An OmniOS user recently pinged us about missing snapshots. Turns out, one can remove .zfs/snapshot/<name> and the snapshot deletion DOES NOT APPEAR in the zpool's history.
> > I wrote, about our mysteriously disappearing snapshots: >> [...] For example, is there some way where snapshots can be removed >> without that being logged in 'zpool history'? > > The answer to my question turns out to be 'yes'. If you do: > rmdir <fs>/.zfs/snapshot/<snapshot-name> > > and ZFS accepts this, there is no entry made in 'zpool history'; the > snapshot is silently deleted. Turns out, it's not the only .zfs/ directory operation that doesn't leave an audit trail: > It turns out that you can also make snapshots with mkdir and they > don't show up in zpool history either, so probably both issues should > be raised and fixed as one. In spite of this user's older OmniOS, I see this on OmniOS-bloody, so I know it's not fixed. Should I file a bug? Were I not deep in migration issues (death of Python2.6 and BSD Loader), I might have tackled this myself. I'm happy to file a bug or do whatever is appropriate. Thanks, Dan ------------------------------------------- openzfs-developer Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/274414/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/274414/28015062-cce53afa Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=28015062&id_secret=28015062-f966d51c Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
