Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 15:09:00 -0300 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@tcoip.com.br> To: Per von Zweigbergk <pvz@linux.se> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Docs for filesystem snapshots on FreeBSD 5.0? Message-ID: <3EBFE33C.4020502@tcoip.com.br> In-Reply-To: <D5055603-8346-11D7-A365-000393C59E6C@linux.se> References: <D5055603-8346-11D7-A365-000393C59E6C@linux.se>
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Per von Zweigbergk wrote:
> The new filesystem snapshot functionality in FreeBSD 5.0 seems very
> interesting to make it possible to consistently back up filesystems.
> However, I have found very little information about this when googling
> for this information.
>
> The best I could come up with: dumping an active filesystem is best done
> with "dump -L", where -L activates snapshotting.
>
> However, I have found no information about any utility similar to
> Solaris' fssnap on FreeBSD.
>
> Any pointers?
[0] dcs@dcs:/opt/home/dcs$ apropos snapshot
geom_stats_open(3), geom_stats_close(3), geom_stats_resync(3),
geom_stats_snapshot_get(3), geom_stats_snapshot_f
ree(3), geom_stats_snapshot_timestamp(3), geom_stats_snapshot_reset(3),
geom_stats_snapshot_next(3) - userland A
PI library for kernel GEOM subsystem
mksnap_ffs(8) - take a filesystem snapshot
SDL_GetKeyState(3), SDL_GetKeyState-(3) - Get a snapshot of the current
keyboard state
And the winner is... mksnap_ffs(8).
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