From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 25 21:23:31 2011 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 51DEF106564A; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:23:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu) Received: from lennier.cc.vt.edu (lennier.cc.vt.edu [198.82.162.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C3C38FC08; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:23:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from zidane.cc.vt.edu (zidane.cc.vt.edu [198.82.163.227]) by lennier.cc.vt.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p6PJPOhN009207; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:25:24 -0400 Received: from auth3.smtp.vt.edu (EHLO auth3.smtp.vt.edu) ([198.82.161.152]) by zidane.cc.vt.edu (MOS 4.2.2-FCS FastPath queued) with ESMTP id QAX95414; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:25:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pmather.tower.lib.vt.edu (pmather.tower.lib.vt.edu [128.173.51.28]) (authenticated bits=0) by auth3.smtp.vt.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p6PJPNbc025425 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:25:23 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Paul Mather In-Reply-To: <20110725185113.2C956B827@mail.bitblocks.com> Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:25:23 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <977DC729-3DEA-44DB-9A30-9C18972A7F00@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> References: <20110721215617.7C7F0B827@mail.bitblocks.com> <20110725181506.GC1339@in-addr.com> <20110725185113.2C956B827@mail.bitblocks.com> To: Bakul Shah X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) X-Mirapoint-Received-SPF: 198.82.161.152 auth3.smtp.vt.edu paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu 5 none X-Junkmail-Status: score=10/50, host=zidane.cc.vt.edu X-Junkmail-Signature-Raw: score=unknown, refid=str=0001.0A02020A.4E2DC324.0019,ss=1,fgs=0, ip=0.0.0.0, so=2010-07-22 22:03:31, dmn=2009-09-10 00:05:08, mode=single engine X-Junkmail-IWF: false Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OS X Lion time machine => (afpd|iSCSI) => ZFS question 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: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:23:31 -0000 On Jul 25, 2011, at 2:51 PM, Bakul Shah wrote: > On Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:15:06 EDT Gary Palmer = wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 02:56:17PM -0700, Bakul Shah wrote: >>> I am in no hurry to upgrade my MBP to OS X Lion but given Lion >>> time machine and netatalk issues, I got wondering if iSCSI on >>> FreeBSD is stable enough for time machine use. How much duct >>> tape and baling wire are needed to make it work?! >>=20 >> Just a word of caution - I read somewhere that using iSCSI for Time >> Machine means that you cannot use TM during an OS reinstall to >> restore your files from the Time Machine archive as iSCSI isn't >> available at that point. It seems you have to use a locally=20 >> attached disk or AFP for the support to be there during=20 >> reinstall. Not sure if thats still the case in Lion or not, I >> would tend to suspect they still don't consider iSCSI a top tier >> transport. >=20 > I read you can create a boot dvd from one of the files in the > upgrade. The problem is that the Boot DVD or Recovery Partition does not have an = iSCSI initiator. In fact, the Mac does not ship with an iSCSI = initiator, and the common solution to obtaining one is to install the = free globalSAN iSCSI Initiator for OS X. Without an installed iSCSI initiator, you won't be able to mount the = LUNs upon which is located the Time Machine volume from which you are = trying to restore files. Cheers, Paul.