On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 10:41 PM, Brandon High <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 12:23 AM, Aubrey Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Here, "zfs send tank/root > /mnt/root" doesn't work, "zfs send" can't accept
>> a directory as an output. So I use zfs send and zfs receive:
>
> Really
On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 11:37 PM, Albert Lee
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Raw disk images are, uh, nice and all, but I don't think that was what
> Aubrey had in mind when asking zfs-discuss about a backup solution. This
> is 2008, not 1960.
But retro is in!
The point that I didn't really make is t
On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 12:23 AM, Aubrey Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Here, "zfs send tank/root > /mnt/root" doesn't work, "zfs send" can't accept
> a directory as an output. So I use zfs send and zfs receive:
Really? zfs send just gives you a byte stream, and the shell redirects
it to the file
Hi Erik,
Thanks for your instruction, but let me dig into details.
On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 10:04 PM, Erik Trimble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Thus, you could do this:
>
> (1) Install system A
No problem, :-)
> (2) hook USB drive to A, and mount it at /mnt
I created a zfs pool, and mount it at
On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 11:53 -0700, Brandon High wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 12:44 AM, Aubrey Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > for windows we use ghost to backup system and recovery.
> > can we do similar thing for solaris by ZFS?
>
> You could probably use a Ghost bootdisk to create an image
Ghost should work just fine. It's not just a windows program, it's best used
on a bootable cd or floppy (or network boot for the adventurous), and it'll
backup any hard drive, not just windows.
If you're using ghost it's always best to have a bootable CD or similar, since
you can recover the d
On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 12:44 AM, Aubrey Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> for windows we use ghost to backup system and recovery.
> can we do similar thing for solaris by ZFS?
You could probably use a Ghost bootdisk to create an image of a
OpenSolaris system.
I've also used Drive Snapshot to image
Tim Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > P.S.: I am talking about the cpio program creating "cpio" archives and this
> > is
> > what I believe happens in flar.
>
> Not so sure - man flash_archive(4) you can choose the archiver you want
> it to use. In terms of flar being extensible, it doesn't
Aubrey Li wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 9:49 PM, Erik Trimble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> I'm pretty sure that OpenSolaris 2008.5 is the same a Nevada b89, which
>> definite _does_ have flar.
>>
>
> No, OpenSolaris 200805 is based on b86, not b89.
> And if you read indiana mailing lis
Aubrey Li wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 7:03 PM, Richard L. Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>> Hi list,
>>>
>>> for windows we use ghost to backup system and
>>> recovery.
>>> can we do similar thing for solaris by ZFS?
>>>
>>> I want to create a image and install to another
>>> machine
On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 9:49 PM, Erik Trimble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Aubrey Li wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 7:30 PM, Richard L. Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
>>
On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 15:44 +0800, Aubrey Li wrote:
>
> for windows we use ghost to backup sys
Aubrey Li wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 7:30 PM, Richard L. Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>> On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 15:44 +0800, Aubrey Li wrote:
>>>
for windows we use ghost to backup system and
>>> recovery.
>>>
can we do similar thing for solari
On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 7:30 PM, Richard L. Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 15:44 +0800, Aubrey Li wrote:
>> > for windows we use ghost to backup system and
>> recovery.
>> > can we do similar thing for solaris by ZFS?
>>
>> How about flar ?
>> http://docs.sun.com/app
On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 7:03 PM, Richard L. Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Hi list,
>>
>> for windows we use ghost to backup system and
>> recovery.
>> can we do similar thing for solaris by ZFS?
>>
>> I want to create a image and install to another
>> machine,
>> So that the personal config
Hi Joerg,
On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 15:09 +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote:
> Tim Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 13:47 +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote:
> > > Isn't flar based on the outdated cpio?
> >
> > cpio was updated to support ZFS ACLs as part of "PSARC 2002/240 ZFS", if
>
Joerg Schilling wrote:
> Tim Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>> Hey Joerg,
>>
>> On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 13:47 +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote:
>>
How about flar ?
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-5668/flash-24?a=view
[ I'm actually not sure if it's supported for zfs roo
Erik Trimble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "bare-metal" restore generally means that you give it a piece of
> hardware with nothing installed on it, boot it somehow, and the
> "restore" program can bring the machine all the way back up to a
> previously-stored state.
>
> Norton Ghost has two mai
Tim Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hey Joerg,
>
> On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 13:47 +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote:
> > > How about flar ?
> > > http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-5668/flash-24?a=view
> > > [ I'm actually not sure if it's supported for zfs root though ]
> >
> > Isn't flar based on
Joerg Schilling wrote:
> "Richard L. Hamilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>> Zfs has send and receive commands, which more or less correspond to
>> ufsdump and ufsrestore for ufs, except that the names send and receive
>> are perhaps more appropriate, since the zfs(1m) man page says:
>>
Hey Joerg,
On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 13:47 +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote:
> > How about flar ?
> > http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-5668/flash-24?a=view
> > [ I'm actually not sure if it's supported for zfs root though ]
>
> Isn't flar based on the outdated cpio?
cpio was updated to support ZFS A
"Richard L. Hamilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Zfs has send and receive commands, which more or less correspond to
> ufsdump and ufsrestore for ufs, except that the names send and receive
> are perhaps more appropriate, since the zfs(1m) man page says:
> > The format of the stream is evolving
Tim Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 15:44 +0800, Aubrey Li wrote:
> > for windows we use ghost to backup system and recovery.
> > can we do similar thing for solaris by ZFS?
>
> How about flar ?
> http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-5668/flash-24?a=view
> [ I'm actuall
>
> On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 15:44 +0800, Aubrey Li wrote:
> > for windows we use ghost to backup system and
> recovery.
> > can we do similar thing for solaris by ZFS?
>
> How about flar ?
> http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-5668/flash-24?a=v
> iew
> [ I'm actually not sure if it's supported for
On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 15:44 +0800, Aubrey Li wrote:
> for windows we use ghost to backup system and recovery.
> can we do similar thing for solaris by ZFS?
How about flar ?
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-5668/flash-24?a=view
[ I'm actually not sure if it's supported for zfs root though ]
> Hi list,
>
> for windows we use ghost to backup system and
> recovery.
> can we do similar thing for solaris by ZFS?
>
> I want to create a image and install to another
> machine,
> So that the personal configuration will not be lost.
Since I don't do Windows, I'm not familiar with ghost, but
> Hi list,
>
> for windows we use ghost to backup system and
> recovery.
> can we do similar thing for solaris by ZFS?
>
> I want to create a image and install to another
> machine,
> So that the personal configuration will not be lost.
Since I don't do Windows, I'm not familiar with ghost, but
Hi list,
for windows we use ghost to backup system and recovery.
can we do similar thing for solaris by ZFS?
I want to create a image and install to another machine,
So that the personal configuration will not be lost.
Thanks,
-Aubrey
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