In message <[email protected]>, Bob Friesenhahn writes: >It seems easy enough to back up the root pool (via filesystem or zfs >send) but restoring the desired parts on top of a freshly installed >root pool (perhaps based on a fresher OS release) is not so clear. >For example, how does one restore persistent networking configuration >(links, bridges, IP interfaces)?
The received snapshot of your BE retains that information so you shouldn't have many problem so long as its just rpool spindle failures. 1. Reinstall OS from installation media. 2. Boot 3. # zfs create rpool/restore 4. # zfs receive -vF -d rpool/restore < rpool-snapshot.zfs 5. # zfs rename rpool/restore/ROOT/mybe rpool/ROOT/mybe 6. zfs rename any other filesystems or vols you want to retain from your rpool-snapshot 7. munge /rpool/boot/grub/menu.lst with rpool/restore/boot/grub/menu.lst 8. # beadm activate mybe My WAG is things fail when NICs or other devices are missing on your restored hardware but I can't test right now to see how badly. John [email protected] _______________________________________________ openindiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
