Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] What is the rpool/dump fs?

2022-05-12 Thread Richard L. Hamilton
I can think of very few cases where one would want the CONTENTS of swap or dump to be backed up, but I would likely want the layout backed up, so that (empty) volumes of the same size would be restored, leaving the restored system entirely ready to use. Upside: faster, smaller, safer

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] What is the rpool/dump fs?

2022-05-12 Thread Toomas Soome via openindiana-discuss
> On 12. May 2022, at 14:59, hput via openindiana-discuss > wrote: > > Toomas Soome via openindiana-discuss > writes: > > >>> Sorry for the lammer question. Not finding the info that explains it >>> easily. Some with just a pointer, url or the like. >>> >>> What does it do? How should

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] What is the rpool/dump fs?

2022-05-12 Thread hput via openindiana-discuss
Toomas Soome via openindiana-discuss writes: >> Sorry for the lammer question. Not finding the info that explains it >> easily. Some with just a pointer, url or the like. >> >> What does it do? How should I handle it when replicating an oi >> backup server... no backups on it at the moment

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] What is the rpool/dump fs?

2022-05-11 Thread Toomas Soome via openindiana-discuss
See man dumpadm. Sent from my iPhone > On 12. May 2022, at 06:49, hput via openindiana-discuss > wrote: > > Sorry for the lammer question. Not finding the info that explains it > easily. Some with just a pointer, url or the like. > > What does it do? How should I handle it when

[OpenIndiana-discuss] What is the rpool/dump fs?

2022-05-11 Thread hput via openindiana-discuss
Sorry for the lammer question. Not finding the info that explains it easily. Some with just a pointer, url or the like. What does it do? How should I handle it when replicating an oi backup server... no backups on it at the moment so thought I might replicate rpool .. I am excepting rpool/swap