zfs discuss - Apr 2006 - ZFS fs settings on restore?

Because ''zfs restore'' assumes that the fs doesn''t yet
exist and creates it for
you, I expected it to retain the settings of the original fs that was backed-up.
When I tried this, the new fs did not have the quota I had set on the original
fs.
Is it expected that the original settings must be set on the restored fs?  Or,
is
there a way to tell ''zfs backup'' to store the settings?

I am using nevada build 36.


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Jeff VICTOR              Sun Microsystems            jeff.victor @ sun.com
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On Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 12:19:31PM -0400, Jeff Victor
wrote:
> Because ''zfs restore'' assumes that the fs
doesn''t yet exist and creates it
> for you, I expected it to retain the settings of the original fs that was 
> backed-up. When I tried this, the new fs did not have the quota I had set 
> on the original fs. Is it expected that the original settings must be set 
> on the restored fs?  Or, is there a way to tell ''zfs
backup'' to store the
> settings?
''zfs backup/restore'' (now ''zfs
send/receive'') currently only sends the
filesystem''s contents, and not its settings.  This is useful if, for
example, you want to use different settings on the remote side (eg. turn
on compression).  However, we''re aware that preserving the settings
would be really useful too, and we''ll be working on that for a future
release.

--matt