From 209fac13b478181040be8999aacc06e48c3f4183 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: DatuX Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 17:33:34 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Created Common snapshots and holds (markdown) --- Common-snapshots-and-holds.md | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Common-snapshots-and-holds.md diff --git a/Common-snapshots-and-holds.md b/Common-snapshots-and-holds.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a95aed3 --- /dev/null +++ b/Common-snapshots-and-holds.md @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +# Common snapshots and holds + +![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1179017/165788773-b6e1301d-bc55-4b17-9ef0-a327e791b765.png) + +If you're new to ZFS these terms can be quite confusing. Whats going on? + +## Common snapshots + +ZFS can do incremental transfers via snapshots. It can only do this from a snapshot that's common on both the target and source. + +If there is no snapshot in common, the only way to continue is to destroy all the whole dataset (and all its snapshots) on the target and start from a full backup. \ No newline at end of file