I think the answer is that the configuration is hidden
and cannot be backed up so that it can be easily restored
to a brand spanking new machine with new disks.
-- mark
Cyril Plisko wrote:
On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 7:52 PM, Sachin Palav
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello Friends
Can someone please let me know how I can backup the ZFS configuration which is
stored on the operating system.
The configuration of the ZFS pool is stored in the pool itself. That
means that the pool is self-contained and can be moved between hosts,
while keeping all the configuration (filesystems, volumes and their
properties) intact. Moreover, the configuration is copied on all the
disks of the pool, so that it can be recreated even after partial
loss. Provided, of course, that there was enough redundancy in the
pool to recreate the data.
zpool configuration is also kept in /etc/zfs/zpool.cache, but that
file is a cache and is used merely to provide a hint for the system
during boot on what pools are there and where to find them. The
authoritative configuration always comes from the disks of the pool in
hand.
Does that answer you question ?
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