Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 16:06:09 +0200 From: George Kontostanos <gkontos.mail@gmail.com> To: dick <dick@nagual.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dump Restore on ZFS root system Message-ID: <CA%2BdUSypVYzGPYLbDncgcMU_Jc7CYEf=6d_7WZ-BTvSSK98=-tw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4F311144.6060504@nagual.nl> References: <4F31045B.9070408@nagual.nl> <4F310997.4080107@unsane.co.uk> <4F311144.6060504@nagual.nl>
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On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 1:55 PM, dick <dick@nagual.nl> wrote: > Op 7-2-2012 12:23, Vincent Hoffman schreef: > >> On 07/02/2012 11:00, dick wrote: >>> >>> I run a ZFS on root FreeBSD system. I know I can backup with snapshots >>> but I want a dump/restore action because I want to transfer this >>> system to a UFS virtual FreeBSD machine. >>> My question is: will dump / (root) make a dump of *ALL* other >>> directories? >>> >> Dump works at the filesystem level and will not work on a zfs filesystem >> [root@banshee /backup/local/zfs]# dump -b 64 =A0-f - ./ >> dump: ./: unknown file system >> >> I'd use tar or cpio or pax or something. >> On a UFS filesystem dump will only dump the filesystem specified and >> will not cross mountpoints. > > OK, got it. I will have to read up on the best option (tar, cpio or pax) You can always clone it using zfs send / receive to your vm: http://www.aisecure.net/2011/03/26/cloning-a-zfs-bootable-system/ --=20 George Kontostanos Aicom telecoms ltd http://www.aisecure.net
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