Re: [zfs-discuss] questions on zfs backups

2009-01-15 Thread Joerg Schilling
Ian Collins wrote: > satya wrote: > > Any idea if we can use pax command to backup ZFS acls? will -p option of > > pax utility do the trick? > > > > > pax should, according to > http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-5461/gbchx?a=view > > tar and cpio do. > > It should be simple enough to tes

Re: [zfs-discuss] questions on zfs backups

2009-01-15 Thread Joerg Schilling
satya wrote: > Any update on star ability to backup ZFS ACLs? Any idea if we can use pax > command to backup ZFS acls? will -p option of pax utility do the trick? I am looking for people who like to discuss the archive format for ZFS ACLs and for extended attribute files for star. Please choo

Re: [zfs-discuss] questions on zfs backups

2009-01-14 Thread Ian Collins
Mark Shellenbaum wrote: > Ian Collins wrote: >> satya wrote: >>> Any idea if we can use pax command to backup ZFS acls? will -p >>> option of pax utility do the trick? >> pax should, according to >> http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-5461/gbchx?a=view >> > > pax isn't ACL aware. It does handle ex

Re: [zfs-discuss] questions on zfs backups

2009-01-14 Thread Mark Shellenbaum
Ian Collins wrote: > satya wrote: >> Any idea if we can use pax command to backup ZFS acls? will -p option of >> pax utility do the trick? >> >> > pax should, according to > http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-5461/gbchx?a=view > pax isn't ACL aware. It does handle extended attributes, th

Re: [zfs-discuss] questions on zfs backups

2009-01-14 Thread Ian Collins
satya wrote: > Any idea if we can use pax command to backup ZFS acls? will -p option of pax > utility do the trick? > > pax should, according to http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-5461/gbchx?a=view tar and cpio do. It should be simple enough to test, just generate an archive and have a lo

Re: [zfs-discuss] questions on zfs backups

2009-01-14 Thread satya
Any update on star ability to backup ZFS ACLs? Any idea if we can use pax command to backup ZFS acls? will -p option of pax utility do the trick? -satya -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.o

Re: [zfs-discuss] questions on zfs backups

2008-11-01 Thread Ian Collins
Joerg Schilling wrote: > Carson Gaspar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>> Also I'm surprised Jorg Schilly hasn't chimed yet suggesting star. :) >>> >> We need _some_ backup format that will preserve ZFS ACLs. star doesn't >> (yet), nor does any other version of tar that I know of. Sun's

Re: [zfs-discuss] questions on zfs backups

2008-11-01 Thread Joerg Schilling
Carson Gaspar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Also I'm surprised Jorg Schilly hasn't chimed yet suggesting star. :) > > We need _some_ backup format that will preserve ZFS ACLs. star doesn't > (yet), nor does any other version of tar that I know of. Sun's cpio > didn't use to (I haven't tested it

Re: [zfs-discuss] questions on zfs backups

2008-11-01 Thread Ian Collins
Carson Gaspar wrote: > On 11/1/2008 4:06 PM, Carson Gaspar wrote: > ... > >> (yet), nor does any other version of tar that I know of. Sun's cpio >> didn't use to (I haven't tested it recently, anyone know for sure?), and >> if it does now, it's still cpio *shudder*. Even rsync doesn't support >>

Re: [zfs-discuss] questions on zfs backups

2008-11-01 Thread Carson Gaspar
On 11/1/2008 4:06 PM, Carson Gaspar wrote: ... > (yet), nor does any other version of tar that I know of. Sun's cpio > didn't use to (I haven't tested it recently, anyone know for sure?), and > if it does now, it's still cpio *shudder*. Even rsync doesn't support ... > have ACL frameworks. And if S

Re: [zfs-discuss] questions on zfs backups

2008-11-01 Thread Carson Gaspar
On 11/1/2008 11:28 AM, David Magda wrote: > On Oct 31, 2008, at 13:13, Richard Elling wrote: > >> Paul Kraus wrote: >>> Is there a ufsdump equivalent for ZFS ? For home use I really don't >>> want to have to buy a NetBackup license. >> No, and it is unlikely to happen. To some degree, ufsdump exis

Re: [zfs-discuss] questions on zfs backups

2008-11-01 Thread Ross
Is there anything better than star? That was what I planned to use. Simple, cheap, and compatible with just about anything :) -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.

Re: [zfs-discuss] questions on zfs backups

2008-11-01 Thread David Magda
On Oct 31, 2008, at 13:13, Richard Elling wrote: > Paul Kraus wrote: >> >> Is there a ufsdump equivalent for ZFS ? For home use I really don't >> want to have to buy a NetBackup license. > > No, and it is unlikely to happen. To some degree, ufsdump existed > because of deficiencies in other copy

Re: [zfs-discuss] questions on zfs backups

2008-10-31 Thread Richard Elling
Paul Kraus wrote: > On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 11:05 PM, Richard Elling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Philip Brown wrote: >> >>> I've recently started down the road of production use for zfs, and am >>> hitting my head on some paradigm shifts. I'd like to clarify whether my >>> understandi

Re: [zfs-discuss] questions on zfs backups

2008-10-31 Thread Paul Kraus
On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 11:05 PM, Richard Elling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Philip Brown wrote: >> I've recently started down the road of production use for zfs, and am >> hitting my head on some paradigm shifts. I'd like to clarify whether my >> understanding is correct, and/or whether there a