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ZFS Snapshots

https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23824_01/html/821-1448/gavvx.html

ZFS snapshots can be a fast and easy way to perform backups.

:!: Napp-IT has a commercial (Pro) module available that performs ZFS snapshots and sends them to another ZFS server.

Recover Data from Snapshots

Snapshots are automatically mounted under /$MOUNTPOINT/.zfs/snapshot/$SNAPSHOTNAME.

Example with nested ZFS filesystem showing an NFS storage repository containing VHDs:

/toplevel/midlevel/bottomlevel/.zfs/snapshot/job-name-job-ID_year.month.day.hour.min.sec/nfs_SR_ID/

You could also clone the snapshot if you don't want to muck with .zfs, copy out your files/folders that need recovering, then destroy the clone.

computing/storage/zfs_snapshot.1625764272.txt.gz · Last modified: 2021/07/08 11:11 by gcooper