Replicate all zvols

[RSDriver]

Doing some testing with freenas replication.

Trying to understand how to setup a replication task to replicate a full pool with all zvols without having to select each zvol individually.

As I add new zvols I don't want to have to select each zvol for replication. I just want the entire pool.

The "Recursive" option seems specific to snapshots and not the zvols themselves.

I have to be missing something?

 

[Ericloewe]

The "Recursive" option seems specific to snapshots

That's because you can only replicate snapshots (how would you replicate live data without stopping everything?), but that doesn't mean at all that you can't do what you're trying to do. You'd be replicating snapshots of the zvols.

Do note that it's better to place your zvols in a parent dataset, so that you don't have to do thing like replicate the whole pool.

 

[RSDriver]

That's because you can only replicate snapshots (how would you replicate live data without stopping everything?), but that doesn't mean at all that you can't do what you're trying to do. You'd be replicating snapshots of the zvols.

Do note that it's better to place your zvols in a parent dataset, so that you don't have to do thing like replicate the whole pool.

Yes of course, just seems like a odd way of doing things. I am coming from more enterprise type hardware Nimble/Alletra/Netapp etc. Just a different approach in general.

 

[Patrick M. Hausen]

Adding to @Ericloewe's advice: you can move the zvols into a dataset after the fact by "rename":

Code:

zfs create <pool>/volumes
zfs rename <pool>/<zvol> <pool>/volumes/<zvol>

Then recursively snapshot and replicate the "volumes" dataset. That will pick up any new zvols you create in the future.

 

[RSDriver]

Adding to @Ericloewe's advice: you can move the zvols into a dataset after the fact by "rename":

Code:

zfs create <pool>/volumes
zfs rename <pool>/<zvol> <pool>/volumes/<zvol>

Then recursively snapshot and replicate the "volumes" dataset. That will pick up any new zvols you create in the future.

Appreciate the clarification, I think I get it now. Appreciate the input all.