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Operating Systems Solaris Archiveadm system cloning - Solaris 11.4 Post 303030494 by javanoob on Monday 11th of February 2019 10:05:49 PM

02-11-2019

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Archiveadm system cloning - Solaris 11.4

Hi all,

I am trying to use archiveadm to backup/clone an existing Solaris11.4 system.
However, i failed at media creation with the error -> "Media can only be created from archives containing root-only data"

Code:

root@xxx:/mnt/opt/software# zpool list
NAME        SIZE  ALLOC  FREE  CAP  DEDUP  HEALTH  ALTROOT
fpool    1016G   726G  290G  71%  1.00x  ONLINE  -
ifpool   299G   180G  119G  60%  1.00x  ONLINE  -
progpool    556G   138G  418G  24%  1.00x  ONLINE  -
rpool       556G   107G  449G  19%  1.14x  ONLINE  -

root@Uxxx:~# archiveadm create -D fpool,ifpool /mnt/backup/solaris11sys.uar

Logging to /system/volatile/archive_log.11701

  0% : Beginning archive creation: /mnt/backup/solaris11sys.uar
  6% : Executing dataset discovery...
10% : Dataset discovery complete
10% : Executing staging capacity check...
11% : Staging capacity check complete
15% : Creating zone media: UnifiedArchive [08346390-1c25-457d-b3a9-36eed1127990]
53% : CreateZoneMedia: UnifiedArchive [08346390-1c25-457d-b3a9-36eed1127990] complete
55% : Preparing archive image...
73% : Archive image preparation complete
75% : Beginning archive stream creation...
93% : Archive stream creation complete
93% : Beginning archive descriptor creation...
94% : Archive descriptor creation complete
95% : Beginning final archive assembly...
100% : Archive assembly complete

root@xxx:~# ls -lrth /mnt/backup/solaris11sys.uar
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root         66G Jan 27 18:56 /mnt/backup/solaris11sys.uar


root@Uxxx:~# archiveadm create-media -f iso solaris11sys.uar -o solaris11sys.iso

Logging to /system/volatile/archive_log.29564

  0% : Beginning media creation...
archiveadm create-media: /mnt/backup/solaris11sys.uar contains non-root data. Media can only be created from archives containing root-only data.

q1) Can we use archiveadm to clone a system that include both rpool + non-rpool datasets ?
q2) Can this archive then be created as an iso media ? - if it cannot be done, why let us create a clone archive that contain rpool + non-rpool datasets in the 1st place ? how do we restore from it ?

Regards,
Noob

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VGCFGRESTORE(8)                                               System Manager's Manual                                              VGCFGRESTORE(8)

NAME

       vgcfgrestore - restore volume group descriptor area

SYNOPSIS

       vgcfgrestore [-d|--debug] [-f|--file filename] [-l[l]|--list] [-h|--help] [-M|--Metadatatype1|2] [-t|--test] [-v|--verbose] VolumeGroupName

DESCRIPTION

       vgcfgrestore  allows  you  to  restore  the metadata of VolumeGroupName from a text backup file produced by vgcfgbackup.  You can specify a
       backup file with --file.  If no backup file is specified, the most recent one is used.  Use --list for a list of the available  backup  and
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OPTIONS

       -l | --list -- List files pertaining to VolumeGroupName
              List  metadata  backup  and  archive  files  pertaining  to VolumeGroupName.  May be used with the -f option.  Does not restore Vol-
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       -f | --file filename -- Name of LVM metadata backup file
              Specifies a metadata backup or archive file to be used for restoring VolumeGroupName.  Often this file has been created with  vgcfg-
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       See lvm for common options.

REPLACING PHYSICAL VOLUMES

       vgdisplay  --partial  --verbose will show you the UUIDs and sizes of any PVs that are no longer present.  If a PV in the VG is lost and you
       wish to substitute another of the same size, use pvcreate --restorefile filename --uuid uuid (plus additional arguments as appropriate)  to
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SEE ALSO

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