Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS send/recv initial data load

2011-02-16 Thread Erik Trimble
On 2/16/2011 8:08 AM, Richard Elling wrote: On Feb 16, 2011, at 7:38 AM, white...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I have a very limited amount of bandwidth between main office and a colocated rack of servers in a managed datacenter. My hope is to be able to zfs send/recv small incremental changes on a n

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS send/recv initial data load

2011-02-16 Thread whitetr6
All of these responses have been very helpful and are much appreciated. Thank you all. Mark On Feb 16, 2011 2:54pm, Erik ABLESON wrote: Check out : http://www.infrageeks.com/groups/infrageeks/wiki/8fb35/zfs_autoreplicate_script.html It also works to an external hard disk with localho

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS send/recv initial data load

2011-02-16 Thread Bill Sommerfeld
On 02/16/11 07:38, white...@gmail.com wrote: Is it possible to use a portable drive to copy the initial zfs filesystem(s) to the remote location and then make the subsequent incrementals over the network? Yes. > If so, what would I need to do to make sure it is an exact copy? Thank you, Ro

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS send/recv initial data load

2011-02-16 Thread Stephan Budach
Am 16.02.11 16:38, schrieb white...@gmail.com: Hi, I have a very limited amount of bandwidth between main office and a colocated rack of servers in a managed datacenter. My hope is to be able to zfs send/recv small incremental changes on a nightly basis as a secondary offsite backup strategy. M

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS send/recv initial data load

2011-02-16 Thread Karl Wagner
nt: 16 February 2011 16:46 > To: zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS send/recv initial data load > > On Feb 16, 2011, at 7:38 AM, whitetr6 at gmail.com wrote: > > > My question is about the initial "seed" of the data. Is it possible >

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS send/recv initial data load

2011-02-16 Thread a . smith
On Feb 16, 2011, at 7:38 AM, whitetr6 at gmail.com wrote: My question is about the initial "seed" of the data. Is it possible to use a portable drive to copy the initial zfs filesystem(s) to the remote location and then make the subsequent incrementals over the network? If so, what would I

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS send/recv initial data load

2011-02-16 Thread Richard Elling
On Feb 16, 2011, at 7:38 AM, white...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi, I have a very limited amount of bandwidth between main office and a > colocated rack of servers in a managed datacenter. My hope is to be able to > zfs send/recv small incremental changes on a nightly basis as a secondary > offsite b

[zfs-discuss] ZFS send/recv initial data load

2011-02-16 Thread whitetr6
Hi, I have a very limited amount of bandwidth between main office and a colocated rack of servers in a managed datacenter. My hope is to be able to zfs send/recv small incremental changes on a nightly basis as a secondary offsite backup strategy. My question is about the initial "seed" of the