From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Dec 15 17:40:29 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84D05C810BC for ; Thu, 15 Dec 2016 17:40:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexmiroslav@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vk0-x232.google.com (mail-vk0-x232.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c05::232]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3DF968DB for ; Thu, 15 Dec 2016 17:40:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexmiroslav@gmail.com) Received: by mail-vk0-x232.google.com with SMTP id x186so75541050vkd.1 for ; Thu, 15 Dec 2016 09:40:29 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=er7bqxbEHcdsLmf7u/vIap91j99PUzizsw5vWUk4jAk=; b=vDEFeWSEvWCLxjTR4TLN2Gt6taWvbeEELiKZtYvyfx6fVsDZ6G9erf+A4zevJ6f9+t FQ5eYYpbNWZZjS6oWMPrucbMkf0olLJN8VuNmoOV0tlGwySOS+DVhZo76+A4vseiyflA rj4nUrRhSSKwwg8mKCUtSDGWD5bZMKEGbkxYgb9yf+VAzURErl0LwyWDZdMrbno6lS/S 6ragJs09IVZqmpiy4BsYsQZpxU69NBpxiv7mOW3rSX3RJPrkEKrUTfT/3MXOdebG3Av4 cLnt8NoUbyaYUxBc3uoS6vffvSBr58zTWRb5+LwK3DkHepBKCf7JpP6ILnXs8X+xobhB YODA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=er7bqxbEHcdsLmf7u/vIap91j99PUzizsw5vWUk4jAk=; b=fyfnsJH0Ba6HOwSHEA11Dj0L+LOSqzToGhmLaelZrr2FpJ5AuSDBFF9hRpcnUbOcIS 8F7jqLPzUynleUS4HUkb4sSkPvR844v488UBsJwAi/A8XFDioaghrlvQ8wRV+oAOwPpt IlBOk7vJHW1nm52ZVq5gkbHcQMDOjzNYjomrE1bd+s9rZ/s8msaNQ25e+OxhIyq5J2DD E+CYN2xPATzYV+S5UrD+pN4U6pK1w0xa6eVz+TEC6s7WhgDmUPPaWtoQHSeWHmrr3knq qdHaIVITMbn4vYcfJPwdpJeKMPfSHLjwDj2Gd5AwWItjprmjgYoJUffa8e8H7vO0veI2 K62A== X-Gm-Message-State: AKaTC02u/dPSlSFw083oBUA6MaME+UPApWTQJHpTU4hjpjCJ2lgt69cjN8di/MkqwmYCQrUyx8P3z/Ha8f0Kww== X-Received: by 10.31.194.205 with SMTP id s196mr2046959vkf.101.1481823628200; Thu, 15 Dec 2016 09:40:28 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.176.3.20 with HTTP; Thu, 15 Dec 2016 09:40:27 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: Aleksandr Miroslav Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 09:40:27 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: zfs (zxfer) replication -- "holes" in backups? To: Jon Radel , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 17:40:29 -0000 On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 10:36 PM, Jon Radel wrote: > > Occasionally, for whatever reason, zxfer can't replicate a particular snapshot. > > In particular, might you be using the -d and -F options, or more > precisely, failing to do so? Just checked, and all my backup scripts use both of those switches. > zxfer -vFdk -o setuid=off,compression=lz4 -T mirrors@filer.radel.com -R > zroot pool1/mirrors/stream.radel.com > > I do *not* see the problem you describe Here is what my backup script looks like: /usr/local/sbin/zxfer -dFkPv -g 376 -T root@remote.example.org -R zroot zroot/backups I think I have mostly the same switches as you. Alex