Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 15:57:35 +0700 From: Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su> To: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: complete clone/restore from a ZFS-based system replication stream Message-ID: <20160929085735.GA50867@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> In-Reply-To: <63b7a504-3958-555a-d3a3-1f52f61e3c1d@sentex.net> References: <20160926154720.GA75556@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> <688eec35-bc7b-ae05-b765-106933b522d1@sentex.net> <20160927085322.GA96393@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> <78faa2e2-0e44-27ef-eaf0-0f0fc358cc09@sentex.net> <20160928023144.GA8980@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> <20160928023521.GA9537@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> <63b7a504-3958-555a-d3a3-1f52f61e3c1d@sentex.net>
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Mike Tancsa wrote: > On 9/27/2016 10:35 PM, Victor Sudakov wrote: > > > > but what if I just wanted to test the stream without actually receiving it? > > Dont think there is a way. A lot of people backup the stream to an > actual zfs file server. That way you have zfs make sure all is "good" > with the backup. "zfs receive -n" should be a way, if only it did not fail like it does. > When you send it to a file, make sure the file is > stored on a system that wont allow bitrot as the file can easily become > corrupted. I love dump/restore, and 'restore -rN' was my favourite tool to check backups for corruption. -- Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN sip:sudakov@sibptus.tomsk.ru
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