Re: Does OpenZFS support taking snapshots of the entire operating system?

From: Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming <tdtemccnp_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2022 13:32:56 UTC 
On Thu, 27 Oct 2022 at 21:30, Karl Denninger <karl@denninger.net> wrote:

> You can snapshot a running root filesystem if it is ZFS; that has always
> been true of ZFS.
>
> If the "entire operating system" spans more than one filesystem or pool,
> however, you cannot get an atomic snapshot across them.  Thus if you want
> that capacity (e.g. an atomic snapshot that is an "instant in time") the
> "entire operating system" must be contained in one ZFS filesystem.
> On 10/27/2022 09:26, Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming wrote:
>
> Subject: Does OpenZFS support taking snapshots of the entire operating
> system?
>
> Good day from Singapore,
>
> Does OpenZFS support taking snapshots of the entire operating system?
>
>
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> Karl Denninger
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Noted with thanks Karl.

Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming
Targeted Individual in Singapore