Just to tie a bow on this issue: the source SSD died during the transplant operation and I've had to setup everything from scratch anyway.
FWIW, UEFI installations still don't work because the BIOS can't find the a filesystem on the SSD. On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 10:48 AM Jonathan Adams <[email protected]> wrote: > Yep, that's the idea. > > Depending on how old your system was, you may need to zfs upgrade once > you've finished, but it should all work like that. > > You'll need to: zfs snapshot -r rpool2@upgrade > > But that's the essential plan. > > I hope that the new install creates the correct ashift on the new pool. > > Jon > > On Mon, 22 Jun 2020, 16:40 Judah Richardson, <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 3:26 AM Jonathan Adams <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Unfortunately I'm currently redundant > > > > Ugh, I'm sorry to hear that. I've been made redundant myself 3 times :( > > > > and don't have access to what was my > > > illumos hardware ... > > > > > > I'd suggest you use the nappit suggestion, and do the backup from > within > > > the old system before swapping the disks over ... > > > > > > As for the ashift, it's been a few years since I did a fresh install, > and > > > I've forgotten how to force an ashift on a device during installation > ... > > > > > Out of curiosity, is the method I described 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 > > > > > in line with your previous suggestion of installing a default OI and then > > zfs > > send-ing the old SSD's rpool snapshot to the new SSD's rpool? Does that > > look like it would work? > > > > > > > > Jon > > > > > > On Mon, 22 Jun 2020, 08:10 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). > > > > > > > > >> installation restored. > > > > >> > > > > >> Gea > > > > >> @napp-it.org > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > openindiana-discuss mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > openindiana-discuss mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > openindiana-discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > openindiana-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > _______________________________________________ openindiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
