Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2018 17:52:03 +0300 (MSK) From: Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@rinet.ru> To: Gary Palmer <gpalmer@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS backup Q: send/recv and mountpoint property Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1808101751040.24808@woozle.rinet.ru> In-Reply-To: <20180810144804.GA83321@in-addr.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1807222110450.28320@woozle.rinet.ru> <20180804220727.GA83288@in-addr.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1808101740440.24808@woozle.rinet.ru> <20180810144804.GA83321@in-addr.com>
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On Fri, 10 Aug 2018, Gary Palmer wrote: > > > On my backup server I have two pools, zfsroot and data. I think I set > > > things up, and then exported data so that it's not auto-imported at boot. > > > I then put this in /etc/rc.local > > > > > > zpool import -N -R /backups data > > > > > > It lets the pool import filesystems with paths like / or /home > > > without over-writing the paths on the local system. > > > > that would fit for "normal" case, but does not survive sudden reboot ;-) > > > > I'm switching to zxfer for now; not ideal, but fair and usable enough > > Hi, > > I haven't tested reboot during sync, but I'm not sure why a sudden > reboot would cause issues - the -R should move mounts outside > critical areas. Could you elaborate please? yes, that would be exactly the case I'm referring: reboot when your data pool is *not* exported -- Sincerely, D.Marck [DM5020, MCK-RIPE, DM3-RIPN] [ FreeBSD committer: marck@FreeBSD.org ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Dmitry Morozovsky --- D.Marck --- Wild Woozle --- marck@rinet.ru *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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