Hi, Is there any way to do this in Solaris 10? For example create an empty zfs filesystem before receiving and then receive the stream without touching the metadata?
On Jun 25, 2008, at 2:37 PM, James Andrewartha wrote: > Peter Boros wrote: >> Hi James, >> >> Of course, changing the recordsize was the first thing I did, after I >> created the original filesystem. I copied some files on it, made a >> snapshot, and then performed the zfs send (with the decreased >> recordsize). After I performed a zfs receive, the recordsize was the >> default (128k) on the new filesystem. > > Ah, I was using the -R option to zfs send, which does what you want. > It's > been in since nv77, PSARC/2007/574. To quote the manpage: > -R Generate a replication stream package, > which will replicate the specified > filesystem, and all descendant file sys- > tems, up to the named snapshot. When > received, all properties, snapshots, des- > cendent file systems, and clones are > preserved. > > If the -i or -I flags are used in con- > junction with the -R flag, an incremental > replication stream is generated. The > current values of properties, and current > snapshot and file system names are set > when the stream is received. If the -F > flag is specified when this stream is > recieved, snapshots and file systems that > do not exist on the sending side are des- > troyed. > > -- > James Andrewartha > _______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss ______ /_____/\ Peter Boros /_____\\ \ /_____\ \\ / Technical Specialist /_____/ \/ / / /_____/ / \//\ Sun Microsystems Inc. \_____\//\ / / Hungary-1027 Budapest, Kapas u. 11-15. \_____/ / /\ / Phone: +36 1 489-8900 \_____/ \\ \ \_____\ \\ \_____\/ _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
