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Date:      Fri, 10 Aug 2018 15:55:21 +0100
From:      Gary Palmer <gpalmer@freebsd.org>
To:        Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@rinet.ru>
Cc:        freebsd-fs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ZFS backup Q: send/recv and mountpoint property
Message-ID:  <20180810145521.GB83321@in-addr.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1808101751040.24808@woozle.rinet.ru>
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On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 05:52:03PM +0300, Dmitry Morozovsky wrote:
> 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 

Hi Dmitry,

I don't think that's a problem.  I don't export the pool before rebooting,
I just shut down the box and boot it the next time I need to do a backup
The -R flag prevents the pool from being written to the cache file which
should stop import on boot.  Note that I'm running FreebSD 10.4-p<whatever> 
currently.  Need to upgrade to 11.2 and see if that still works.

Regards,

Gary



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