> Is there any work on an upgrade of zfs send/receive to handle resuming > on next media?
See Darren's post, regarding mkfifo. The purpose is to enable you to use "normal" backup tools that support changing tapes, to backup your "zfs send" to multiple split tapes. I wonder though - During a restore, does the backup tool support writing to another fifo? Would you have to restore to a file first, and then do a "cat somefile | zfs receive?" Please also be aware, "zfs send" was never meant to be stored, on tape or any other media. It is meant to stream directly into a "zfs receive." Please consider this alternative: You can create a file container (can be sparse) and create a ZFS filesystem inside it. Do a "zfs receive" into the file. Then you export the filesystem, and you can use whatever "normal" file backup tool you want. This method has the disadvantage that it requires extra staging disk space, but it has the advantage that it's far more reliable as a backup/restore technique. If there are bit errors inside the tape, ZFS will simply checksum and correct them. _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
