[OpenIndiana-discuss] zfs-auto-snapshot makes snapshots even if "false" set

Roman Naumenko roman at naumenko.ca
Fri Feb 15 04:57:08 UTC 2013


Jan Owoc said the following, on 14-02-13 10:19 PM:
> On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 8:07 PM, Roman Naumenko <roman at naumenko.ca> wrote:
>> I have a weird issue with zfs-auto-snapshot on oi_151a5, it continues to
>> make snapshots even when I asked not to do so.
> [...]
>> Initially it inherited snapshot options for dataset above, but when I set
>> all options to false it still goes on and on.
> Just a guess, but maybe time-slider reads these properties only on
> startup, and if you change them you need to restart time-slider (?).
> Worth a try.
I probably tried that as well, but don't remember for sure.

Anyway, another command below did the trick
sudo zfs set com.sun:auto-snapshot=false storpool/mailserver_data/zca8vm
>> By the way, is it possible to update this package to newer version without
>> upgrading whole distro?
> I would imagine it possible with some combination of "pkg refresh" and
> "pkg update", but not sure of the exact commands. You would likely
> need to update all the dependencies as well.
Ok, I probably leave it as is. Overall it works too reliable to justify 
any upgrades.

--Roman



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