Mark Furner wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Am not sure who to address this query to, there is no list for ZFS forensics 
> (yet). I'm looking at a DD dump of a VTOC partition containing a ZFS test 
> file system, follow the Uberblock DVAs to 3 separate locations (ditto blocks, 
> as expected) but don't find an object I can recognise. It should be the MOS, 
> which is type objset_phys_t, ie. it starts with a dnode, followed by a 
> zil_header_t and a uint64_t os_type. However, I can't see a dnode in this, 
> can someone help me to interpret this?

Make sure you have the correct uberblock; there are many and you have to 
find the one with the most recent txg.

The uberblock almost certainly points to a compressed block; you need to 
check the compressed bit in the blkptr_t.

--matt

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