Veritas-bu

[Veritas-bu] Backing up ZFS snapshots

2007-03-09 02:32:37
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Backing up ZFS snapshots
From: listen at alexander.skwar.name (Alexander Skwar)
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 08:32:37 +0100
Darren Dunham <ddunham at taos.com>:

>>> What if you started the backup as a User Backup from the client at the 
>>> end of your script which created the snapshot?
>> 
>> Hm, interesting idea. What should the client then specify to backup?
>> I mean, which directory?
> 
> Since the client knows the snapshot involved, it could give the correct
> name to the process (/fs/.zfs/snapshot/<name>).

Okay. But what would I have to add to the "Backup Selections"
properties of the Policy?

> Also, you can rename snapshots.  A script could make sure that the most
> recent snaphot is always called 'current' or something.

The snapshot currently is called "backup". So, that's already a
"static" name.

>  You place that
> name on the backup list of the profile.

Nah, that's exactly the route, that I do NOT want to go. To quote
my OP:

| I don't really
| want to go the route of having to add /pool/Teamcenter/.zfs/snapshot/backup
| to the Backup Selections of a policy, as this would mean, that
| the Backup Selections would have to be updated, when a new
| zfs is created. I don't like this.

Or did I misunderstand you?

Thanks,
Alexander Skwar