Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2023 16:33:47 +0200 From: freebsd@vanderzwan.org To: Kaya Saman <kayasaman@optiplex-networks.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS Root size keeps going down after upgrade to 13.2-release Message-ID: <A35346A3-3A90-4AD5-9AC3-6AC17B58F0F1@vanderzwan.org> In-Reply-To: <fa58ca88-8304-f2cc-7c52-eaa4e7e5b88c@optiplex-networks.com> References: <8f3b445d-3f55-f359-ce5e-0d86c57755fe@optiplex-networks.com> <20230821130132.50aeb96b51b2b71efa14cb94@sohara.org> <8dbe0d99-ca94-998d-0c4e-27642db1b11a@optiplex-networks.com> <362941E9-C354-4325-A691-6DC44E5F5AB6@vanderzwan.org> <ff0c28e6-154e-ca74-e8f0-1f36019f8617@optiplex-networks.com> <0178E106-F136-44F6-BB36-D94ABEE4BEDE@vanderzwan.org> <3caba337-1d4c-4555-d3ba-7d36278a4c9b@optiplex-networks.com> <0E0B068F-C160-445F-BCED-828694122C8C@vanderzwan.org> <f3894f18-2338-a8ee-65f0-5d53ef181993@optiplex-networks.com> <2842F607-E62B-4D83-95AE-B44AE769B77F@vanderzwan.org> <f68aaedf-9c53-5e45-78ae-0c2e0abd7b95@optiplex-networks.com> <005285FF-8BCB-4C65-AFCF-61A06265C530@vanderzwan.org> <fa58ca88-8304-f2cc-7c52-eaa4e7e5b88c@optiplex-networks.com>
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> On 21 Aug 2023, at 16:25, Kaya Saman <kayasaman@optiplex-networks.com> = wrote: >=20 >=20 > I just responded to Olivier above but I have managed to free up the = necessary space by deleting all the snapshots: >=20 >=20 > df -h > Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity = Mounted on > zroot/ROOT/default 89G 36G 53G 41% / >=20 >=20 > For some reason some of the snapshots were automatically 'cloned' and = exactly as you suggested above there was a fair amount of space sharing = between snapshots. This of course resulted in data being removed from = the main snapshot but still remained on disk due another snapshot = referencing that data.... >=20 > Very confusing for an automated process but anyway, I have space again = :-) >=20 >=20 Not entirely automatic. I think they are leftovers from updating your = server. The freebsd-update tool automatically creates a new boot environment = when updating. That way you can roll back in case an update fails. If the update is successful and rollback is not needed any more you can = delete these, Paul
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