zfs discuss - Sep 2010 - Failed zfs send "invalid backup stream".............

I''m trying to replicate a 300 GB pool with this command

zfs send alpha at 3 | zfs receive -F omega

about 2 hours in to the process it fails with this error

"cannot receive new filesystem stream: invalid backup stream"

I have tried setting the target read only  (zfs set readonly=on omega)
also disable Timeslider thinking it might have something to do with it.

What could be causing the error ? if the target is a new hard drive can I use 
this   zfs send alpha at 3 > /dev/c10t0d0     ?

Thanks
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Humberto Ramirez wrote:
> I''m trying to replicate a 300 GB pool with this command
>
> zfs send alpha at 3 | zfs receive -F omega
>
> about 2 hours in to the process it fails with this error
>
> "cannot receive new filesystem stream: invalid backup stream"
>
> I have tried setting the target read only  (zfs set readonly=on omega)
> also disable Timeslider thinking it might have something to do with it.
>
> What could be causing the error ?
Could be zfs filesystem version too old on the sending side (I have one 
such case).
What are their versions, and what release/build of the OS are you using?
> if the target is a new hard drive can I use 
> this   zfs send alpha at 3 > /dev/c10t0d0     ?
>   
That command doesn''t make much sense for the purpose of doing anything 
useful.

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Andrew Gabriel

Thanks for the reply Andrew, there both 22 (I checked on that prior to post)

Thanks.
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On Sep 12, 2010, at 8:24 AM, Humberto Ramirez wrote:
> I''m trying to replicate a 300 GB pool with this command
> 
> zfs send alpha at 3 | zfs receive -F omega
> 
> about 2 hours in to the process it fails with this error
> 
> "cannot receive new filesystem stream: invalid backup stream"
> 
> I have tried setting the target read only  (zfs set readonly=on omega)
> also disable Timeslider thinking it might have something to do with it.
> 
> What could be causing the error ? if the target is a new hard drive can I
use
> this   zfs send alpha at 3 > /dev/c10t0d0     ?
Network problems will cause this.  Try sending through ssh to take advantage
of extra data stream protection.
 -- richard

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