Calum Benson wrote: > > On 16 Dec 2008, at 17:36, Tom Georgoulias wrote: > >> When I last played around with zfs-auto-snapshots & 2008.05 I could send >> the snapshots to a remote server with the zfs send/recv commands. Now >> that I have time-slider setup on a 2008.11 install, it looks like that >> send/recv functionality is missing. Was it removed in favor of doing >> this send/recv with another application or system function? Is there a >> preferred way to do it this now? > > It was temporarily removed because we wanted to integrate the Time > Slider GUI for the snapshot feature first. The backup feature will be > re-added (also with a GUI) at a later date, hopefully in time for > 2009.04-- although right now I believe the guys are still debating > whether to use zfs send/recv for this as before, or to switch to zfs > mirror (which has its pros and cons).
Thanks for the info. I have been experimenting with the backup and backup-save-cmd settings in the auto-snapshot.xml manifest to try and get replication working, but haven't been successful yet. This change is a little bit of a set back for me, we were planning to buy some thumper servers and use zfs-auto-snapshots to keep one thumper in semi-sync with the other. I suppose I could write some scripts that would take the snapshots, send them to the other server, and rotate out the oldest, etc., but would prefer to use a tool or process that is community supported. I try not to strike out on my own unless I have to, and I would imagine there are others in the community who are trying to do the same thing I'm doing. Is it safe to assume my options are to either wait for the next release of time-slider or roll my own? Are there any other options? Thanks, Tom _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
