Working With ZFS Snapshots (pdf)


 
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Working With ZFS Snapshots (pdf)

This guide is intended to show a new user the capabilities of the ZFS snapshots feature. It describes the steps necessary to set up a ZFS filesystem and the use of snapshots including how to create them, use them for backup and restore purposes, and how to migrate them between systems. After reading this guide, the user will have a basic understanding of how snapshots can be integrated into system administration procedures.

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OTFAUX(1)							   User Commands							 OTFAUX(1)

NAME
otfaux - otfaux DESCRIPTION
otfaux - append snapshots and statistics to existing otf traces at given 'break' time stamps. otfaux [Options] <file name> Options: -h, --help show this help message -V show OTF version -b <size> buffer size for read and write operations -n <n> number of breaks (distributed regularly) if -p and -t are not set, the default for -n is 200 breaks -p <p> create break every 'p' ticks (if both, -n and -p are specified the one producing more breaks wins) -t <t> define (additional) break at given time stamp -F force overwrite old snapshots and statistics -R delete existing snapshots and statistics only -f <n> max number of filehandles output --funcgroups create functiongroup summaries instead of function summaries --filegroups create file group summaries instead of file summaries -v verbose mode, print break time stamps -a show advancing progress during operation --snapshots write ONLY snapshots but NO statistics --statistics write ONLY statistics but NO snapshots -s a[,b]* regard given streams only when computing statistics. expects a single token or comma separated list. this implies the '--statis- tics' option! -l list existing stream tokens otfaux 1.10.2 May 2012 OTFAUX(1)