Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:25:23 -0400 From: Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> To: Bakul Shah <bakul@bitblocks.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OS X Lion time machine => (afpd|iSCSI) => ZFS question Message-ID: <977DC729-3DEA-44DB-9A30-9C18972A7F00@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> In-Reply-To: <20110725185113.2C956B827@mail.bitblocks.com> References: <20110721215617.7C7F0B827@mail.bitblocks.com> <20110725181506.GC1339@in-addr.com> <20110725185113.2C956B827@mail.bitblocks.com>
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On Jul 25, 2011, at 2:51 PM, Bakul Shah wrote: > On Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:15:06 EDT Gary Palmer <gpalmer@freebsd.org> = 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.
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