Dump Restore on ZFS root system

2012-02-07 Thread dick
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? yanta# df -h Filesystem

Re: Dump Restore on ZFS root system

2012-02-07 Thread Vincent Hoffman
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

Re: Dump Restore on ZFS root system

2012-02-07 Thread dick
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

Re: Dump Restore on ZFS root system

2012-02-07 Thread George Kontostanos
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 1:55 PM, dick d...@nagual.nl 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

Re: Dump Restore on ZFS root system

2012-02-07 Thread William Brown
On 07/02/2012, at 22:25, dick 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.

Re: Dump Restore on ZFS root system

2012-02-07 Thread Warren Block
On Tue, 7 Feb 2012, dick 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