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? > Du

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 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 vi

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 FreeBS

Re: Dump Restore on ZFS root system

2012-02-07 Thread Michael Sierchio
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 6:18 AM, William Brown wrote: > Why not use the ZFS send / receive command? and how well does that work on UFS filesystems? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-question

Re: Dump Restore on ZFS root system

2012-02-07 Thread Dick Hoogendijk
Op 7-2-2012 15:18, William Brown schreef: 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 s

Re: Dump Restore on ZFS root system

2012-02-07 Thread Fritz Wuehler
> > I'd use tar or cpio or pax or something. zfs has tools built in for this man zfs and look for "send" with the recursive option ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscrib

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 quest