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Copying a ZFS volume across a server

April 22, 2012 16:04 / Leave a Comment /

Take a snapshot of the volume on source server: root@source# zfs snapshot zfs_dataset/volume@now Send the snapshot to the target server. Target zfs_dataset can be different: root@source# zfs send zfs_dataset/volume@now | ssh target zfs recieve zfs_dataset/volume@now Clone the snapshot with the supposed name of the new volume zfs clone zfs_dataset/volume@now zfs_dataset/clone Promote it, in effect switching … Read More →

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Migrating virtualbox storage from local disk to iSCSI

April 21, 2012 13:11 / Leave a Comment /

Turn off the virtual machine, preferably by logging in and do a clean shutdown or if not possible VBoxManage controlvm <machine> poweroff Add another disk VBoxManage storageattach <machine> –storagectl “SATA Controller” –port 1 –type hdd –medium iscsi –server 192.168.100.13 –target “iqn.2004-06.net.strahlert.home:L1” Boot the machine by FreeBSD 9.0 Install and start a Rescue Live shell dd … Read More →

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