From 2e265ee7da128d08dcbdaffd57ae26a44d21ac14 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: DatuX Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 17:46:09 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Updated Common snapshots and holds (markdown) --- Common-snapshots-and-holds.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/Common-snapshots-and-holds.md b/Common-snapshots-and-holds.md index 94e2a43..27aa294 100644 --- a/Common-snapshots-and-holds.md +++ b/Common-snapshots-and-holds.md @@ -18,3 +18,8 @@ If there is no snapshot in common, the only way to continue is to destroy all th ## Holds to the rescue +To prevent accidental deletion of the common snapshot zfs-autobackup uses holds. + +This can be quite frustrating for new users who try to delete old datasets that still have holds. (`Dataset is busy`) Use `zfs holds ` and `zfs release` to release a snapshot. + +If you know what you're doing you can use --no-holds.