zfs send/recv: STILL invalid Backup Stream

Larry Rosenman ler at lerctr.org
Fri Jul 25 13:49:41 UTC 2014


On 2014-07-25 08:41, Larry Rosenman wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 11:58:48AM +0200, Mark Martinec wrote:
>> Don't know, I'd guess some network-related memory limit is being hit
>> on the sending site.
>> 
>> Why not try to decouple the 'zfs send' from a network copy and ssh:
>> Login to a remote side, do a 'zfs send' to some local temporary file
>> there, then feed that file to ssh and send it over to a home host,
>> where it can be piped into some simple program like md5 or 'wc -c'
>> instead of a zfs recv.
>> 
> I think I've done that, but it sort of defeats the purpose, as the 
> stream
> becomes a big file on disk.
> 
> I'd like to get some help chasing what parameter(s) need to be fixed 
> here.
> 
sysctl output and other things at:

http://www.lerctr.org/~ler/FreeBSD/


> Can I get some ideas on:
> 1) what MIGHT need tweaking
> 2) would (k|d)trace help?
> 3) what else could we find out what's being told no memory?

I *CAN* give SSH/Root/etc access to BOTH boxes on request.

What else do you need?


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