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Date:      Fri, 10 Aug 2018 15:48:04 +0100
From:      Gary Palmer <gpalmer@freebsd.org>
To:        Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@rinet.ru>
Cc:        freebsd-fs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ZFS backup Q: send/recv and mountpoint property
Message-ID:  <20180810144804.GA83321@in-addr.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1808101740440.24808@woozle.rinet.ru>
References:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1807222110450.28320@woozle.rinet.ru> <20180804220727.GA83288@in-addr.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1808101740440.24808@woozle.rinet.ru>

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On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 05:42:46PM +0300, Dmitry Morozovsky wrote:
> On Sat, 4 Aug 2018, Gary Palmer wrote:
> 
> > On my backup server I have two pools, zfsroot and data.  I think I set 
> > things up, and then exported data so that it's not auto-imported at boot.
> > I then put this in /etc/rc.local
> > 
> > zpool import -N -R /backups data
> > 
> > It lets the pool import filesystems with paths like / or /home
> > without over-writing the paths on the local system.
> 
> that would fit for "normal" case, but does not survive sudden reboot ;-)
> 
> I'm switching to zxfer for now; not ideal, but fair and usable enough

Hi,

I haven't tested reboot during sync, but I'm not sure why a sudden
reboot would cause issues - the -R should move mounts outside 
critical areas.  Could you elaborate please?

Thanks,

Gary




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