From a1ab35d059e66dbc2fe62d835f64e0bb4a403cfd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dan MacDonald Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2023 20:45:21 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Edit snapshot format --- Manual.md | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Manual.md b/Manual.md index 5dea35d..8eda315 100644 --- a/Manual.md +++ b/Manual.md @@ -72,19 +72,19 @@ If there are no datasets that have this property set then zfs-autobackup exits w Datasets can also be excluded from selection by these options: * `--exclude-received`: Exclude datasets that have the origin of their `autobackup:backup-name` property as "received". This can avoid recursive replication between two backup partners. -* `--exclude-unchanged BYTES`: Exclude datasets that have less than BYTES data changed since any last snapshot. (Use with proxmox HA replication) +* `--exclude-unchanged BYTES`: Exclude datasets that have less than BYTES data changed since the last snapshot. (Use with proxmox HA replication) ## Step 2: Snapshotting -In this step a snapshot is created on the datasets from step 1. +In this step a snapshot is created on the datasets selected in step 1. -zfs-autobackup creates atomic snapshots per pool. e.g. it does one single `zfs snapshot ...` command that includes all the snaphots that need to be taken in a pool. +zfs-autobackup creates atomic snapshots per pool. This is a single `zfs snapshot` command that includes all the snapshots that need to be taken for that pool. -Snapshotting can be skipped with `--no-snapshot` +Snapshotting can be skipped with `--no-snapshot`. ### Snapshot format -The snapshots are created with a certain naming-format. This includes a timestamp that zfs-autobackup uses to determine when a snapshot can be destroyed by the [Thinner](Thinner). +The snapshots are all created using a specific naming format. This includes a timestamp that zfs-autobackup uses to determine when a snapshot can be destroyed by the [Thinner](Thinner). It is possible to change this format by using `--snapshot-format`. Other snapshots that do not match this format are normally ignored by zfs-autobackup. Use `--utc` to use UTC for timestamps.