Usage:¶

syncoid [options]... SOURCE TARGET or syncoid [options]... SOURCE USER@HOST:TARGET or syncoid [options]... USER@HOST:SOURCE TARGET or syncoid [options]... USER@HOST:SOURCE USER@HOST:TARGET

SOURCE

Source ZFS dataset. Can be either local or remote

TARGET

Target ZFS dataset. Can be either local or remote

Options:

--compress=FORMAT

Compresses data during transfer. Currently accepted options are gzip, pigz-fast, pigz-slow, zstd-fast, zstd-slow, lz4, xz, lzo (default) & none

--identifier=EXTRA

Extra identifier which is included in the snapshot name. Can be used for replicating to multiple targets.

--recursive|r

Also transfers child datasets

--skip-parent

Skips syncing of the parent dataset. Does nothing without '--recursive' option.

--source-bwlimit=<limit k|m|g|t>

Bandwidth limit in bytes/kbytes/etc per second on the source transfer

--target-bwlimit=<limit k|m|g|t>

Bandwidth limit in bytes/kbytes/etc per second on the target transfer

--mbuffer-size=VALUE

Specify the mbuffer size (default: 16M), please refer to mbuffer(1) manual page.

--no-stream

Replicates using newest snapshot instead of intermediates

--no-sync-snap

Does not create new snapshot, only transfers existing

--create-bookmark

Creates a zfs bookmark for the newest snapshot on the source after replication succeeds (only works with --no-sync-snap)

--no-clone-rollback

Does not rollback clones on target

--no-rollback

Does not rollback clones or snapshots on target (it probably requires a readonly target)

--exclude=REGEX

Exclude specific datasets which match the given regular expression. Can be specified multiple times

--sendoptions=OPTIONS Use advanced options for zfs send (the arguments are filterd as needed), e.g. syncoid --sendoptions="Lc e" sets zfs send -L -c -e ...

--recvoptions=OPTIONS Use advanced options for zfs receive (the arguments are filterd as needed), e.g. syncoid --recvoptions="ux recordsize o compression=lz4" sets zfs receive -u -x recordsize -o compression=lz4 ...

--sshkey=FILE

Specifies a ssh key to use to connect

--sshport=PORT

Connects to remote on a particular port

--sshcipher|c=CIPHER

Passes CIPHER to ssh to use a particular cipher set

--sshoption|o=OPTION

Passes OPTION to ssh for remote usage. Can be specified multiple times

--help

Prints this helptext

--version

Prints the version number

--debug

Prints out a lot of additional information during a syncoid run

--monitor-version

Currently does nothing

--quiet

Suppresses non-error output

--dumpsnaps

Dumps a list of snapshots during the run

--no-command-checks

Do not check command existence before attempting transfer. Not recommended

--no-resume

Don't use the ZFS resume feature if available

--no-clone-handling

Don't try to recreate clones on target

--no-privilege-elevation

Bypass the root check, for use with ZFS permission delegation

--force-delete

Remove target datasets recursively, if there are no matching snapshots/bookmarks