Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 18:34:32 +0700 From: Victor Sudakov <sudakov@sibptus.tomsk.ru> To: User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: dump -L Message-ID: <20070818113432.GA46587@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> In-Reply-To: <46C6C935.1090309@unsane.co.uk> References: <20070724115401.GA1355@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> <20070724134431.GA57022@epia-2.farid-hajji.net> <20070807113147.O28568@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20070818071753.GA44252@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> <46C6C935.1090309@unsane.co.uk>
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Vince wrote: > > > >Right now I am watching a dump: > > > >[root@admin ~] dump -b64 -5Lau /home > > DUMP: Connection to big.sibptus.tomsk.ru established. > > DUMP: Date of this level 5 dump: Sat Aug 18 14:02:16 2007 > > DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: Sun Aug 12 11:10:56 2007 > > DUMP: Dumping snapshot of /dev/ad0s2f (/home) to /dev/nsa0 on host big > > DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files] > > DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories] > > DUMP: estimated 3249348 tape blocks. > > > >at the same moment: > > > >[root@admin ~] snapinfo -v /home > >/dev/ad0s2f mounted on /home > > no snapshots found > >[root@admin ~] ll /home/.snap/ > >total 0 > >[root@admin ~] > > > > > >Is this normal? Does it mean that dump is not really dumping a > >snapshot though it says it is? > > > > man dump (the section regarding -L) says > "The snapshot is unlinked as soon as the dump starts, and is thus This explains why there is no visible snapshot file in /home/.snap/ However, I thought that snapinfo should be aware even of unlinked snapshots. Just like "mdconfig -l" still shows the backingstore file even if it has been unlinked. -- Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN sip:sudakov@sibptus.tomsk.ru
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