> ZFS Snapshots sent by zfs send/recv are data streams, > so you can dump to a file: > > zfs snapshot pool/data...@snapshot > zfs send pool/data...@snapshot > > /backups/dataset-snapshot-100107.zfssnap > > Then restore later: > > cat /backups/dataset-snapshot-100107.zfssnap | zfs > recv -d pool > > For compression, etc, just send the snapshot > datastream to gzip or something rather than directly > to file. > > benr.
It's a bummer, but from what I've heard, this isn't a great idea. Among other reasons, ZFS Send data format is subject to change, so it's very possible that you won't be able to restore anything you've archived after an update. Also, that data format is apparently not particularly good for detecting when bits have been flipped and the archive is corrupt. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ xen-discuss mailing list [email protected]
