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@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ ZFS autobackup is used to periodicly backup ZFS filesystems to other locations.
It has the following features:
* Automaticly selects filesystems to backup by looking at a simple ZFS property.
* Creates consistent snapshots.
* Is able to "push" and "pull" the backups via SSH.
* Also supports local backups.
* Even supports pulling data from a source-host and pushing backup to target host by ssh.
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* Always creates new snapshots, even if the previous backup was aborted.
* Ability to 'finish' aborted backups to see what goes wrong.
* Checks everything and aborts on errors.
* Only on host needs the zfs_autobackup script. The other host just needs ssh and the zfs command.
* Written in python and uses zfs-commands, no 3rd party dependencys or libraries.
* Easy to debug and has a test-mode. Actual unix commands are printed.
Usage
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Select filesystems to backup
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On the source zfs system set the ```autobackup:name``` zfs property.
For example, to backup a complete smartos host: