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psy0rz / zfs_autobackup

ZFS autobackup is used to periodicly backup ZFS filesystems to other locations. Easy to use and very reliable.
https://github.com/psy0rz/zfs_autobackup
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Source and target both on other systems? #242

Closed Infinality closed 1 month ago

Infinality commented 7 months ago

I have multiple Xigmanas embedded installations, which means they are very difficult to install additional utilities on. Can zfs_autobackup be installed on a 3rd system, and still connect to one Xigmanas to have it send snapshots directly to the other Xigmanas? (in other words, no intermediate copy back to the system with zfs_autobackup) Thanks in advance.

shupej commented 5 months ago

Never tested on Xigmanas, but it should work. I use it that way regularly.

Infinality commented 5 months ago

Thank you for the reply. I've already decided to switch to TrueNAS across the board, which has built-in functionality similar to zfs_autobackup.

psy0rz commented 1 month ago

yes, it can do that.

if you run zfs-autobackup on a 3d host, and specify both --ssh-source and --ssh-target, that host will connect to both hosts via ssh.

keep in mind the bandwidth, since the datastream also will be redirected through the 3d host as well.

(but there are workaround for the bandwidht issues: https://github.com/psy0rz/zfs_autobackup/wiki/Performance#direct-tcp-network-transfer)