dirkZevo wrote:I just checked my backup disk against zfs on fedora running in virtualbox, and the files show up ok. ( not in latest openindiana )
So I am planning a solution that way. I currently boot from ssd, then mount my user data from a 1tb zfs disk.
So I will somehow share this data from fedora to mavericks. ( netatalk ? nfs ? )
Anyone thinking about doing this ? ( I don't need performance )
Your pool should import fine in the latest OpenIndiana. This sounds like a problem with the disk not being seen by the VM at all, perhaps? You should probably try VMware Fusion 6 or Parallels 9.
Have you considered using the new version of MacZFS? https://github.com/zfs-osx/zfs
That's my plan.
Also, Mac OS X (Snow Leopard Server, Lion, Mountain Lion, and Mavericks) can run in a virtual machine (VMware, Parallels, and VirtualBox). So you could use a Mountain Lion VM with ZEVO, together with https://github.com/joshado/liberate-applefileserver and share your files back to the host using Apple's built-in AFP.
Mavericks default networking protocol is SMB2, though Time Machine still uses only AFP. So if you're using Linux or Illumos (e.g., OpenIndiana), then I'd be looking at using an SMB2 share from a VM, and if not SMB2, then use Netatalk for AFP. Mountain Lion does not use SMB2, so if you go the OS X VM + ZEVO route, in that case you would be using Apple's AFP.