Re: [zfs-discuss] core dumps eating space in snapshots

2010-07-28 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
> From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- > boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of devsk > > Thanks, Michael. That's exactly right. > > I think my requirement is: writable snapshots. > > And I was wondering if someone knowledgeable here could tell me if I > could do this ma

Re: [zfs-discuss] core dumps eating space in snapshots

2010-07-27 Thread devsk
Thanks, Michael. That's exactly right. I think my requirement is: writable snapshots. And I was wondering if someone knowledgeable here could tell me if I could do this magically by using clones without creating a tangled mess of branches, because clones in a way are writable snapshots. -- Thi

Re: [zfs-discuss] core dumps eating space in snapshots

2010-07-27 Thread Michael Schuster
On 27.07.10 14:21, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of devsk I have many core files stuck in snapshots eating up gigs of my disk space. Most of these are BE's which I don't really want to delete right now.

Re: [zfs-discuss] core dumps eating space in snapshots

2010-07-27 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
> From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- > boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of devsk > > I have many core files stuck in snapshots eating up gigs of my disk > space. Most of these are BE's which I don't really want to delete right > now. Ok, you don't want to delete them

[zfs-discuss] core dumps eating space in snapshots

2010-07-27 Thread devsk
I have many core files stuck in snapshots eating up gigs of my disk space. Most of these are BE's which I don't really want to delete right now. Is there a way to get rid of them? I know snapshots are RO but can I do some magic with clones and reclaim my space? -- This message posted from opens