Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2011 11:29:05 +0200 From: Bartosz Stec <bartosz.stec@it4pro.pl> To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: zfs snapshot management Message-ID: <4DEDEF61.7040008@it4pro.pl> In-Reply-To: <alpine.OSX.2.00.1106052232210.1983@hotlap.nat.fasttrackmonkey.com> References: <alpine.OSX.2.00.1106052232210.1983@hotlap.nat.fasttrackmonkey.com>
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W dniu 2011-06-06 04:32, Charles Sprickman pisze: > Hello all, > > 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. > > 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). > > 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... > > Thanks, > > Charles > > [1] - http://people.freebsd.org/~rse/snapshot/ > [2] - http://www.scottlu.com/Content/Snapfilter.html I'm using periodic scripts from here: http://www.neces.com/blog/technology/integrating-freebsd-zfs-and-periodic-snapshots-and-scrubs as simple "set and forget" zfs snapshot management approach. They are included into ports tree too: sysutils/zfs-periodic/ I found them much more convenient than Ralf S. Engelschall's solution. Cheers! -- Bartosz Stec
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