Re: [zfs-discuss] Backup/Restore root pool : SPARC and x86/x64

2009-02-10 Thread Brian Hechinger
On Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 11:56:54AM -0800, Gordon Johnson wrote: > I hope this thread catches someone's attention. I've reviewed the root pool > recovery guide as posted. It presupposes a certain level of network support, > for backup and restore, that many opensolaris users may not have. I di

Re: [zfs-discuss] Backup/Restore root pool : SPARC and x86/x64

2009-02-09 Thread Cindy . Swearingen
Hi Gordon, We are working toward making the root pool recovery process easier in the future, for everyone. In the meantime, this is awesome work. After I run through these steps myself, I would like to add this procedure to the ZFS t/s wiki. Thanks, Cindy Gordon Johnson wrote: > I hope this t

Re: [zfs-discuss] Backup/Restore root pool : SPARC and x86/x64

2009-02-09 Thread Gordon Johnson
I hope this thread catches someone's attention. I've reviewed the root pool recovery guide as posted. It presupposes a certain level of network support, for backup and restore, that many opensolaris users may not have. For an administrator who is working in the context of a data center or a

Re: [zfs-discuss] Backup/Restore root pool : SPARC and x86/x64

2008-11-12 Thread Cindy . Swearingen
Hi Marlanne, Excellent question and thank you for asking... We have a set of instructions for creating root pool snapshots and root pool recovery, here: http://www.solarisinternals.com/wiki/index.php/ZFS_Troubleshooting_Guide#ZFS_Root_Pool_Recovery The zfs send and recv options used in this wik

Re: [zfs-discuss] Backup/Restore

2008-11-03 Thread Cesare
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 6:17 AM, Richard Elling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Cesare wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I've recently started down to put on production use for zfs and I'm >> looking to how doing a backup of filesystem. I've more than one server to >> migrate to ZFS and not so more server wher

Re: [zfs-discuss] Backup/Restore

2008-11-02 Thread Richard Elling
Cesare wrote: > Hi all, > > I've recently started down to put on production use for zfs and I'm > looking to how doing a backup of filesystem. I've more than one server > to migrate to ZFS and not so more server where there is a tape backup. > So I've put a L280 tape drive on one server and use

Re: [zfs-discuss] Backup/Restore idea?

2007-01-19 Thread Marion Hakanson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > . . . > We don't want to buy an Legato solution This will be overkill and is too > expensive. Scripting with tar and other archievers is not the best solution > for doing a backup. Gerrit, It seems you/they must already be scripting with ufsdump now. It's no more diffi

Re: [zfs-discuss] Backup/Restore idea?

2007-01-19 Thread Robert Milkowski
Hello Gerrit, Friday, January 19, 2007, 5:24:47 PM, you wrote: GS> Hi, GS> With the Flemish government we have more then 100 sites. Most of GS> the time the backup is done on a DLT7000 or LTO tape device. A few GS> sites are bigger and have a Legato backup solution. GS> With UFS, the restore is

Re: [zfs-discuss] Backup/Restore idea?

2007-01-19 Thread Wade . Stuart
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 01/19/2007 10:24:47 AM: > Hi, > > With the Flemish government we have more then 100 sites. Most of the > time the backup is done on a DLT7000 or LTO tape device. A few sites > are bigger and have a Legato backup solution. > > With UFS, the restore is easy on those s

Re: [zfs-discuss] Backup/Restore of ZFS Properties

2006-06-14 Thread Matthew Ahrens
On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 12:30:50PM +0200, Constantin Gonzalez Schmitz wrote: > Hi, > > >>Yes, a trivial wrapper could: > >>1. Store all property values in a file in the fs > >>2. zfs send... > >>3. zfs receive... > >>4. Set all the properties stored in that file > > > >IMHO 3. and 4. need to be sw

Re: [zfs-discuss] Backup/Restore of ZFS Properties

2006-05-30 Thread Constantin Gonzalez Schmitz
Hi, Yes, a trivial wrapper could: 1. Store all property values in a file in the fs 2. zfs send... 3. zfs receive... 4. Set all the properties stored in that file IMHO 3. and 4. need to be swapped - otherwise e.g. files will not be compressed when restored. hmm, I assumed that the ZFS stream

Re: [zfs-discuss] Backup/Restore of ZFS Properties

2006-05-29 Thread Matthew Ahrens
On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 04:11:13AM +0200, Franz Haberhauer wrote: > Is the idea of 'zfs send -p' to only send the properities in addition > to the content or without content? Actually I would expect sending the > poperties as the default for send and an option for receive not to > apply the propert

Re: [zfs-discuss] Backup/Restore of ZFS Properties

2006-05-29 Thread Franz Haberhauer
Is the idea of 'zfs send -p' to only send the properities in addition to the content or without content? Actually I would expect sending the poperties as the default for send and an option for receive not to apply the properties - and have an option (-p) for send to send only the properties e.g.

Re: [zfs-discuss] Backup/Restore of ZFS Properties

2006-05-29 Thread Matthew Ahrens
Yep, thanks for digging that up. FYI, this is RFE 6421959 "want zfs send to preserve properties ('zfs send -p')". --matt On Mon, May 29, 2006 at 02:21:44PM -0400, Jeff Victor wrote: > An earlier response from Matt Ahrens, to a similar question: > > > 'zfs backup/restore' (now 'zfs send/receive'

Re: [zfs-discuss] Backup/Restore of ZFS Properties

2006-05-29 Thread Franz Haberhauer
Jeff Victor wrote: Yes, a trivial wrapper could: 1. Store all property values in a file in the fs 2. zfs send... 3. zfs receive... 4. Set all the properties stored in that file IMHO 3. and 4. need to be swapped - otherwise e.g. files will not be compressed when restored. - Franz Franz Habe

Re: [zfs-discuss] Backup/Restore of ZFS Properties

2006-05-29 Thread Jeff Victor
Yes, a trivial wrapper could: 1. Store all property values in a file in the fs 2. zfs send... 3. zfs receive... 4. Set all the properties stored in that file Franz Haberhauer wrote: Jeff Victor wrote: An earlier response from Matt Ahrens, to a similar question: > 'zfs backup/restore' (now 'zf

Re: [zfs-discuss] Backup/Restore of ZFS Properties

2006-05-29 Thread Franz Haberhauer
Jeff Victor wrote: An earlier response from Matt Ahrens, to a similar question: > 'zfs backup/restore' (now 'zfs send/receive') currently only sends the > filesystem's contents, and not its settings. This is useful if, for > example, you want to use different settings on the remote side (eg.

Re: [zfs-discuss] Backup/Restore of ZFS Properties

2006-05-29 Thread Jeff Victor
An earlier response from Matt Ahrens, to a similar question: > 'zfs backup/restore' (now 'zfs send/receive') currently only sends the > filesystem's contents, and not its settings. This is useful if, for > example, you want to use different settings on the remote side (eg. turn > on compression)