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? > _______________________________________________ > desktop-discuss mailing list > desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org
