Yes, you should be able to use it on another computer. All the zfs information
is stored on disk. The one thing you need to be aware of is the version of ZFS
your pool is using. Systems can read versions older than the one they support
fine, but they won't be able to mount newer ones. You ca
Oh, and one more question.
Would it bo possible for me to copy data (i.e. photos) to my external usb HDD
(which is zfs) and to go to another computer that runs solaris and view the
data in that disk.
I know it sounds silly, but I want to know if the pool name and metadata and
such are stored on
Recently I managed to create a pool named 'vault' for my external usb HDD
(250G).
I generally backup my data using the zfs send and zfs recieve commands.
However, I don't leave my computer or usb HDD on 24/7.
Before I poweroff the HDD, I export the pool (zpool export vault). Then I turn
off th