Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 16:34:22 -0500 From: Brandon J. Wandersee <brandon.wandersee@gmail.com> To: Dennis Steinkamp <dennis@lightandshadow.tv> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD ZFS snapshots and "previous versions" Message-ID: <864mbnvee9.fsf@WorkBox.Home> In-Reply-To: <56FBA0C2.3080109@lightandshadow.tv> References: <CABnVG=eYEzGamSMN6CZYJhRLfjry6cQVq=MsJaPShO_WeFwttA@mail.gmail.com> <56FBA0C2.3080109@lightandshadow.tv>
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Dennis Steinkamp writes: > Hi, > > exactly, this is what i wanted to do. > Thank you (all) very much for your help. :) > Regards > > Dennis > > Am 30.03.2016 um 11:31 schrieb Gabor Radnai: >> Hi, >> >> If I understand correctly OP wants to use Windows feature called 'Previous >> Version' off from BSD filer. >> This can be done on FreeBSD + Samba4 adding followings to smb4.conf: >> >> vfs objects = shadow_copy2 >> shadow:format = %Y-%m-%d_%H.%M.%S--1h >> shadow:sort = desc >> shadow:mountpoint = <path-to-share> >> shadow:snapdir = .zfs/snapshot >> shadow:localtime = yes >> >> format is customizable and zfs snapshot should be aligned accordingly >> obviously. >> >> Hope it helps. Ah, I see. I jumped to the conclusion you wanted a web interface because I thought you wanted to allow users to directly control ZFS filesystems, which isn't possible through Windows. I didn't even know "shadow copy" was a thing. -- :: Brandon J. Wandersee :: brandon.wandersee@gmail.com :: -------------------------------------------------- :: 'The best design is as little design as possible.' :: --- Dieter Rams ----------------------------------
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