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.TH ZFS-AUTO-SNAPSHOT "8" "June 16, 2013" "zfs-auto-snapshot.sh" "System Administration Commands"
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.SH NAME
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zfs-auto-snapshot \- take regular ZFS snapshots
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B zfs-auto-snapshot
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[\fIoptions\fR] [\fI-l label\fR] \fI<'//' | name \fR[\fIname\fR...]\fI>\fR
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B zfs-auto-snapshot
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automatically creates, rotates, and destroys snapshots for all your
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ZFS datasets, and is compatible with both zfsonlinux and zfs-fuse.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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\fB\-\-default\-exclude\fR
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By default \fBzfs-auto-snapshot\fR will snapshot all datasets except
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for those in which the user-property \fBcom.sun:auto-snapshot\fR is
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set to \fBfalse\fR. This option reverses the behavior and requires
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\fBcom.sun:auto-snapshot\fR to be set to \fBtrue\fR.
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.TP
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\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-debug\fR
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Print debugging messages.
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.TP
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\fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-event\fR=\fIEVENT\fR
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Set the com.sun:auto\-snapshot\-desc property to EVENT.
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.TP
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\fB\-\-fast\fR
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Use a faster zfs list invocation.
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.TP
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\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-dry\-run\fR
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Print actions without actually doing anything.
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.TP
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\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-skip\-scrub\fR
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Do not snapshot filesystems in scrubbing pools.
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.TP
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\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
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Print the usage message.
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.TP
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\fB\-k\fR, \fB\-\-keep\fR=\fINUM\fR
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Keep NUM recent snapshots and destroy older snapshots.
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.TP
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\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-label\fR=\fILAB\fR
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LAB is usually 'hourly', 'daily', or 'monthly'.
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.TP
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\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-prefix\fR=\fIPRE\fR
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PRE is 'zfs\-auto\-snap' by default.
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.TP
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\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
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Suppress warnings and notices at the console.
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.TP
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\fB\-\-send\-full\fR=\fIF\fR
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Send zfs full backup. Unimplemented.
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.TP
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\fB\-\-send\-incr\fR=\fIF\fR
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Send zfs incremental backup. Unimplemented.
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.TP
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\fB\-\-sep\fR=\fICHAR\fR
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Use CHAR to separate date stamps in snapshot names.
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.TP
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\fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-syslog\fR
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Write messages into the system log.
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.TP
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\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-recursive\fR
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Snapshot named filesystem and all descendants.
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.TP
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\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
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Print info messages.
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.TP
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name
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Filesystem and volume names, or '//' for all ZFS datasets.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR zfs (8)

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