[OpenIndiana-discuss] What is the recommended way to back up root pool?

[David Brodbeck]

On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 5:59 PM, Bob Friesenhahn <
bfriesen at simple.dallas.tx.us> wrote:

> Assume that this is for a network server with advanced network
> configuration settings, ssh config, zones, etc.
>
> If was the same as a standard OS install without subsequent configuration,
> then backing up would not be so important.


In ye olden days, or on FreeBSD, I'd probably back up /etc (and, on BSD,
/usr/local/etc) with rsync and assume that would capture the configuration.

With SMF, which is opaque about its config file locations, I suspect that
wouldn't do it.  I think the service configuration settings are scattered
around the filesystem, with some of it under /lib.

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D. Brodbeck
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University of Washington
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