>From what I have read, this is not the best way to do it. Your best bet is to create a ZFS pool using the external device (or even better, devices) then zfs send | zfs receive. You can then do the same at your remote location.
If you just send to a file, you may find it was a wasted trip (or postage, if you send it that way) as a single error in the file will result in a failure when you try to pull the data back. If you have 2 external devices (USB or eSata HDDs?) each capable of holding all your data, my personal choice would be to use them both in a mirror, transfer to that pool, then go to your remote site a do the same. If you need more devices, try a raidz across 3-4 (or more) devices. Only my opinion. > -----Original Message----- > From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- > boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of a.sm...@ukgrid.net > Sent: 16 February 2011 16:46 > To: zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS send/recv initial data load > > 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. > > > > _______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
