I have just managed to setup a replication to a remote TrueNAS, seems this was successful. I’m now wondering how I could restore this data in future if needed.
In my main TrueNAS box the datasets are setup as follows:
- Pool_Name
- >> Parent_Dataset_A
- >> >> Child_Dataset_A1
- >> >> Child_Dataset_A2
- >> Parent_Dataset_B
- >> >> Child_Dataset_B1
- >> >> Child_Dataset_B2
I have created just one replication task selecting Parent_Dataset_A and Parent_Dataset_B and enabling the “Recursive” option.
I can see that all datasets (including the children datasets) have been replicated to the offsite TrueNAS box. Good.
With this setup there is a way to restore only one of the child datasets?
I see in the replication task there is a Restore button, but this does not allow to select which parent or child datasets to restore. I have the impression this would restore both Parent_Dataset_A and Parent_Dataset_B and all the children. This doesn’t seem to be a great option as it would need to download a lot of data, when I might need to restore only one child datasets.
If I want to be able to restore each child dataset individually do I need to create a replication task for each Child Dataset?