On Feb 16, 2011, at 7:38 AM, whitetr6 at gmail.com wrote:
My question is about the initial "seed" of the data. Is it possible
to use a portable drive to copy the initial zfs filesystem(s) to the
remote location and then make the subsequent incrementals over the
network? If so, what would I need to do to make sure it is an exact
copy? Thank you,
Yes, you can send the initial seed snapshot to a file on a portable
disk. for example:
# zfs send tank/volume@seed > /myexternaldrive/zfssnap.data
If the volume of data is too much to fit on a single disk then you can
create a new pool spread across the number of disks you require, make
a duplicate of the snapshot onto your new pool. Then from the new pool
you can run a new zfs send when connected to your offsite server.
thanks Andy.
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