Edward Ned Harvey writes: > > Note also that the data format for the ZFS send/receive mechanism > > isn't stable. Unless these two systems are running exactly the same > > OS build and are upgraded in lock-step fashion, you may run into > > problems. > > Understood. I've always been paranoid and obsessive about even "dump" and > restore for ext3 etc. Always the same precise exact version. So I > appreciate that caution.
No idea about ext3, but for UFS, dump and restore are safer, because the UFS on-disk format is a Committed Private interface, and the utilities generate streamed versions of that same interface. The same sort of locking-down just hasn't been done with ZFS yet. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <[email protected]> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677 _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
