On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 2:10 AM Guenther Alka <[email protected]> wrote:

> hello Judah
>
> Am 22.06.2020 um 05:00 schrieb Judah Richardson:
> > On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 2:29 AM Guenther Alka <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Another option is to backup the current BE
> > How would I determine which one is current?
> >
> > to the datapool via zfs send.
>
> In napp-it, check menu Snapshots > Bootenvironment, at console beadm list
> Look in the list for N=curreNt, R=Reboot. Normally you find one with NR
> that is current and the one for next reboot.
>
> If you create a napp-it replication job, it automatically shows only the
> current BE as filesystem source together with all other regular
> filesystems.
>
> >> This can be done continously via incremental send for ongoing backups.
> >> If the system disk fails (or you want to replace), add a new disk,
> >> install a default OS, import the datapool and restore the BE
> > What exactly are the commands for this?
> >
> > via zfs
>
> Use napp-it menu Jobs > Replicate > create then start the job. On first
> run it replicates the whole filesystem, on next run only modified
> datablock (incremental zfs send)
>
> On console, create a snapshot of the current BE filesystem and use it
> for a zfs send
> Look at https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E36784_01/html/E36835/gbinw.html or
> other basic ZFS manuals
>
> >> send.
> > What would a command for this look like?
> >
> > Could folks kindly be more specific and detailed in their replies,
> please?
> > A lot of these are just really generic and I'm not really sure how to
> > proceed based on them.
> >
> > Then activate this BE and reboot to have the exact former OS
>
> After you restored the BE filesystem via another replication job or zfs
> send on the new installation use napp-it menu Snaps > Bootenvironment or
> "beadm activate bename" to set a BE active for next reboot. In beadm
> list you show the current marked with N and the activated one marked
> with R (will become current after a Reboot).
>
Alright. Since the source SSD is currently disconnected, I'm going to try
the method I detailed at your STH forum here
<https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/how-do-i-migrate-openindiana-hipster-installation-from-512k-mbr-legacy-boot-32-gb-ssd-to-4k-gpt-uefi-boot-128-gb-ssd.29223/post-270825>.


>
> >> installation restored.
> >>
> >>    Gea
> >> @napp-it.org
> >>
> >>
>
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