From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 7 05:58:52 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7417C1065670 for ; Thu, 7 Oct 2010 05:58:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marcus@blazingdot.com) Received: from marklar.blazingdot.com (marklar.blazingdot.com [207.154.84.83]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 62C918FC08 for ; Thu, 7 Oct 2010 05:58:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 39504 invoked by uid 503); 7 Oct 2010 05:32:10 -0000 Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 22:32:10 -0700 From: Marcus Reid To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20101007053210.GA39338@blazingdot.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Coffee-Level: nearly-fatal User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Subject: ZFS root pool backup and recovery X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2010 05:58:52 -0000 Hi, The process of creating a backup of the ZFS root pool on Solaris is simple and straightforward: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-5461/ghzwu?l=en&a=view So is restoring it on bare metal: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-5461/ghzur?a=view Has anybody done something similar on FreeBSD with ZFS root? What are the main differences? Thanks, Marcus