Hans wrote: > hello, > can i create a image from ZFS with the DD command? > when i work with linux i use partimage to create an image from one partitino > and store it on another. so i can restore it if an error. > partimage do not work with zfs, so i must use the DD command. > i think so: > DD IF=/dev/sda1 OF=/backup/image > can i create an image this way, and restore it the other: > DD IF=/backup/image OF=/dev/sda1
How about using a ZFS snapshot instead? > when i have two partitions with zfs, can i boot from the live cd, mount one > partition to use it as backup target? > or is it possible to create a ext2 partition and use a linux rescue cd to > backup the zfs partition with dd ? Have a look at the 2008.05 release for some ideas on how to do this sort of thing. James C. McPherson -- Senior Kernel Software Engineer, Solaris Sun Microsystems http://blogs.sun.com/jmcp http://www.jmcp.homeunix.com/blog _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
