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Date:      Sun, 6 Nov 2022 14:16:01 -0800
From:      paul beard <paulbeard@gmail.com>
To:        void <void@f-m.fm>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Zfs Guide
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On Sun, Nov 6, 2022 at 2:13 PM void <void@f-m.fm> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Sun, 6 Nov 2022, at 21:30, paul beard wrote:
> > As someone who screwed up their root/sole drive not long ago, this ZFS
> > discussion is interesting. The rebuilding process might have been
> > easier or even unnecessary, had I been able to roll back to a snapshot.
> > So even after reading all of this, I have to ask if this is the right
> > call for me. I use Freebsd in a VM, have two disk images already with a
> > job to mirror them as a backup  (not gmirror, I didn't know about that
> > when i set this all up). Will zfs allow me to run the services I run
> > now with the same ease (booting into the VM automagically) with the
> > added security of snapshots and redundancy? I guess a peruse of the
> > fine manual is in order=E2=80=A6?
>
> You might want to take a look at man 8 bectl if you have a recent
> (13-stable) system or newer, as well as all the newer zfs stuff
> --
>
>
bectl is also available on freebsd 12.3, it seems.
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Paul Beard / www.paulbeard.org/

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">=
<div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sun, Nov 6, 2022 at 2:13 PM void &=
lt;<a href=3D"mailto:void@f-m.fm">void@f-m.fm</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><bloc=
kquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-=
width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);paddin=
g-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
<br>
On Sun, 6 Nov 2022, at 21:30, paul beard wrote:<br>
&gt; As someone who screwed up their root/sole drive not long ago, this ZFS=
 <br>
&gt; discussion is interesting. The rebuilding process might have been <br>
&gt; easier or even unnecessary, had I been able to roll back to a snapshot=
. <br>
&gt; So even after reading all of this, I have to ask if this is the right =
<br>
&gt; call for me. I use Freebsd in a VM, have two disk images already with =
a <br>
&gt; job to mirror them as a backup=C2=A0 (not gmirror, I didn&#39;t know a=
bout that <br>
&gt; when i set this all up). Will zfs allow me to run the services I run <=
br>
&gt; now with the same ease (booting into the VM automagically) with the <b=
r>
&gt; added security of snapshots and redundancy? I guess a peruse of the <b=
r>
&gt; fine manual is in order=E2=80=A6? <br>
<br>
You might want to take a look at man 8 bectl if you have a recent <br>
(13-stable) system or newer, as well as all the newer zfs stuff<br>
-- <br>
<br>
</blockquote></div><br clear=3D"all"><div>bectl is also available on freebs=
d 12.3, it seems.=C2=A0</div><div>--=C2=A0</div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"g=
mail_signature">Paul Beard / <a href=3D"http://www.paulbeard.org/" target=
=3D"_blank">www.paulbeard.org/</a><br></div></div>

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