On Feb 26, 2013, at 6:05 PM, Jim Klimov <jimkli...@cos.ru> wrote: > On 2013-02-26 21:30, Morris Hooten wrote: >> Besides copying data from /dev/md/dsk/x volume manager filesystems to >> new zfs filesystems >> does anyone know of any zfs conversion tools to make the >> conversion/migration from svm to zfs >> easier?
> However, depending on your old system's configuration, you might have > to be careful about choice of "copy" programs. Namely, if your setup > used some ACLs (beyond standard POSIX access bits), then you'd need > ACL-aware copying tools. Sun tar and cpio are some (see manpages about > usage examples), rsync 3.0.10 was recently reported to support Solaris > ACLs as well, but I didn't test that myself. GNU tar and cpio are known > to do a poor job with intimate Solaris features, though they might be > superior for some other tasks. Basic (Sun, not GNU) cp and mv should > work correctly too. Under Solaris 10 I found 'cp -pr' to be the both most reliable and fastest way to move data into, out of, and between ZFS datasets. -- Paul Kraus Deputy Technical Director, LoneStarCon 3 Sound Coordinator, Schenectady Light Opera Company _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
