Re: [zfs-discuss] copying a ZFS

2008-07-21 Thread Robert Milkowski
Hello Bob, Sunday, July 20, 2008, 5:08:23 PM, you wrote: BF> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008, Mattias Pantzare wrote: >>> >>> Is there a ZFS-specific method for doing that beats the heck of out tar, >>> etc? >>> (RTFM indicates there is not; I R'd the FM :^). >> >> Use zfs send | zfs receive if you wish to

Re: [zfs-discuss] copying a ZFS

2008-07-20 Thread James C. McPherson
Jim Mauro wrote: > So I'm really exposing my ignorance here, but... > > You wrote "/... if you wish to keep your snapshots.../"... > I never mentioned snapshots, thus you > introduced the use of a ZFS snapshot as a method of doing what > I wish to do. And yes, snapshots and send are in the manual,

Re: [zfs-discuss] copying a ZFS

2008-07-20 Thread Jim Mauro
So I'm really exposing my ignorance here, but... You wrote "/... if you wish to keep your snapshots.../"... I never mentioned snapshots, thus you introduced the use of a ZFS snapshot as a method of doing what I wish to do. And yes, snapshots and send are in the manual, and I read about them. I in

Re: [zfs-discuss] copying a ZFS

2008-07-20 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Sun, 20 Jul 2008, Mattias Pantzare wrote: >> >> Is there a ZFS-specific method for doing that beats the heck of out tar, etc? >> (RTFM indicates there is not; I R'd the FM :^). > > Use zfs send | zfs receive if you wish to keep your snapshots or if > you will be doing the copy several times. You

Re: [zfs-discuss] copying a ZFS

2008-07-20 Thread Mattias Pantzare
2008/7/20 James Mauro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Is there an optimal method of making a complete copy of a ZFS, aside from the > conventional methods (tar, cpio)? > > We have an existing ZFS that was not created with the optimal recordsize. > We wish to create a new ZFS with the optimal recordsize (8k

[zfs-discuss] copying a ZFS

2008-07-20 Thread James Mauro
Is there an optimal method of making a complete copy of a ZFS, aside from the conventional methods (tar, cpio)? We have an existing ZFS that was not created with the optimal recordsize. We wish to create a new ZFS with the optimal recordsize (8k), and copy all the data from the existing ZFS to th