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Old 06-29-2009
Help with ZFS backup on remote autoloader

I have a cluster of 2 V490s, one is connected to tape.
I need a way to backup ZFS file systems from the non-tape machine to the tape machine.

I tried : zfs send pool/snap@today | ssh host2 zfs recv pool2/snap@today | dd /dev/tape, to no avail.

My question:

1- Is there a way to backup ZFS file system on a remote tape that I'm not aware of? There's no direct equivalent for ufsdump and I can't quite get zfs send/receive to work as I want.

2- Is there a way to connect a single auto-loader to two machines?
In other words:
how can I bypass the need for a terminator and make the active node in the cluster "own" the autoloader and release it and/or act as a terminator when done to free the autoloader for the other node?

Thanks.

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I managed to store the data through zfs send/rsh dd
I still can't restore the data from the tape to the non-tape machine.

Any ideas?
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Old 06-29-2009
you can use a combination of tar/rcp to access the tape drive on a remote machine.
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