on manufacturing a #ZFS #bookmark to revive seemingly
inaccessible encrypted dataset ...

Mind the encryptionroot: How to save your data when ZFS loses its mind, 20250928,
by Sam B,
https://sambowman.tech/blog/posts/mind-the-encryptionroot-how-to-save-your-data-when-zfs-loses-its-mind/

... via https://mastodon.social/@lobsters/115573005380471287 ; title does not align with the story.

#FreeBSD #hacking #dataRecovery #ZFSRecovery

on manufacturing a #ZFS #bookmark to revive seemingly
inaccessible encrypted dataset ...

Mind the encryptionroot: How to save your data when ZFS loses its mind, 20250928,
by Sam B,
https://sambowman.tech/blog/posts/mind-the-encryptionroot-how-to-save-your-data-when-zfs-loses-its-mind/

... via https://mastodon.social/@lobsters/115573005380471287 ; title does not align with the story.

#FreeBSD #hacking #dataRecovery #ZFSRecovery

Recovering videos from my Sony camera that I stupidly deleted

https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/recovering-videos-my-sony-camera-i-stupidly-deleted

#HackerNews #RecoveringVideos #SonyCamera #VideoRecovery #DataRecovery #DeletedVideos

Make Your Own Backup System – Part 1: Strategy Before Scripts

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/07/18/make-your-own-backup-system-part-1-strategy-before-scripts/

#Backup#OwnYourData#SysAdmin#IT#DataRecovery#ITNotes

Thank you @stefano for sharing! I'm looking forward to this series; backups are far too often overlooked, and then people have to try to recover bits and pieces from the remnants.

For me, the place where I generally start is RESTORATION: what do I want a restore (full or partial) to look like? Then, storage media (local external HDD, USB flash drive, tape, cloud, …; RTO may drive this), taking into account integrity. A lot of choices are then driven or dictated by those.

#backup#DataRecovery

Make Your Own Backup System – Part 1: Strategy Before Scripts

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/07/18/make-your-own-backup-system-part-1-strategy-before-scripts/

#Backup#OwnYourData#SysAdmin#IT#DataRecovery#ITNotes

Dev just messaged me, alarmed: a WordPress plugin's tech support logged into his site and broke everything! 😱
But Dev is sharp, and even at 22:10, he remembered his server runs FreeBSD and ZFS. With snapshots of his site and database every 15 minutes, we rolled back to the 20:00 snapshot, and his site was back up in a flash!

Thank you, FreeBSD! Thank you, ZFS!

#FreeBSD#ZFS#WebDev#WordPress#SysAdmin#DataRecovery#Snapshots#ThankYouTuesday

Take your FreeBSD ZFS game to the next level! 🔧💾

In our latest blog, Benedict Reuschling dives into automated ZFS snapshots with Sanoid — a powerful tool to schedule, manage, and prune snapshots effortlessly on FreeBSD. Learn how to set up snapshot policies to keep your data safe.

📦 Bonus: Includes a ready-to-go Ansible playbook!

👉 Read now: https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/zfs-automatic-snapshots-with-sanoid-on-freebsd/
#FreeBSD#ZFS#OpenZFS#SysAdmin#Sanoid#Snapshots#DataRecovery#Ansible