Hi all,
I am tasked to acquire a Linux Server Live (this is my first live acquisition). Assuming I do not have Helix with me, is there any other method to acquire the server? Will LinEn, in this case, of any help? i did a simple search, nothing seems to be fruitful.
Many Thanks
Has the server got to stay running?
If you can't reboot it, then Linen won't help and I'm not sure you can use the Helix tools off the CD without booting that either.
Does the server have 'dd' on it. If it has and you have nothing else, you could 'dd' an image out to a removable drive.
If you can reboot, then you'll be able to boot Linen and acquire.
Hope this helps
Has the server got to stay running?
If you can't reboot it, then Linen won't help and I'm not sure you can use the Helix tools off the CD without booting that either.
Does the server have 'dd' on it. If it has and you have nothing else, you could 'dd' an image out to a removable drive.
If you can reboot, then you'll be able to boot Linen and acquire.
Hope this helps
Help is appreciated 😉
I will check if rebooting is possible.
Anyway, how do i know if the server has 'dd'.
Pls pardon my ignorance as i am very new to Linux.
thanks JonN
how do i know if the server has 'dd'
Open up a terminal window and type 'man dd', if it has dd you will get a listing of all the options available.
If it has and you have never used it before, go and read up about it on the internet, you'll probably need to do some sort of segmenting of your image where you are storing it because of file size limitations.
If you have the option of taking the machine down or offline for a while you could reboot it and use Linen, unless there is a reason you need to do it live, do you need volatile information? (running processes, network connections etc)
Greetings,
Even if you can reboot it, or take it down for awhile, doing some work while it is live would be helpful. As Jon mentioned you should collect running processes, network connections, collecting RAM, logged in users….
I've not seen a Linux install without 'dd' on it in years. I'd expect a server install to have it, but better be prepared.
If you're really new to Linux, I'd find another Linux machine to play with and try all these things out before you go do it for real.
-David
There was actually an article posted on this site recently regarding "dd".
Thank you, JonN, Kovar (David), as well as Datacarver for the assistance rendered.
I should be good after reading the materials. )
cheers