Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of FreeBSD ZFS Backup & Restore Full Instructions


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02/01/24 05:37:42 (15 months ago)
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Paul Kulda
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  • FreeBSD ZFS Backup & Restore Full Instructions

    v3 v4  
    1818  * It also does not allow mounting of ntfs (windows) file system
    1919    * best suggetion is to format an external usb drive using '''newfs'''
     20    * or backup to a network nfs share (also supported on the LiveCD
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     23* From here is where the fun begins :
     24  * to backup the zfs volume do the following,
     25  * zfs snapshot zroot/ROOT/default@backup
     26  * then to do the actual backup
     27  * zfs send zroot/ROOT/default@backup > backup.zfs
     28  * please '''Do Not''' zip the file
     29  * you can for archiving purposes, but you need the raw file to restore.
     30  * Next you need to make note of the ZFS pools that you have
     31    * FreeBSD for some reason makes extra mount points on a default install
     32    * I took the time to sort that out and stripped my backup down to the root only.
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    2139  * Once logged into the LiveCD you WILL need to '''zfspool import zroot'''
    2240  * It will not mount but it loads the drivers needed to access the volume
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    24 * From here is where the fun begins