Backup strategy for zfs + jail

2012-01-17 Thread bsd
Hi, I have a simple 1U server with two disks that I have configured as a jail server. I want to setup a simple yet very efficient backup policy for my jail environment. This server is running a ZFS filesystem. Ideally I would like to backup the main zfsroot/jail and all subdirectories on

RE: Backup strategy for zfs + jail

2012-01-17 Thread Devin Teske
-Original Message- From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of bsd Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 1:04 PM To: Liste FreeBSD Subject: Backup strategy for zfs + jail Hi, I have a simple 1U server with two disks that I

Re: Backup strategy for zfs + jail

2012-01-17 Thread Dmitry Sarkisov
On 17-01-2012, Tue [13:52:48], Devin Teske wrote: -Original Message- From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of bsd Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 1:04 PM To: Liste FreeBSD Subject: Backup strategy for zfs + jail

RE: Backup strategy for zfs + jail

2012-01-17 Thread Wojciech Puchar
-- Efficiency -- Compatibility with ZFS If you're running 9, give HAST a shot. maybe a stupid question but what is a practical difference between hast and doing ggate+gmirror and setting prefer load balancing to local disk? ___

Re: Backup strategy for zfs + jail

2012-01-17 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Create snapshots of your datasets and use zfs send. You can even transfer differences between snapshots. and then try to recover data from these backups after a year or so ;) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Backup strategy for zfs + jail

2012-01-17 Thread bsd
Le 17 janv. 2012 à 22:52, Devin Teske a écrit : -Original Message- From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of bsd Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 1:04 PM To: Liste FreeBSD Subject: Backup strategy for zfs + jail Hi

Re: Backup strategy for zfs + jail

2012-01-17 Thread Dmitry Sarkisov
On 17-01-2012, Tue [23:31:30], Wojciech Puchar wrote: Create snapshots of your datasets and use zfs send. You can even transfer differences between snapshots. and then try to recover data from these backups after a year or so ;) No one did mention the retention policy ;) Jokes aside, we