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Operating Systems Solaris How to backup ZFS filesystems to files on USB drive? Post 302887921 by jlliagre on Tuesday 11th of February 2014 03:42:27 PM
Old 02-11-2014
Some comments:

No need to backup libc_hwcap2.so.1 which isn't a zfs file system anyway.

You need to create a snapshot before sending datasets.

Instead of sending each file system separately, send recursively from the top dataset (and create a recursive snapshot to ensure consistency).

Instead of sending to a local file, send the stream to another machine where you run "zfs receive". This will guarantee the backup wasn't corrupted during the transport.

If you want to compress your data, use ZFS own compression capabilities instead of relying of an external gzip command.

If you are short on network bandwidth, you might compress the datastream before sending it but you'll need to uncompress it on the other side before receiving it.

Use incremental send/receive for subsequent backups.
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install-solaris - install the Solaris operating system SYNOPSIS
install-solaris install-solaris invokes the Solaris Install program. Depending on graphical capability and available memory at the time of invocation, install-solaris invokes either a text-based installer or a graphical installer. The following minimum requirements for physical memory dictate which features are available during installation: For SPARC machines: 128 MB Minimum physical memory for all installation types 128 MB Minimum physical memory required for windowing system 384 MB Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation For x86 machines: 256 MB Minimum physical memory for all installation types 256 MB Minimum physical memory required for windowing system 512 MB Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation In some cases, even if the minimum physical memory is present, available virtual memory after system startup can limit the number of fea- tures available. install-solaris exists only on the Solaris installation media (CD or DVD) and should be invoked only from there. Refer to the for more details. install-solaris allows installation of the operating system onto any standalone system. install-solaris loads the software available on the installation media. Refer to the for disk space requirements. Refer to the for more information on the various menus and selections. See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWcdrom (Solaris instal- | | |lation media) | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Evolving | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ pkginfo(1), install(1M), pkgadd(1M), attributes(5) It is advisable to exit install-solaris by means of the exit options in the install-solaris menus. 23 Sep 2005 install-solaris(1M)
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