Linux that can read ZFS

[Hemps]

Our freenas crashed in isn't going to be recovered , we switched over Server 2008 and will share drives etc.

All the drives had backups on them 6x 2TB drives in ZFS filesystem.

Any small linux I can install that can read a ZFS drive so I can begin copying the backups off?

 

[Tinuva]

No Linux distro will support ZFS out of the box. You will need to install ZFSonLinux.

The only OS that supports ZFS out of the box, is FreeBSD or Solaris derivative eg. OpenIndiana or OmniOS.

The other thing of importance is, most will complain that your zfs pool wasn't cleanly exported (eg. unmounted) so you will have to force the pool import (mount).

 

[shadow_man]

Our freenas crashed in isn't going to be recovered , we switched over Server 2008 and will share drives etc.

All the drives had backups on them 6x 2TB drives in ZFS filesystem.

Any small linux I can install that can read a ZFS drive so I can begin copying the backups off?

As mentioned above you will need ZFS ON LINUX project to run ZFS.

Your easiest would be Ubuntu:

apt-get install curl
apt-get install python-software-properties
apt-add-repository ppa:zfs-native/stable
apt-get update
apt-get install ubuntu-zfs

zpool import poolname or zpool import poolname -f to force.

Then you can copy your data off.

All of this can be done from a VM or a live disc instance.

Cheers,

 

[zippy]

you can download Solaris free from Oracle

 

[Tinuva]

you can download Solaris free from Oracle

Well in all honesty, ZFS in FreeBSD and Solaris isn't 100% compatible anymore, really depends on which version of ZFS Freenas nowadays use to know whether it will mount properly on Solaris at all. The forks OpenIndiana and OmniOS is a much safer route to take.

 

[ponder]

PC-BSD livecd?

 

[SilverNodashi]

The easiest would be to install FreeNAS on a USB memory stick, boot it up, recover the drives, share it over the LAN and copy to the Windows server.

As matter of interest, why don't you use FreeNAS again? Unless you have a decent (re-read, expensive) RAID card on that Windows server, you'll have a much worse NAS setup than you had previously.

 

[ginggs]

[-]Unless[/-] Even if you have a decent (re-read, expensive) RAID card on that Windows server, you'll have a much worse NAS setup than you had previously.

FTFY.

 

[morkhans]

The easiest would be to install FreeNAS on a USB memory stick, boot it up, recover the drives, share it over the LAN and copy to the Windows server.

As matter of interest, why don't you use FreeNAS again? Unless you have a decent (re-read, expensive) RAID card on that Windows server, you'll have a much worse NAS setup than you had previously.

This.

 

[shadow_man]

This.

Still don't see how this is easier than a live disc with apt-get install ubuntu-zfs and samba.

That would be quicker in my opinion, along with a zfs import, but to each their own