Re: [zfs-discuss] questions on zfs backups

2009-01-15 Thread Joerg Schilling
Ian Collins i...@ianshome.com wrote: satya wrote: Any idea if we can use pax command to backup ZFS acls? will -p option of pax utility do the trick? pax should, according to http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-5461/gbchx?a=view tar and cpio do. It should be simple enough to

Re: [zfs-discuss] questions on zfs backups

2009-01-15 Thread Joerg Schilling
satya g...@zmanda.com wrote: Any update on star ability to backup ZFS ACLs? Any idea if we can use pax command to backup ZFS acls? will -p option of pax utility do the trick? I am looking for people who like to discuss the archive format for ZFS ACLs and for extended attribute files for

Re: [zfs-discuss] questions on zfs backups

2009-01-14 Thread satya
Any update on star ability to backup ZFS ACLs? Any idea if we can use pax command to backup ZFS acls? will -p option of pax utility do the trick? -satya -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list

Re: [zfs-discuss] questions on zfs backups

2009-01-14 Thread Ian Collins
satya wrote: Any idea if we can use pax command to backup ZFS acls? will -p option of pax utility do the trick? pax should, according to http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-5461/gbchx?a=view tar and cpio do. It should be simple enough to test, just generate an archive and have a look.

Re: [zfs-discuss] questions on zfs backups

2009-01-14 Thread Mark Shellenbaum
Ian Collins wrote: satya wrote: Any idea if we can use pax command to backup ZFS acls? will -p option of pax utility do the trick? pax should, according to http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-5461/gbchx?a=view pax isn't ACL aware. It does handle extended attributes, though. Here

Re: [zfs-discuss] questions on zfs backups

2009-01-14 Thread Ian Collins
Mark Shellenbaum wrote: Ian Collins wrote: satya wrote: Any idea if we can use pax command to backup ZFS acls? will -p option of pax utility do the trick? pax should, according to http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-5461/gbchx?a=view pax isn't ACL aware. It does handle extended

Re: [zfs-discuss] questions on zfs backups

2008-11-01 Thread David Magda
On Oct 31, 2008, at 13:13, Richard Elling wrote: Paul Kraus wrote: Is there a ufsdump equivalent for ZFS ? For home use I really don't want to have to buy a NetBackup license. No, and it is unlikely to happen. To some degree, ufsdump existed because of deficiencies in other copy

Re: [zfs-discuss] questions on zfs backups

2008-11-01 Thread Ross
Is there anything better than star? That was what I planned to use. Simple, cheap, and compatible with just about anything :) -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] questions on zfs backups

2008-11-01 Thread Carson Gaspar
On 11/1/2008 11:28 AM, David Magda wrote: On Oct 31, 2008, at 13:13, Richard Elling wrote: Paul Kraus wrote: Is there a ufsdump equivalent for ZFS ? For home use I really don't want to have to buy a NetBackup license. No, and it is unlikely to happen. To some degree, ufsdump existed

Re: [zfs-discuss] questions on zfs backups

2008-11-01 Thread Carson Gaspar
On 11/1/2008 4:06 PM, Carson Gaspar wrote: ... (yet), nor does any other version of tar that I know of. Sun's cpio didn't use to (I haven't tested it recently, anyone know for sure?), and if it does now, it's still cpio *shudder*. Even rsync doesn't support ... have ACL frameworks. And if

Re: [zfs-discuss] questions on zfs backups

2008-11-01 Thread Joerg Schilling
Carson Gaspar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also I'm surprised Jorg Schilly hasn't chimed yet suggesting star. :) We need _some_ backup format that will preserve ZFS ACLs. star doesn't (yet), nor does any other version of tar that I know of. Sun's cpio didn't use to (I haven't tested it

Re: [zfs-discuss] questions on zfs backups

2008-11-01 Thread Ian Collins
Joerg Schilling wrote: Carson Gaspar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also I'm surprised Jorg Schilly hasn't chimed yet suggesting star. :) We need _some_ backup format that will preserve ZFS ACLs. star doesn't (yet), nor does any other version of tar that I know of. Sun's cpio didn't

Re: [zfs-discuss] questions on zfs backups

2008-10-31 Thread Paul Kraus
On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 11:05 PM, Richard Elling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Philip Brown wrote: I've recently started down the road of production use for zfs, and am hitting my head on some paradigm shifts. I'd like to clarify whether my understanding is correct, and/or whether there are

Re: [zfs-discuss] questions on zfs backups

2008-10-31 Thread Richard Elling
Paul Kraus wrote: On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 11:05 PM, Richard Elling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Philip Brown wrote: I've recently started down the road of production use for zfs, and am hitting my head on some paradigm shifts. I'd like to clarify whether my understanding is correct,