snapshot management tool?

[Aldis Berjoza]

15.12.2012, 16:25, "Ronald Klop" <ronald-freebsd8 at klop.yi.org>:
> On Sat, 15 Dec 2012 02:49:05 +0100, Lawrence Stewart
> <lstewart at freebsd.org> wrote:
>
>>  On 12/14/12 00:21, Zeus Panchenko wrote:
>>>  hi all,
>>>
>>>  please, share what are you using to manage snapshots
>>>
>>>  in ports collection I see:
>>>
>>>  zfs-periodic
>>>  zfs-snapshot-mgmt
>>>  zfsnap
>>>  zfstools
>>  I use zfsnap on all my ZFS based systems e.g.
>>
>>  root at newtcphub:~ # tail -n 15 /etc/crontab
>>
>>  # Remove snapshots with an expired TTL at 05:35/17:35 each day.
>>  35      5,17    *       *       *       root    /usr/local/sbin/zfSnap
>>  -d -p 15mins_ -p daily_ -p weekly_ -p monthly_
>>
>>  # Take 15min snapshots of important filesystems, rolling them every 3
>>  days.
>>  8/15    *       *       *       *       root    /usr/local/sbin/zfSnap
>>  -S -s -a 3d -p 15mins_ -R newtcphub newtcphub/usr newtcphub/var -r
>>  newtcphub/home newtcphub/data
>>
>>  # Take daily snapshots of important filesystems at 06:10, rolling them
>>  every 14 days.
>>  10      6       *       *       *       root    /usr/local/sbin/zfSnap
>>  -S -s -a 14d -p daily_ -R newtcphub newtcphub/usr newtcphub/var -r
>>  newtcphub/home newtcphub/data
>>
>>  # Take weekly snapshots of important filesystems at 06:25 on Sundays,
>>  rolling them every 6 weeks.
>>  25      6       *       *       sun     root    /usr/local/sbin/zfSnap
>>  -Ss -a 6w -p weekly_ -R newtcphub newtcphub/usr newtcphub/var -r
>>  newtcphub/home newtcphub/data
>>
>>  # Take monthly snapshots of important filesystems at 06:35 on the 1st of
>>  each month, rolling them every 4 months.
>>  35      6       1       *       *       root    /usr/local/sbin/zfSnap
>>  -Ss -a 4m -p monthly_ -R newtcphub newtcphub/usr newtcphub/var -r
>>  newtcphub/home newtcphub/data
>>
>>  Haven't tried the other ports so don't have an opinion on them.
>>
>>  Cheers,
>>  Lawrence
>
> Does this also work for a home computer which is not always on? I'm
> curious about how people handle that.
>
> Ronald.
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For home computer I install and adjust sysutils/anacron port
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Aldis Berjoza
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