Time slider is not working because the snapshot services fails to run: cat /var/svc/log/system-filesystem-zfs-auto-snapshot:daily.log: ... [ Jan 12 23:03:26 Leaving maintenance because clear requested. ] [ Jan 12 23:03:26 Enabled. ] [ Jan 12 23:03:26 Executing start method ("/lib/svc/method/zfs-auto-snapshot start"). ] Checking for non-recursive missed // snapshots rpool Checking for recursive missed // snapshots home rpool/firefox rpool/ROOT Last snapshot for svc:/system/filesystem/zfs/auto-snapshot:daily taken on Mo Jan 5 9:30 2009 which was greater than the 1 days schedule. Taking snapshot now. cannot create snapshot 'home/zones/myzone/ROOT/zbe-2 at zfs-auto-snap:daily-2009-01-12-23:03': dataset is busy no snapshots were created Error: Unable to take recursive snapshots of home at zfs-auto-snap:daily-2009-01-12-23:03. Moving service svc:/system/filesystem/zfs/auto-snapshot:daily to maintenance mode. cannot create snapshot 'rpool/ROOT/opensolaris at zfs-auto-snap:daily-2009-01-12-23:03': dataset is busy no snapshots were created Error: Unable to take recursive snapshots of rpool/ROOT at zfs-auto-snap:daily-2009-01-12-23:03. Moving service svc:/system/filesystem/zfs/auto-snapshot:daily to maintenance mode. [ Jan 12 23:03:28 Method "start" exited with status 0. ] [ Jan 12 23:03:28 Stopping for maintenance due to administrative_request. ] [ Jan 12 23:03:28 Executing stop method ("/lib/svc/method/zfs-auto-snapshot stop"). ] [ Jan 12 23:03:28 Method "stop" exited with status 0. ] [ Jan 12 23:03:28 Stopping for maintenance due to administrative_request. ] [ Jan 12 23:03:28 Stopping for maintenance due to administrative_request. ] [ Jan 12 23:03:28 Stopping for maintenance due to administrative_request. ]
What does it mean "dataset is busy"? The snapshots should work independtly what kind there are of activity on the disk. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org