Thanks for the pointer! I'll do that. Regards, John
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 14, 2015, at 8:06 PM, Nigel W <[email protected]> wrote: > > In which case you should file an ticket in the issue tracker[2] with the > details on the use case so that it can get added to a future release. > > Having said that, as Bryan already noted, you can make changes in the global > zone with mdb, or to the /etc/system of the global zone using the preboot[1] > file loading mechanism of kernel. > > [1] http://dtrace.org/blogs/wesolows/2013/12/28/anonymous-tracing-on-smartos/ > [2] https://github.com/joyent/smartos-live/issues > >> On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 10:55 AM, John Croix <[email protected]> wrote: >> Snapshots work if you have access to the computer. Right now, for example, >> I'm out of town, and I can access data on the CrashPlan web site even though >> internal firewalls keep me from accessing my computer at home. >> >> I'm not trying to be difficult about the lack of this feature. The real >> point in bringing all of this up wasn't to get somebody to make a special >> exception for my needs. I was looking for a solution to increase >> max_user_watches and, if there wasn't one, to bring it to somebody's >> attention that this value is by applications that SmartOS users might >> install. IMHO, it's always better to know when a feature is missing because >> that's a big help in determining how to make a product better. >> >> Thanks for everybody's help. >> >> Regards, >> John >> >>> On Oct 14, 2015, at 03:06 AM, Ian Collins <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >> >>> John F. Croix, Ph.D. wrote: >>>> No, it installs. It's just that files won't be backed up until >>>> CrashPlan does a scan of the file system, which doesn't happen >>>> frequently as it can take a long time to do so, especially with a lot >>>> of files to look at and compare against. Normally CrashPlan will back >>>> up changed files every 15 minutes, so you're insured of a backup. I've >>>> had scans that take over 1 hour to complete. Also, CrashPlan has >>>> versioning of backed up files, which can be put "at risk" if they >>>> aren't backed up except when a full scan is initiated. >>> >>> Given LX zones use native ZFS, can you use snapshots instead? >>> >>> -- >>> Ian. >>> >>> >>> >>> http://www.listbox.com > > smartos-discuss | Archives | Modify Your Subscription ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
