Hi, Is it possible to create a snapshot, for ZFS send purposes, of an entire pool ? Patrick -- Patrick ---------------------------------------- patrick <at> eefy <dot> net
Would ''zfs snapshot -r poolname'' achieve what you want? On 29/09/06, Patrick <patrick at xsinet.co.za> wrote:> Hi, > > Is it possible to create a snapshot, for ZFS send purposes, of an entire pool ?-- Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns http://number9.hellooperator.net/
Hey,> Would ''zfs snapshot -r poolname'' achieve what you want?I suppose, the idea, would... but alas : root at store01:/# zfs snapshot -r otherData at today invalid option ''r'' usage: snapshot <filesystem at name|volume at name> root at store01:/# ( solaris 06/06, with all patchen ) P
Hi Patrick, You''ll need to use one of the OpenSolaris/ZFS community releases to use the snapshot -r option, starting at build 43. Cindy Patrick wrote:> Hey, > >> Would ''zfs snapshot -r poolname'' achieve what you want? > > > I suppose, the idea, would... but alas : > > root at store01:/# zfs snapshot -r otherData at today > invalid option ''r'' > usage: > snapshot <filesystem at name|volume at name> > root at store01:/# > > > ( solaris 06/06, with all patchen ) > > P > _______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Hey,> You''ll need to use one of the OpenSolaris/ZFS community releases > to use the snapshot -r option, starting at build 43.Bugger, Anyone have an idea if it''ll be patched into 06/06, or would it be a future release plan/plot/idea/etc... P