My server have two disks. I wanna do backup&restore job like ufsdump utility:
Disk0 is rpool(root zpool) and disk1 (backup zpool) will be stored full backup replicates. When rpool zpool have problem, i can "boot cdrom -s" and use my full backup replicate to restore my OS on disk0.
I do not have SPARC server , but I used Gentoo for a few years and what I can tell you what I learned using Gentoo is : backup root file system then do a fresh installation and then restore your backup image
You can not use two filesystems on same disk , it is possible if you have two partitions
You screwed up server , if you have critical data on hard disk do not touch it best solution is if you have some empty disk , it is cheap hardware . Install ZFS filesystem and then restore your backup file .
Or if you want to use Solaris combination what I have on my home file server , root file system is on UFS , and ZFS is on another disk and it is automatically mounted at boot .
If your server is production server , try to use BEST solution to resolve your problem !
The problematic directory is the following:
/root/.cache/deja-dup
This directory grows until my "/" is full and then the restoring activity fails.
I already tried to create a symbolic link with origin another partition where I have more space. However during the restoring activity ... (4 Replies)
Hi ,
I added a new fs to the global zone and also did the zonecfg to add the FS to the zone but finally I do not see the new "FS" on the local zone.
Even in th e/etc/zones/zone.xml the fs and the correct directory is mentioned.
Any Idea please ? (4 Replies)
I installed Solaris 11 Express on my machine and created a raidz2 filesystem over 5 harddrives.
Thas was a few months ago. Unfortunately, yesterday I made a mistake in free space calculation and tried to copy more data to the fs than how much space there was.
When the fs got full, the... (5 Replies)
Hi, I deleted a zfs snapshot because it was as big as the original zfs. After the snapshot was removed, all the data in the original zfs is gone. How this happened? Can I restore the snapshot? Please help. Thanks a lot! (5 Replies)
I am doing a practice restore using a test UNIX(Solaris) system, and a SCSI Hard Drive whose slice 5 contains the Flash Archive file that I need to restore from.
The test system is offline( no network ) and does not have external devices, such as tape drive. My goal is to somehow restore the... (9 Replies)
We currently have T2000 servers attached to Sun 3320 Storage Arrays. We run a database on the 3320 devices with the storage created through ZFS. We use 3 RAIDZ2 pools and then create our partitions from those.
Now onto the question. If our T2000 fails and we swap out machines is there a way... (1 Reply)
I tried to use zfs .. only for test ..so when I take my test disks into zfs pool their VTOC changed .. and 7th slice does not appear now. How can I restore default VTOC to my disks.
my machine is x86 .. SunFire X4200 .. so this disks do not have slices like sparc machines .. they have... (6 Replies)
Dear All ;
first how are you every body I'm just subscribed in your forum and i hope i found what i searched for along time .
I'm not a Solaris specialist but i read more to build a Network Management Station depends on Solaris as OS and it is working good now .
my problem is how to perform... (16 Replies)
Hello,
Here is what I am trying to do.
We have an old Enterprise 250 which we want to phase out. So plan is to move everything running on the 250 to an unused Sun Fire V280R.
Here is what I decided to do:
1. Fresh Solaris 8 install on Sun 280R (disk0). Configure network and install... (1 Reply)
01-28-2010
, if you have critical data on hard disk do not touch it best solution is if you have some empty disk , it is cheap hardware . Install ZFS filesystem and then restore your backup file .