Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Wed, 17 Aug 2022 12:16:49 -0400
From:      Ryan Moeller <freqlabs@FreeBSD.org>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Beadm can't create snapshot
Message-ID:  <db19e194-d6fa-7019-d9f1-a1e0587d42a2@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <2818f3da-3ae2-e6e3-9282-8b62263fb5f3@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <01000182ac3b8593-fb381303-5719-4863-8fda-2530efcab31b-000000@email.amazonses.com> <2818f3da-3ae2-e6e3-9282-8b62263fb5f3@FreeBSD.org>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help

On 8/17/22 12:05 PM, Ryan Moeller wrote:
>
> On 8/17/22 10:35 AM, Thomas Laus wrote:
>> I attempted to create a ZFS snapshot after upgrading this morning and 
>> received this error
>>
>> # beadm create n257443
>> cannot create 'zroot/ROOT/n257443': 'snapshots_changed' is readonly
>> #
>
>
> This looks like a bug in beadm. It must be trying to set the 
> snapshots_changed property when cloning the snapshot for the BE, but 
> the property is of course readonly.
>
> -Ryan
>

I took a closer look at what beadm is doing and this appears to be a bug 
in the property after all. beadm filters by source "local" or "received" 
and for "snapshots_changed" the source is "local" when it should be "-" 
like other readonly properties. We'll get this fixed ASAP.

-Ryan


>
>>
>> My version info:
>>
>> 14.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 14.0-CURRENT #9 main-n257443-f7413197245: Wed 
>> Aug 17 08:15:27 EDT 2022
>>
>> There was not any information in UPDATING about any required ZFS 
>> configuration changes required nor any ZFS flags that listed 
>> 'snapshots_changed' as something that needed a new value.  There is 
>> actually a new snapshot created, but 'beadm list' does not show it 
>> and the boot menu does not have it listed.
>>
>> Tom
>>
>



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?db19e194-d6fa-7019-d9f1-a1e0587d42a2>