There is a (disaster) backup option under the tools -> advanced menu. My system is toasted (some files where overwritten due to a stupid mistake) and I have a backup created through the advanced menu where I did NOT mark the Backup the data box. (I have NO copy of the configuration generated from the system -> general -> save config menu as the disk holding this is faulty; really bad luck). In the manual it is stated:
Warning
the backup and restore options are meant for disaster recovery. If you restore a system, it will be returned to the point in time that the backup was created. If you select the option to save the data, any data created after the backup was made will be lost. If you donot select the option to save the data, the system will be recreated with the same ZFS layout, but with no data.
This is not clear and I want to be 100% sure before I apply the backup.Does this mean that the zfs volumes will contain NO data after a restore or simply that the data content is not changed so that any data added after the backup is applied?
I have reinstalled FreeNAS and got the pools online again. The problem is that the server is used for many purposes by several people and it is a big and difficult job to rebuild everything: Jails, Visualization, Cloud Application etc.
'I am hoping that when I apply the backup it restores everything and lets the data in the pools be untouched????
Warning
the backup and restore options are meant for disaster recovery. If you restore a system, it will be returned to the point in time that the backup was created. If you select the option to save the data, any data created after the backup was made will be lost. If you donot select the option to save the data, the system will be recreated with the same ZFS layout, but with no data.
This is not clear and I want to be 100% sure before I apply the backup.Does this mean that the zfs volumes will contain NO data after a restore or simply that the data content is not changed so that any data added after the backup is applied?
I have reinstalled FreeNAS and got the pools online again. The problem is that the server is used for many purposes by several people and it is a big and difficult job to rebuild everything: Jails, Visualization, Cloud Application etc.
'I am hoping that when I apply the backup it restores everything and lets the data in the pools be untouched????
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