Thanks for the pointer! I'll do that. 

Regards,
John

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> 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.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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