→ Applies to: SynetoOS 4.x

Step 1. Connect to SynetoOS appliance via SSH as admin

ssh admin@<your_ip_address_or_hostname>

Step 2. Become Super User

sudo su

Step 3 (optional). Change into Solaris shell (in case you're directed to an unsupported shell)

un sh

Step 4. Retrieve a list of all datastore

zfs list

EXAMPLE of output

NAME                                   USED   AVAIL   REFER   MOUNTPOINT
flash                                  24.2G  13.6G   27.5K   /flash
flash/datastores                       24.1G  13.6G   51.5K   /flash/datastores
flash/datastores/ISO                   6.31G  13.6G   6.31G   /flash/datastores/ISO
flash/datastores/TestWin16             17.8G  13.6G   12.6G   /flash/datastores/TestWin16
flash/shares                           48K    13.6G   24K     /flash/shares
flash/shares/smb                       24K    13.6G   24K     /flash/shares/smb
hybrid                                 11.2M  18.9G   26K     /hybrid
hybrid/backups                         194K   18.9G   24K     /hybrid/backups
hybrid/backups/09df6ca2/hybrid/datastores/LinuxVM

Step 5. Identify the datastore path you want to convert as original (replace <pool_name>, <replica_code> and <name_vm> with the correct information)

<pool_name>/backups/<replica_code>/<pool_name>/datastores/<pool_name>/backups/<name_vm>

EXAMPLE

hybrid/backups/09df6ca2/hybrid/datastores/hybrid/backups/LinuxVM

Step 6. Output the metadata (replace <datastore_path> with the correct information)

zfs-meta get <datastore_path>

EXAMPLE of output

Output:
{
    "dataType": "VMware Datastore",
    "name": "LinuxVM",
    "hosts": [],
    "createdOn": {
        "hostname": "syneto-os-1",
        "domain": "syneto.eu",
        "serialNumber": "VMware-42 3e 4a d3 ac e5 a5",
        "poolName": "flash"
    },
    "description": "[2021-01-11 17:30:45] Datastore LinuxVM created.",
    "protectedVirtualMachines": []
}

Step 7.  Copy the output of the above command into a text file on your computer (replace <datastore_name> , <serial_number> and <pool_name> with the correct information)

{
    "dataType": "VMware Datastore",
    "name": "<datastore_name>",
    "hosts": [],
    "createdOn": {
        "hostname": "syneto-os-1",
        "domain": "syneto.eu",
        "serialNumber": "<serial_number>",
        "poolName": "<pool_name>"
    },
    "description": "[2021-01-11 17:30:45] Datastore LinuxVM created.",
    "protectedVirtualMachines": []
}

The serial number and pool must be identical to those of the system for which you want to create the original datastore.

Step 8. Copy the new content into the system metadata with the command

zfs-meta set <datastore_path>

Step 9. Press these keys to exit

Enter
Control + D