> The above is very dangerous, if it > will even work. The output of the zfs send is > redirected to /tmp, which is a ramdisk. If you > have enough space (RAM + Swap), it will work, but if > there is a reboot or crash before the zfs receive > completes then everything is gone.
> In stead, do the following: > (2) n...@holodeck:~# zfs snapshot -r rpool/exp...@now > (3) n...@holodeck:~# zfs send -R rpool/exp...@now | zfs recv -d epool > (4) Check that all the data looks OK in epool > (5) n...@holodeck:~# zfs destroy -r -f rpool/export Thanks for the tip. Is there an easy way to do your revised step 4? Can I use a diff or something similar? e.g. diff rpool/export epool/export -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
