Thanks, really appreciate the time. I’m still going around in circles, most likely due to something not obvious to me but that is ion fact really simple. So apologies in advance.
I tried changing the backup.yaml info and deleted the folder in the old mount point which got rid of the error but then got a new one;
$ lxd import default-minimal
Error: Checking snapshots: Failed to run: zfs get -H -r -o name name datasilo1/lxd2/containers/default-minimal: cannot open 'datasilo1/lxd2/containers/default-minimal': dataset does not exist
I have added my pool structure for both the old and new datasets below. As part of the steps I did previsouly, I changed the name of the “old” dataset from datasilo1/lxd to datasilo1/lxd-old and for the current LXD set-up I created a new dataset datasilo/lxd2
There are two containers I want to try save: “apps-services” and “default-minimal”
Below the zfs list is the relevant bits from the original backup.yaml
$zfs list | grep lxd
datasilo1/lxd-old 13.2G 3.50T 128K none
datasilo1/lxd-old/containers 13.0G 3.50T 128K none
datasilo1/lxd-old/containers/apps-services 12.7G 3.50T 12.9G /var/snap/lxd/common/lxd/storage-pools/datasilo1/containers/apps-services
datasilo1/lxd-old/containers/default-minimal 255M 3.50T 397M /var/snap/lxd/common/lxd/storage-pools/datasilo1/containers/default-minimal
datasilo1/lxd-old/custom 128K 3.50T 128K none
datasilo1/lxd-old/deleted 237M 3.50T 128K none
datasilo1/lxd-old/deleted/containers 128K 3.50T 128K none
datasilo1/lxd-old/deleted/custom 128K 3.50T 128K none
datasilo1/lxd-old/deleted/images 236M 3.50T 128K none
datasilo1/lxd-old/deleted/images/87b2e5de9de0c2337045b609e6475ba30763f106c6e4c9aa666e6a960cd1820f 236M 3.50T 236M none
datasilo1/lxd-old/deleted/virtual-machines 128K 3.50T 128K none
datasilo1/lxd-old/images 128K 3.50T 128K none
datasilo1/lxd-old/snapshots 128K 3.50T 128K none
datasilo1/lxd-old/virtual-machines 128K 3.50T 128K none
datasilo1/lxd2 681M 3.50T 128K none
datasilo1/lxd2/containers 91.6M 3.50T 128K none
datasilo1/lxd2/containers/test 91.5M 3.50T 376M /var/snap/lxd/common/lxd/storage-pools/default/containers/test
datasilo1/lxd2/custom 128K 3.50T 128K none
datasilo1/lxd2/deleted 295M 3.50T 128K none
datasilo1/lxd2/deleted/containers 128K 3.50T 128K none
datasilo1/lxd2/deleted/custom 128K 3.50T 128K none
datasilo1/lxd2/deleted/images 294M 3.50T 128K none
datasilo1/lxd2/deleted/images/566410cdfa395c7ae22489a9998e7626d95252451e6d2d3db30e52a77a4b3d83 294M 3.50T 294M /var/snap/lxd/common/lxd/storage-pools/default/images/566410cdfa395c7ae22489a9998e7626d95252451e6d2d3db30e52a77a4b3d83
datasilo1/lxd2/deleted/virtual-machines 128K 3.50T 128K none
datasilo1/lxd2/images 294M 3.50T 128K none
datasilo1/lxd2/images/cb3bea6bc536e3cb6ebbfd37cdd46203c4abe84bdc095aa5f418e9bc6e7b2327 294M 3.50T 294M /var/snap/lxd/common/lxd/storage-pools/default/images/cb3bea6bc536e3cb6ebbfd37cdd46203c4abe84bdc095aa5f418e9bc6e7b2327
datasilo1/lxd2/virtual-machines 128K 3.50T 128K none
Current edited config for default-minimal:
pool:
config:
source: datasilo1/lxd-old
volatile.initial_source: datasilo1/lxd-old
zfs.pool_name: datasilo1/lxd-old
description: ""
name: default
driver: zfs
used_by: []
status: Created
locations:
- none
Original config for default-minimal:
pool:
config:
source: datasilo1/lxd
volatile.initial_source: datasilo1/lxd
zfs.pool_name: datasilo1/lxd
description: ""
name: datasilo1
driver: zfs
used_by: []
status: Created
locations:
- none
As I mentioned before, I’m a bit out of my depth and appreciate the effort and the time in helping me. Thank you.
Hard lesson learnt about those backups…
Brendan