From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 12 14:04:52 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0017D16A469 for ; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:04:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ltning@anduin.net) Received: from anduin.net (anduin.net [213.225.74.230]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2DC713C458 for ; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:04:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ltning@anduin.net) Received: from anduin.net ([10.1.6.18] helo=[IPv6:::1] ident=ltning) by anduin.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1JOvke-000Djz-DY; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:04:48 +0100 Message-Id: <5B010AC7-C292-45E6-A109-20E39B370604@anduin.net> From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Eirik_=D8verby?= To: Daniel O'Connor In-Reply-To: <200802122311.43247.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v919.2) Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:04:46 +0100 References: <79029E40-6E43-4482-8E39-D1DE49C8C53A@anduin.net> <200802122311.43247.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.919.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: UFS snapshot weirdness X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:04:52 -0000 On Feb 12, 2008, at 1:41 PM, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > On Tue, 12 Feb 2008, Eirik =D8verby wrote: >> I am at a total loss here. Is it re-using the first snapshot I ever >> made of this filesystem, even though I've removed it? Didn't I >> understand how to create/remove snapshots? Is this a bug? > > Sure the old md isn't hanging around by mistake or some such? Yes, I am absolutely sure of this. I considered using the snapshot tool, however I need to reduce =20 dependencies to an absolute minimum (as one target environment is very =20= strict on allowing additional software installs).. I use the snapshots to get a consistent file-backup with history. This =20= one puzzles me to no end. /Eirik > I have had people recover many files using the snapshot tool in ports > (plus a small symlink maker for samba access) and haven't noticed > issues like this. > > On the otherhand I find it can take a long time to make a snapshot > (during which time no FS access is allowed). > > --=20 > Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer > for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au > "The nice thing about standards is that there > are so many of them to choose from." > -- Andrew Tanenbaum > GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C