Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 15:25:21 +0100 From: "Ronald Klop" <ronald-freebsd8@klop.yi.org> To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: snapshot management tool? Message-ID: <op.wpc3oj0r8527sy@pinky> In-Reply-To: <50CBD711.8090607@freebsd.org> References: <20121213162137.78332@relay.ibs.dn.ua> <50CBD711.8090607@freebsd.org>
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On Sat, 15 Dec 2012 02:49:05 +0100, Lawrence Stewart <lstewart@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 12/14/12 00:21, Zeus Panchenko wrote: >> hi all, >> >> please, share what are you using to manage snapshots >> >> in ports collection I see: >> >> zfs-periodic >> zfs-snapshot-mgmt >> zfsnap >> zfstools > > I use zfsnap on all my ZFS based systems e.g. > > root@newtcphub:~ # tail -n 15 /etc/crontab > > # Remove snapshots with an expired TTL at 05:35/17:35 each day. > 35 5,17 * * * root /usr/local/sbin/zfSnap > -d -p 15mins_ -p daily_ -p weekly_ -p monthly_ > > # Take 15min snapshots of important filesystems, rolling them every 3 > days. > 8/15 * * * * root /usr/local/sbin/zfSnap > -S -s -a 3d -p 15mins_ -R newtcphub newtcphub/usr newtcphub/var -r > newtcphub/home newtcphub/data > > # Take daily snapshots of important filesystems at 06:10, rolling them > every 14 days. > 10 6 * * * root /usr/local/sbin/zfSnap > -S -s -a 14d -p daily_ -R newtcphub newtcphub/usr newtcphub/var -r > newtcphub/home newtcphub/data > > # Take weekly snapshots of important filesystems at 06:25 on Sundays, > rolling them every 6 weeks. > 25 6 * * sun root /usr/local/sbin/zfSnap > -Ss -a 6w -p weekly_ -R newtcphub newtcphub/usr newtcphub/var -r > newtcphub/home newtcphub/data > > # Take monthly snapshots of important filesystems at 06:35 on the 1st of > each month, rolling them every 4 months. > 35 6 1 * * root /usr/local/sbin/zfSnap > -Ss -a 4m -p monthly_ -R newtcphub newtcphub/usr newtcphub/var -r > newtcphub/home newtcphub/data > > > Haven't tried the other ports so don't have an opinion on them. > > Cheers, > Lawrence Does this also work for a home computer which is not always on? I'm curious about how people handle that. Ronald.
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