[Ubuntu 20.04] ZFS file system machine backup

[showiproute]

Hello everyone,

I migrated my storage HDD from EXT4 to ZFS as it has some nice features.
Unfortunately I recoginized that Veeam Agent for Linux does no longer backup that vovlume.

Any suggestions what to do?

Thanks!

[PetrM]

Hello,

The only idea which comes to my mind is to leverage snapshot-less file-level backup.

Thanks!

[showiproute]

Ahoj Petr,

thanks for your feedback - I see and had the feeling that I would need to change that.
Okay so as I understand as soon as I would use a ZFS file system Veeams Linux agent will not be able to do an "Entire machine" backup.

[PTide]

@showiproute,

Not sure whether that was a question, but I confirm that snapshot-less file-level backup does not back up the entire machine - it just grabs files that you tell it to.

Thanks!

[showiproute]

Hello @PTide,

yes indirectly it answers my question.
I set up a new backup job on a snapshot-less file-level with my important files.

Are there any plans to have ZFS filesystems include in a "Entire machine" backup?

Thanks you both!