Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 12:49:47 -0700 From: Ultima <ultima1252@gmail.com> To: byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: snapshots contain no data. Message-ID: <CANJ8om47DRfVa_ZJdEB_wXrRF_cE61KPUAAM2oibmMHSTCsh4A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <802b703b400e1abc4f9fb2845acb23e0.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> References: <809ce5c30945a6659ef1ab5ea592fb80.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> <CANJ8om4_MnhLwJvY8v2fw1z3Mz6Q9zWki6quB8JLOSzUKKPh=Q@mail.gmail.com> <802b703b400e1abc4f9fb2845acb23e0.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca>
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Probably means the snapshot is already mounted, have not seen this error in any other case when mounting zfs snapshots. I'm not too familiar with using snapdir=visible property though. On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 12:30 PM, James B. Byrne <byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca> wrote: > > On Mon, October 23, 2017 15:19, Ultima wrote: > > Hello James, > > > > I'm not really sure what your expecting to see with ls, but I'll give > > you some tips and hopefully it will help. > > The examples I could find respecting searching for a file in a > snapshot never seemed to manage to note that one first must mount a > snapshot before doing anything with it; and I somehow overlooked that > significant detail in my other readings. > > > > > These snapshots can be mounted like so: > > "mount -t zfs zroot@SNAPSHOT /mnt" replace SNAPSHOT with a actual > > snapshot, in this case something like 2017-10-10_12.10.00--14d should > > work. > > > > mount -t zfs zroot@2017-10-10_11.10.00--14d /mnt/snapshot > mount: zroot@2017-10-10_11.10.00--14d: Device busy > > What does this mean, besides the patently obvious, and how it is > resolved? What I am trying to do is retrieve one file from the > initial snapshot. > > > -- > *** e-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** > Do NOT transmit sensitive data via e-Mail > Do NOT open attachments nor follow links sent by e-Mail > > James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@Harte-Lyne.ca > Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca > 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 > Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 > Canada L8E 3C3 > >
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