Hi,

> Am 13.01.2016 um 21:27 schrieb Rickie via smartos-discuss 
> <[email protected]>:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I'm considering my options for backing up my SmartOS zones pool.
> 
> My options seem to be -
>  * Backup to Directly Attached Storage via ESATA or USB 3

eSATA should work.

USB3 is not supported by SmartOS (last time I checked).
I would *LOVE* to see USB3 support (and UASP for that matter)
in SmartOS. Maybe someone in the know could comment on this.

>  * Backup to a NAS on the network.

Most likely you will want to use „zfs send/recv“ to back up 
snapshots incrementally from your zones pool. This will 
NOT work with a NAS unless that NAS happens to be
ZFS-based (e.g. FreeNAS). Even then you should 
check for zpool versions and feature-flags and make sure 
the the NAS fully understands the zfs send stream.
I would also actually test a restore from the NAS to SmartOS
to make sure everything is really restored properly.

I am always a little concerned about doing ZFS backups 
between different platforms. For example I am running
OpenZFS on OSX and I am unsure if I can trust my
SmartOS backups into an OSX pool. Some properties are
handled differently on OSX. 

Does someone have experience with doing ZFS backups across
different ZFS platforms?

Cheers
Dirk

> What are other back options?
> What are the pros and cons of each?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Rickie
> 


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