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A snapshot is a copy of data taken at a specific point in time.

A snapshot is a copy of data taken at a specific point in time.

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Samba shadow_copy2 and snapshots don't appear in windows

I'm setting up Ubuntu server with Samba. The file system is BTRFS and I can't seem to get Windows to see the previous versions from the snapshots. My smb.conf has this for the share: [Backup] path = /mnt/pool1/backup comment = Share for…
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Samba 4 can't copy from previous version in Windows

HW: HP server ML110G9 SW: Fileserver CT (Proxmox host) - debian 11 - Samba version 4.13.13-Debian UserPC - Windows 8 / Windows 11 ZFS snapshot format: data/subdata@GMT-2023.07.05-19.41.00 smb.conf: vfs objects = shadow_copy2 acl_xattr …
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Virsh corruption image, re-merge snapshot?

I have an issue with one of my images. The image is encrypted. About three weeks ago I started a snapshot of a running image and then did a blockcommit more recently. Something has since happened to that image and it no longer boots. I can run…
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Idea restore data instance by snapshot openstack!

My wish is to restore the instance's data back to the data of any created snapshot and keep the IP assigned to that instance. I have tried a few ideas with no success: From the snapshot create a new volume then assign that volume to the instance.…
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Apache Ignite - Automatic Cluster Snapshot Create / Restore Procedure

When trying the Apache Ignite cluster snapshot procedure (snapshot create, restore), the restore operation is not successful. Before the restore procedure, we have destroyed the cache which we want to restore (according to the official…
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What is .snapshot root directory in OpenSUSE Leap 15.4?

I need to free disk space on a OpenSUSE Leap 15.4 server. I notice I have a .snapshot directory at system's root: srv-abc:~ # ll -h / total 0 drwxr-x--- 1 root root 36 Sep 14 2021 .snapshots drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1.8K Jan 26 13:50…
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Can't `lvconvert` when root is readonly

My root is mounted readonly (on purpose). I have a separate, read-write vg where I want to lvconvert --merge a thin snapshot. I'm getting Cannot archive volume group metadata for $VG to read-only filesystem. The manpage was unhelpful. Is there some…
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grub error after kernel update with active root LVM snapshot

The situation: debian 11 with LVM and / is a logical volume: /dev/mainvg/lv-root created a snapshot of the root partition by doing lvcreate -L5G -n bkp_lvroot -s /dev/mainvg/lvroot Now I updated the system with apt, a new kernel was installed, but…
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btrfs - ERROR: Could not destroy subvolume/snapshot: Operation not permitted

We use btrfs extensively for its wonderful snapshotting capabilities. But recently, and on only one system, while purging old snapshots, I began to receive the following error: btrfs subvolume delete ... ERROR: Could not destroy subvolume/snapshot:…
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How to import Azure exported Snapshot or exported Disk?

For both Disk and Snapshot Azure resources there is the "Snapshot Export" and "Export Disk" functionality respectively. OK, so I can download either my Snapshots or Disk to anywhere, say on-premises. Question What I am missing, is the inverse…
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backup snapshot vultr linux host to local Windows

Vultr Linux snapshots are falling too expensive as the number of servers we acquired has grown. Thus, I wish to create a snapshot/backup (entire OS along with open ports, swap memory, and installed softwares) of only Linux servers of Vultr and save…
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find most recent snapshot using xen command line

I am using Xen, and for each of our VM's we have set up a process to create a new snapshot of the VM every morning, with the last seven being kept. I am now trying to write a script to test restoring the latest snapshot for each VM. In Xen command…
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Can Block Device IDs in LVM be set statically?

I have a system using LVM2 with a single PV which contains 1 VG which in-turn contains 5 logical volumes (/, /home, /var, /swap, /data). When I create a snapshot of LV / (lvcreate -L 15G -s -n root_snap_test01 /dev/vg01/lv_root), upon reboot the…
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Google Cloud Snapshot schedule

I'm trying to understand the difference between machine image, snapshot, and image on Google cloud. For example, I've configured the snapshot schedule and it is set to auto delete every 7 days. If I delete the source disk, will it stop the snapshot…
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What disk considerations are taken for VM migration during Host Maintenance in GCE?

I'm running a VM in the us-central1-a zone with Availability policies configured as follows: Preemptibility - Off (Recommended) On host maintenance - Migrate VM instance (Recommended) Automatic restart - On (Recommended) Today around 12 pm UTC-06:00…
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