ZFS filesystem as a destination for backup and source for a full drive restore?

[until983]

Hello,

I want to backup LUKS encrypted operating system drive with a BTRFS filesystem (BTRFS is said to be supported) based on Ubuntu 24 LTS (KDE Neon) with Linux 7.0.0-30-generic (Ubuntu is said to be supported):

Ubuntu 24.04 6.8.0-138 13.1.1.4
Veeam Backup & Replication 13.1.1.18
Uses the blksnap kernel module.

Question is if I can use ZFS filesystem as a destination for my full drive backup and as a source for a restore (using Veeam recovery bootable drive). Or what are exact steps/commands so Veeam supports it / allows me to use it?

[Mildur]

Hi until983,

I am clarifying this with my colleagues.

However, I assume we only officially support file systems on the backup target — internal storage or direct-attached storage — that are also listed as supported source file systems.

Best,
Fabian

[rovshan.pashayev]

Hi @until983

Could you clarify what you mean by "ZFS Filesystem", is it local storage, or is it a file server that you're sharing over the network?

To put it briefly, it doesn't really matter to Veeam Agent where the backup files are stored, as long as their integrity is preserved and they remain accessible whenever a restore is needed.

Also usage of local (internal) storage as repository is not recommended. Better separate the machine which you want to protect and where you want to store its backup.