I never got an answer to this.  Why do I get "dataset is busy" when trying
to snapshot my filesystem?


Bill Shannon wrote:
> Niall Power wrote:
>> Bill Shannon wrote:
>>> Niall Power wrote:
>>>> Bill Shannon wrote:
>>>>> Niall Power wrote:
>>>>>> The zfssnap role entry in /etc/user_attr should look like this:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> zfssnap::::type=role;auths=solaris.smf.manage.zfs-auto-snapshot;profiles=ZFS
>>>>>>  
>>>>>> File System Management
>>>>> If I add that entry, how do I restart/reinitialize everything?
>>>>> Can I just "svcadm restart time-slider"?
>>>> Run "svcs -xv" to see if any of the  services are in maintenance mode 
>>>> such as "auto-snapshot:hourly" and then clear them by running
>>>> "svcadm clear hourly", "svcadm clear frequent" , etc.
>>>> This should bring everything back online.
>>> They're all already online.  Should I restart them all?
>> Then they should be working fine and no need to take further action.
>> If:
>> svc:/application/time-slider:default
>> reports as being online also then you're in business.
> 
> I double checked and I guess I was wrong.  Some are online and some aren't:
> 
> $ svcs | egrep 'zfs|time'
> online         Dec_05   svc:/system/filesystem/zfssnap-roleadd:default
> online         Dec_05   svc:/network/shares/group:zfs
> online         Dec_10   svc:/system/filesystem/zfs/auto-snapshot:weekly
> online         Dec_10   svc:/system/filesystem/zfs/auto-snapshot:monthly
> offline        Jan_06   svc:/application/time-slider:default
> maintenance    Jan_06   svc:/system/filesystem/zfs/auto-snapshot:frequent
> maintenance    Jan_06   svc:/system/filesystem/zfs/auto-snapshot:hourly
> maintenance     0:00:04 svc:/system/filesystem/zfs/auto-snapshot:daily
> 
> I did "svcadm clear" on the ones in maintenance mode, but it didn't work.
> The log files show:
> 
> cannot create snapshot 'rpool/ROOT/opensolaris at 
> zfs-auto-snap:daily-2009-01-07-15
> :13': dataset is busy
> 
> Now what?
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