / hhmm
327 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull giving the year, month, day, hour, and minute.
328 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull .RI ( Vnfs
329 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull does not use the modification time of the root in order
330 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull to avoid accessing every mounted file system on common
331 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull actions like
334 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull .BR /dump/sys/2005 .)
336 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull .BI allow " ip\fR[\fL/\fImask\fR]
338 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull .BI deny " ip\fR[\fL/\fImask\fR]
339 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull These two commands define access permissions based on IP address.
340 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull The optional
342 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull can be a decimal number (24) or an equivalent IP mask (255.255.255.0).
343 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull Each request is filtered through the rules listed in the configuration file.
344 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull The first rule that matches is used.
346 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull .B allow
349 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull rules are given, the default action is to reject the request.
350 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull In the absence of any rules, the default action is to accept all requests.
353 9f0d3523 2008-07-20 rsc Reading the special file
354 9f0d3523 2008-07-20 rsc .B /dump/+refreshconfig
358 9f0d3523 2008-07-20 rsc .IR config .
359 9f0d3523 2008-07-20 rsc The read returns either the string
361 9f0d3523 2008-07-20 rsc or an error message.
362 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull .SH EXAMPLES
364 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull Running on the server
365 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull .IR bob ,
366 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull back up the file system stored on
367 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull .BR /dev/da0s1a ,
368 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull which is mounted on
369 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull .BR /home :
372 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull % vbackup /dev/da0s1a
373 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull mount /bob/2005/0510/home ffs:0123456789abcdef\fI...\fP 2005/0510/0831
377 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull Serve that backup and a few others in a tree reminiscent
378 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull of Plan 9's dump file system, but hide each day's contents of
379 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull .B /tmp :
382 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull % cat config
383 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull mount /bob/2005/0510 ffs:0123456789abcdef\fI...\fP 2005/0510/0829
384 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull mount /bob/2005/0510/home ffs:0123456789abcdef\fI...\fP 2005/0510/0831
385 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull mount /bob/2005/0510/tmp /dev/null 1
386 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull mount /bob/2005/0511 ffs:0123456789abcdef\fI...\fP 2005/0511/0827
387 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull mount /bob/2005/0511/home ffs:0123456789abcdef\fI...\fP 2005/0511/0828
388 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull mount /bob/2005/0511/tmp /dev/null 1
389 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull % vnfs -b 16k -c 1k config
393 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull Mount the backups on a client machine using
394 35ed6913 2005-07-13 devnull .IR vmount :
397 185fd7db 2020-01-13 crossd # vmount yourserver /dump
398 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull # ls /dump/bob/2005
404 3aec33fe 2005-07-18 devnull (Users of fancy shells may need to quote the address argument.)
