Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:55:48 +0100 From: dick <dick@nagual.nl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dump Restore on ZFS root system Message-ID: <4F311144.6060504@nagual.nl> In-Reply-To: <4F310997.4080107@unsane.co.uk> References: <4F31045B.9070408@nagual.nl> <4F310997.4080107@unsane.co.uk>
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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)
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