Hi all,
I am running FreeBSD 9.0 on a ZFS mirror called zroot. I followed aisecure.net method to prepare the mirror and also create the ZFS structure.
I have most of my non-system related data on a raidz ZFS pool.
I am now wondering how I can properly backup the system to an external USB drive to:
- boot from the external drive if anything goes wrong
- restore data from the backup onto the mirror if a directory goes in error on my ZFS mirror (like it happened to me yesterday x()
I have a Macbook Pro running Lion and I can easily replicate my system harddrive onto a USB external drive to boot and get everything back if needed. Obviously the structure of both hardware storage and file system are simpler but I would be interested in getting views from people here on how I could arrange a restorable backup of a ZFS mirror - I am bit confused by the ZFS structure on the mirror, i.e. can I and do I need to back it up as well...if so how?
Thanks,
Boris
I am running FreeBSD 9.0 on a ZFS mirror called zroot. I followed aisecure.net method to prepare the mirror and also create the ZFS structure.
I have most of my non-system related data on a raidz ZFS pool.
I am now wondering how I can properly backup the system to an external USB drive to:
- boot from the external drive if anything goes wrong
- restore data from the backup onto the mirror if a directory goes in error on my ZFS mirror (like it happened to me yesterday x()
I have a Macbook Pro running Lion and I can easily replicate my system harddrive onto a USB external drive to boot and get everything back if needed. Obviously the structure of both hardware storage and file system are simpler but I would be interested in getting views from people here on how I could arrange a restorable backup of a ZFS mirror - I am bit confused by the ZFS structure on the mirror, i.e. can I and do I need to back it up as well...if so how?
Thanks,
Boris