Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 10:23:34 +0200 From: "Dr. Nikolaus Klepp" <dr.klepp@gmx.at> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: saving "zfs send" to a Windows host Message-ID: <201904281023.34436.dr.klepp@gmx.at> In-Reply-To: <20190428075047.GA50334@admin.sibptus.ru> References: <20190423054243.GA4659@admin.sibptus.ru> <MWHPR04MB04958C6A2CF9A1D362CB2254803E0@MWHPR04MB0495.namprd04.prod.outlook.com> <20190428075047.GA50334@admin.sibptus.ru>
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Anno domini 2019 Sun, 28 Apr 14:50:47 +0700 Victor Sudakov scripsit: > Carmel NY wrote: > > > > > >> However, I believe you can install bash in Windows 10. In fact, you= =20 > > >> can install an entire linux bistro right into Windows 10. > > >> > > >> Not sure if that will help you or not, but it might be worth losing= =20 > > >> into (I'm not a Windows person, Windows is the thing I avoid when=20 > > >> possible). > > >> > > >> <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10>; =20 > > > > > >As a parenthesis=E2=80=A6 > > > > > >This is =E2=80=98Windows Subsystem for Linux=E2=80=99 (I don=E2=80=99t= use it, but I work=20 > > >with some techie Windows folk who have used it and approve, and I=E2= =80=99ve=20 > > >used it to teach =E2=80=98how to get by on Unix=E2=80=99 classes to fo= lk including=20 > > >Windows laptop users). > > > > > >It=E2=80=99s a bit of a misnomer, in that (as far as I understand thin= gs)=20 > > >it=E2=80=99s really GNU/Windows, in the sense that =E2=80=98GNU/Linux= =E2=80=99 is the GNU=20 > > >userland on the Linux kernel. It=E2=80=99s the majority of an Ubuntu = (or=20 > > >similar) distro built for the Windows kernel. > > > > > >I understand that intimate interaction with device drivers presents=20 > > >occasional problems, and the fact you=E2=80=99re on the only-just-POSI= X=20 > > >Windows filesystem will occasionally bite you, but apart from that it= =20 > > >works better than one might anticipate. If you=E2=80=99re obliged to = use a=20 > > >Windows 10 machine for some reason, this might be how to do it. > > > > > >=E2=80=A6close parenthesis. > > > > > >Norman > >=20 > > I believe if you want to know something, it is best to go straight to > > the source. I have used Microsoft forums in the past when I need > > accurate information and not just guesses. I would suggest that the OP > > start here > > <https://social.technet.microsoft.com/forums/en-us/home?category=3Dwind= ows10itpro> > > , find an appropriate forum and post his question. At the very least, > > someone will direct him to the best place to ask his question. >=20 > The OP (that was me) humbly asked what can be used to send a zfs stream > to a Windows host for storage there, because mount_smbfs is not usable > any more. I was advised to install sshd on Windows. >=20 > However, if receiving a byte stream from FreeBSD will involve the > installation of the whole Penguin on Windows, I'd abstain. >=20 > Maybe I'll find an implementation of dd for Windows, or I'll give up the > sshd idea (which seemed brilliant at first). >=20 > And no, the host on the other side of the ssh connection is not even > Windows 10. >=20 > If I asked about receiving a zfs stream from Unix on a Windows forum, > I'd perhaps become a laughing stock. >=20 Hm .. you might use netcat on windows to receive the bytestream. https://nm= ap.org/ncat/ fire up ssh to windows, start netcat there, close session. send zfs snapsho= t to windows with nc, like so: ssh somebody@windows "ncat -l 9999 -o some-file-for-snapshot" & zfs .... | nc windows-host 9999 Nik =2D-=20 Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing w= ith the NSA, CIA ...
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