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authorTom Caputi <[email protected]>2019-03-29 18:05:55 -0400
committerBrian Behlendorf <[email protected]>2019-03-29 15:05:55 -0700
commitdd29864b01e899cd6af9feebe6f604e43ff1333a (patch)
tree26f0f34fdd9eb9e9081b1cc5a01923b36b4ed61e /man
parent1b939560be5c51deecf875af9dada9d094633bf7 (diff)
Update raw send documentation
This patch simply clarifies some of the limitations related to raw sends in the man page. No functional changes. Reviewed-by: Brian Behlendorf <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Jason Cohen <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Tom Caputi <[email protected]> Closes #8503 Closes #8544
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
-rw-r--r--man/man8/zfs.818
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/man/man8/zfs.8 b/man/man8/zfs.8
index 52143f7fc..0d6f3731a 100644
--- a/man/man8/zfs.8
+++ b/man/man8/zfs.8
@@ -3500,7 +3500,11 @@ set when the stream is received.
If the
.Fl F
flag is specified when this stream is received, snapshots and file systems that
-do not exist on the sending side are destroyed.
+do not exist on the sending side are destroyed. If the
+.Fl R
+flag is used to send encrypted datasets, then
+.Fl w
+must also be specified.
.It Fl e, -embed
Generate a more compact stream by using
.Sy WRITE_EMBEDDED
@@ -3573,7 +3577,7 @@ system for incrementals.
Generate a stream package that includes any snapshot holds (created with the
.Sy zfs hold
command), and indicating to
-.Sy zfs receive
+.Sy zfs receive
that the holds be applied to the dataset on the receiving system.
.It Fl i Ar snapshot
Generate an incremental stream from the first
@@ -3843,7 +3847,13 @@ recompressed by the receive process. Unencrypted streams can be received as
encrypted datasets, either through inheritance or by specifying encryption
parameters with the
.Fl o
-options.
+options. Note that the
+.Sy keylocation
+property cannot be overridden to
+.Sy prompt
+during a receive. This is because the receive process itself is already using
+stdin for the send stream. Instead, the property can be overridden after the
+receive completes.
.Pp
The added security provided by raw sends adds some restrictions to the send
and receive process. ZFS will not allow a mix of raw receives and non-raw
@@ -3930,7 +3940,7 @@ snapshot as described in the paragraph above.
Discard all but the last element of the sent snapshot's file system name, using
that element to determine the name of the target file system for the new
snapshot as described in the paragraph above.
-.It Fl h
+.It Fl h
Skip the receive of holds. There is no effect if holds are not sent.
.It Fl n
Do not actually receive the stream.