Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:59:20 +0200 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> Cc: freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: zfs dump to non-zfs host Message-ID: <48555878.9070301@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <48532183.2040306@psg.com> References: <48532183.2040306@psg.com>
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Randy Bush wrote: > currently, my dump server is a large non-zfs raid to which i use dump > over ssh to a remote host, as in > > /sbin/dump 0Luaf - /dev/twed0s1a | $SSH $BSYS "/bin/cat > $DDIR/base" > > now i have a zfs host that i want to dump to this server. yes, i know i > can snapshot on the zfs system itself. but what if it goes completely > dead? it is in an earthquake zone, ... > > /sbin/dump does not work, of course. > > files created with zsend might not be decodable in a future version, so > i can not zsend | to it. If this is the case then presumably there will be a migration tool. zfs sending to a file is the officially recommended method. Kris
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