Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 13:17:26 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: dick <dick@nagual.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dump Restore on ZFS root system Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1202071316210.88011@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <4F311144.6060504@nagual.nl> References: <4F31045B.9070408@nagual.nl> <4F310997.4080107@unsane.co.uk> <4F311144.6060504@nagual.nl>
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On Tue, 7 Feb 2012, dick wrote: > Op 7-2-2012 12:23, Vincent Hoffman schreef: >> On 07/02/2012 11:00, dick wrote: >>> I run a ZFS on root FreeBSD system. I know I can backup with snapshots >>> but I want a dump/restore action because I want to transfer this >>> system to a UFS virtual FreeBSD machine. >>> My question is: will dump / (root) make a dump of *ALL* other >>> directories? >>> >> Dump works at the filesystem level and will not work on a zfs filesystem >> [root@banshee /backup/local/zfs]# dump -b 64 -f - ./ >> dump: ./: unknown file system >> >> I'd use tar or cpio or pax or something. >> On a UFS filesystem dump will only dump the filesystem specified and >> will not cross mountpoints. > OK, got it. I will have to read up on the best option (tar, cpio or pax) Or rsync, with -a, -H, and probably some other options I can't recall.
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