From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 6 10:28:03 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A03EA106566C for ; Mon, 6 Jun 2011 10:28:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gallasch@free.de) Received: from smtp.free.de (smtp.free.de [91.204.6.103]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F08B8FC08 for ; Mon, 6 Jun 2011 10:28:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 82094 invoked from network); 6 Jun 2011 12:01:20 +0200 Received: from smtp.free.de (HELO orwell.free.de) ([91.204.4.103]) (envelope-sender ) by smtp.free.de (qmail-ldap-1.03) with AES128-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 6 Jun 2011 12:01:20 +0200 References: In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Kai Gallasch Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 12:01:19 +0200 To: Charles Sprickman X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: zfs snapshot management X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 10:28:03 -0000 Am 06.06.2011 um 04:32 schrieb Charles Sprickman: > I've been using a few different tools to manage zfs snapshots in = different > scenarios. For local use, I've found that Ralf Engelschall's set of > scripts[1] that tie into the periodic(8) system work fairly well. I = do > not use the amd portion since I am only working with zfs snapshots and = I > don't see a need to actually re-mount the snapshots elsewhere for > recovery. The only limitation I find with this system is that for use = on > a backups host the lack of a monthly or yearly retention period pretty > much rules it out. For local "oops" stuff though, it's great. >=20 > For hosts acting as backups servers, I've been using Snapfilter[2] and > some cobbled together stuff that rsyncs a bunch of hosts and tries to > detect and notify on errors. Snapfilter simply is the zfs snapshot > "sweeper" that periodically deletes snapshots that are outside the = defined > retention period(s). >=20 > Since there seems to be a fair number of serious zfs users here, I was > hoping for some further suggestions for use in either case. Any input = is > welcome... I'm using zetaback(FreeBSD Port: sysutils/zetaback) for some time now. For backup purposes and for a very convenient method to move zfs based = jails from one host to another.. Have a look at https://labs.omniti.com/labs/zetaback Regards, Kai. -- "I'm tryin' to think but nothin happens" - Curly