stable/13 and zfs <> openzfs

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Wed Feb 10 15:03:30 UTC 2021


On Tue, Feb 09, 2021 at 03:40:43PM -0700, Alan Somers wrote:

>The new ZFS is backwards compatible with the old one.  So your 12.2-p3
>system will be able to zfs send, and the stable/13 will be able to zfs
>recv.  You can go the other direction too, if you're careful to create the
>new pool using the old format, and don't turn on any of the new features.
>
>/etc/rc.conf shouldn't need any changes.
>
>Your upgrade plan sounds fine.  But for the "backup all data" step, I would
>recommend using zfs send/recv to do the backup.  That will do a better job
>of ensuring your files' integrity than something like rsync or cp.

Hi, thanks for confirming.
-- 
J.
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