On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 1:55 PM, dick <[email protected]> wrote: > Op 7-2-2012 12:23, Vincent Hoffman schreef: > >> On 07/02/2012 11:00, dick wrote: >>> >>> I run a ZFS on root FreeBSD system. I know I can backup with snapshots >>> but I want a dump/restore action because I want to transfer this >>> system to a UFS virtual FreeBSD machine. >>> My question is: will dump / (root) make a dump of *ALL* other >>> directories? >>> >> Dump works at the filesystem level and will not work on a zfs filesystem >> [root@banshee /backup/local/zfs]# dump -b 64 -f - ./ >> dump: ./: unknown file system >> >> I'd use tar or cpio or pax or something. >> On a UFS filesystem dump will only dump the filesystem specified and >> will not cross mountpoints. > > OK, got it. I will have to read up on the best option (tar, cpio or pax)
You can always clone it using zfs send / receive to your vm: http://www.aisecure.net/2011/03/26/cloning-a-zfs-bootable-system/ -- George Kontostanos Aicom telecoms ltd http://www.aisecure.net _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
