[OmniOS-discuss] recovering deleted files from ZFS?

[Dan McDonald]

The very long-shot chance is to export the pool (after backing it recent changes), use zdb to see what its current TXG number is, and re-import the pool with an earlier TXG number using -T.  You'll lose files or changes created after the old TXG, AND if it's been a long enough time or a full enough pool, you won't get back to that TXG.

It's an extraordinary measure, one I wouldn't take unless I was truly desperate.

Dan

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> On Mar 14, 2016, at 1:41 PM, CJ Keist <cj.keist at colostate.edu> wrote:
> 
> All,
>   Thought I try asking this question on this forum.  In light of no snapshots, is there a way in ZFS to recover a recently deleted file?  We do nightly backups, but this would be a file that was deleted before the coming daily backup.  Does anyone know if there is a service that can do file recoveries from ZFS?
> 
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