To do step no 4, you need to login as root, or create new user which home dir not at export.
Sent from my iPhone On Jan 9, 2009, at 10:10 AM, noz <sf2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Kyle wrote: >> So if preserving the home filesystem through >> re-installs are really >> important, putting the home filesystem in a separate >> pool may be in >> order. > > My problem similar to the original thread author, and this scenario > is exactly the one I had in mind. I figured out a workable solution > from the zfs admin guide, but I've only tested this in virtualbox. > I have no idea how well this would work if I actually had hundreds > of gigabytes of data. I also don't know if my solution is the > recommended way to do this, so please let me know if anyone has a > better method. > > Here's my solution: > (1) n...@holodeck:~# zpool create epool mirror c4t1d0 c4t2d0 c4t3d0 > > n...@holodeck:~# zfs list > NAME USED AVAIL REFER MOUNTPOINT > epool 69K 15.6G 18K /epool > rpool 3.68G 11.9G 72K /rpool > rpool/ROOT 2.81G 11.9G 18K legacy > rpool/ROOT/opensolaris 2.81G 11.9G 2.68G / > rpool/dump 383M 11.9G 383M - > rpool/export 632K 11.9G 19K /export > rpool/export/home 612K 11.9G 19K /export/home > rpool/export/home/noz 594K 11.9G 594K /export/home/noz > rpool/swap 512M 12.4G 21.1M - > n...@holodeck:~# > > (2) n...@holodeck:~# zfs snapshot -r rpool/exp...@now > (3) n...@holodeck:~# zfs send -R rpool/exp...@now > /tmp/export_now > (4) n...@holodeck:~# zfs destroy -r -f rpool/export > (5) n...@holodeck:~# zfs recv -d epool < /tmp/export_now > > n...@holodeck:~# zfs list > NAME USED AVAIL REFER MOUNTPOINT > epool 756K 15.6G 18K /epool > epool/export 630K 15.6G 19K /export > epool/export/home 612K 15.6G 19K /export/home > epool/export/home/noz 592K 15.6G 592K /export/home/noz > rpool 3.68G 11.9G 72K /rpool > rpool/ROOT 2.81G 11.9G 18K legacy > rpool/ROOT/opensolaris 2.81G 11.9G 2.68G / > rpool/dump 383M 11.9G 383M - > rpool/swap 512M 12.4G 21.1M - > n...@holodeck:~# > > (6) n...@holodeck:~# zfs mount -a > > or > > (6) reboot > > The only part I'm uncomfortable with is when I have to destroy > rpool's export filesystem (step 4), because trying to destroy > without the -f switch results in a "filesystem is active" error. > -- > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
