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Operating Systems Solaris Cannot recover OS hard drive from a set of snapshots Post 302554111 by RychnD on Saturday 10th of September 2011 04:47:44 AM
Old 09-10-2011
Cannot recover OS hard drive from a set of snapshots
I have installed Solaris 11 Express on my computer and set up a script to make daily snapshots of all filesystems and send them to a backup disc.

Now I'm trying to replace the system disc using a set of captured snapshots. I have found an article on that topic on the internet and have been experimenting with the recomended procedure for a while.

Here is a list of exactly the steps I take (c8d0 is the identifier of the new hard disc):
  1. I boot from the USB Install image downloaded from Oracle
  2. I type
    Code:
    fdisk -B /dev/rdsk/c8d0p0

    to relabel the new disc to a Solaris2 partition
  3. I import the backup disc:
    Code:
    zpool import -f backup

  4. I create the root pool:
    Code:
    zpool create -f -o failmode=continue -R /a -m legacy rpool c8d0p0

  5. I install the grub and the MBR:
    Code:
    installgrub -fm /boot/grub/stage1 /boot/grub/stage2 /dev/rdsk/c8d0s0

  6. I import the rpool, rpool/ROOT, rpool/ROOT/solaris, rpool/export and rpool/export/home filesystems this way:
    Code:
    zfs send backup/rpool@[timestamp] | zfs receive –F rpool

  7. I set the boot property for the root partition:
    Code:
    zpool set bootfs=rpool/ROOT/solaris rpool

  8. I create the dump and swap fs:
    Code:
    zfs create -V 2G rpool/dump\n
zfs create -V 2G -b 4k rpool/swap

  9. Finally I reboot the system:
    Code:
    init 6


But then, when the pc reboots, the boot process stops on this message:

Code:
Verifying DMI Pool Data ..................
GRUB _

What am I doing wrong?
Thanks for your answers, Dusan
 

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