Vince wrote: > > > >Right now I am watching a dump: > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~] dump -b64 -5Lau /home > > DUMP: Connection to big.sibptus.tomsk.ru established. > > DUMP: Date of this level 5 dump: Sat Aug 18 14:02:16 2007 > > DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: Sun Aug 12 11:10:56 2007 > > DUMP: Dumping snapshot of /dev/ad0s2f (/home) to /dev/nsa0 on host big > > DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files] > > DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories] > > DUMP: estimated 3249348 tape blocks. > > > >at the same moment: > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~] snapinfo -v /home > >/dev/ad0s2f mounted on /home > > no snapshots found > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~] ll /home/.snap/ > >total 0 > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~] > > > > > >Is this normal? Does it mean that dump is not really dumping a > >snapshot though it says it is? > > > > man dump (the section regarding -L) says > "The snapshot is unlinked as soon as the dump starts, and is thus
This explains why there is no visible snapshot file in /home/.snap/ However, I thought that snapinfo should be aware even of unlinked snapshots. Just like "mdconfig -l" still shows the backingstore file even if it has been unlinked. -- Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"