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Whizzrd: Created page with "== Creating a thin provisioned ZVOL for time machine backups == === Unencrypted === <code> sudo zfs create -s -V 500G zpool/ZVOL/TimeMachine DISK=$(ioreg -trn "ZVOL z..."
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<p>Created page with "== Creating a thin provisioned ZVOL for time machine backups == === Unencrypted === <code> sudo zfs create -s -V 500G zpool/ZVOL/TimeMachine DISK=$(ioreg -trn "ZVOL z..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>== Creating a thin provisioned ZVOL for time machine backups ==<br />
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=== Unencrypted ===<br />
<code><br />
sudo zfs create -s -V 500G zpool/ZVOL/TimeMachine<br />
DISK=$(ioreg -trn "ZVOL zpool/ZVOL/TimeMachine Media" | awk -F'"' '/BSD Name/ {print $4;}')<br />
sudo diskutil cs create TimeMachine $DISK<br />
LVG_UUID=$(diskutil cs info ${DISK}s2 | grep -E "Parent LVG UUID:" | sed -E 's/.*\:\s*([A-F0-9-]*)/\1/')<br />
sudo diskutil cs createVolume $LVG_UUID jhfs+ TimeMachine 100%<br />
sudo tmutil setdestination -a /Volumes/TimeMachine<br />
</code><br />
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=== Encrypted ===<br />
<code><br />
sudo zfs create -s -V 500G zpool/ZVOL/TimeMachine<br />
DISK=$(ioreg -trn "ZVOL zpool/ZVOL/TimeMachine Media" | awk -F'"' '/BSD Name/ {print $4;}')<br />
sudo diskutil cs create TimeMachine $DISK<br />
LVG_UUID=$(diskutil cs info ${DISK}s2 | grep -E "Parent LVG UUID:" | sed -E 's/.*\:\s*([A-F0-9-]*)/\1/')<br />
sudo diskutil cs createVolume $LVG_UUID jhfs+ TimeMachine 100% -stdinpassphrase<br />
sudo tmutil setdestination -a /Volumes/TimeMachine<br />
</code></div>
Whizzrd