> Thanks guys. > > I'm only planning to move some directories. Not the complete dataset. > Just a couble of Gb's. > > Would it be save to use "mv"
Of course, provided your system doesn't crash during the move. > Using rsync -avPHK --remove-source-files SRC/ DST/ > isn't that just as copying files ? Extra load on the server instead of > moving the files from one place to another ? You may not realize it but a mv consists of a copy and delete. rsync is nice because you can check that it really got all your files by doing another rsync with -c after the first one completes. It compares checksums of files to make sure they actually are identical. With ZFS this is less of an issue but it is a nice doublecheck if you really can't afford to lose your files. Make sure you understand rsync syntax before using it live. Make some directories in /tmp and copy stuff around. One thing about rsync is that a trailing / means something and not having it means something else. rsync with the -n option does a trial run rsync -axvn /tmp/path/to/data /tmp/target # moves a directory named data to the target dir rsync -axvn /tmp/path/to/data/ /tmp/target # moves everything in the data directory (but not the data directory itself!) to the target rsync -axv # do it live and keep date/time/owner rsync -axvc # do it again and compare checksums instead of date/time/size _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
