ZFS data from snv_b134 to fbsd

[Dan Nelson]

In the last episode (Aug 12), David Brodbeck said:
> On Aug 12, 2010, at 6:10 AM, Dick Hoogendijk wrote:
> > I want to transfer a lot of ZFS data from an old OpenSolaris ZFS mirror
> > (v22) to a new FreeBSD-8.1 ZFs mirror (v14).  If I boot off the
> > OpenSolaris boot CD and import both mirrors will the copying from v22
> > ZFS to v14 ZFS be harmless?  I'm not sure if this is teh right
> > mailinglist for this question.  Let me know.
> 
> I'm NOT a ZFS expert, but I think it should be OK as long as you don't
> upgrade the v14 pool.  OpenSolaris won't upgrade pool versions
> automatically, so this shouldn' t be a problem.

You can also explicitly create lower-version pools with "zpool create -o
version=14 ...", if you need to create one from a machine with a newer
kernel.

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	Dan Nelson
	dnelson at allantgroup.com