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):
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?
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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.
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.
@rovshan.pashayev in my case it is local ZFS drive connected using USB cable. But I may be interested to know the answer for both yours mentioned cases. I am asking because yours mentioned Veeam recovery bootable drive would need to have ZFS support which i doubt is present in most Linux distributions by default. It would be handy to have this answered also in a Help Center.
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