how to replay a snapshot (btrfs) ?

Lentes, Bernd bernd.lentes at helmholtz-muenchen.de
Tue Jul 26 19:15:32 UTC 2016



----- Am 26. Jul 2016 um 20:40 schrieb Bernd Lentes bernd.lentes at helmholtz-muenchen.de:

> ----- Am 26. Jul 2016 um 20:19 schrieb Bernd Lentes
> bernd.lentes at helmholtz-muenchen.de:
> 
>> ----- Am 26. Jul 2016 um 17:59 schrieb Rashkae ubuntu at tigershaunt.com:
>> 
>>> On 16-07-26 08:55 AM, Lentes, Bernd wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> sorry for asking this simple question. But i'm new to btrfs. And all the guides
>>>> i found in the internet are different and none of them succeeded.
>>>> I made a snapshot form my / , did some changes in the configurtaion (which
>>>> weren't successfull), now i want to get back to the snapshot.
>>>>
>>>> This is my system:
>>>>
>>>> root at PC65472:~# btrfs sub list -ap /
>>>> ID 257 gen 38915 parent 5 top level 5 path <FS_TREE>/@
>>>> ID 258 gen 38903 parent 5 top level 5 path <FS_TREE>/@home
>>>> ID 285 gen 38828 parent 257 top level 257 path @/snapshots/root_190720162124
>>>>
>>>> ID 285 is my snapshot.
>>>>
>>>> root at PC65472:~# btrfs sub get-default /
>>>> ID 285 gen 38828 top level 257 path snapshots/root_190720162124
>>>>
>>>> I changed the snapshot to the default but i still have the configuration changes
>>>> i'd like to loose.
>>>> Also after a restart still no replay of the snapshot.
>>>>
>>> 
>>> I suggest not changing the default subvolume... That way lies madness
>>> 
>>> In the typical Ubuntu install, the default top level subvolume (5) is
>>> the default, and subvolume "@" is mounted as root.  (This is configured
>>> in the Grub kernel parameters as well at /etc/fstab
>>> 
>>> Your situation is a bit complicacated because you have your snapshots
>>> folder/subvolume as a subfolder of @.  This is how snapper program
>>> handles it by default, but unless your scripts need to be setup that
>>> way, I would change it, for your own convienience.  (If you were using
>>> snapper, you would also use snapper to roll back changes.  I'm not
>>> covering that in this message, however.
>> 
>> I didn't use snaper.
>> 
>>> 
>>> You can do this by booting to a live CD, but I've successfully done this
>>> on my live system as well, (ie, I changed root while booted to the
>>> system, rebooted, and was successfully rolled back.  If your doing this
>>> live, you'll want to make sure your not running anything that needs to
>>> preserve it's running state.  To this right, you would usually boot into
>>> some kind of single user mode.  But I can be recklessly wild when I know
>>> what my desktop is doing/not doing.
>>> 
>> 
>> I tried "systemctl rescue". But i couldn't login afterwards, after typing "root"
>> system said "system is going down".
>> Tried several times.
>> I booted a live cd.
>> 
>>> If your default subvolume is still 285, make sure to change it back to
>>> 5.  I think there might be booting problems if you change the default
>>> subvolume.
>>> 
>> 
>> IIRC correctly default was ID 257 so i set default to 257 and rebooted without
>> any problem.
>> 
>>> 1.  Mount the device that contains your snapshots.  ex: mkdir /mnt/device
>>> mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/device
>> 
>> mount /dev/vg1/lv_root /mnt/root
>> 
>>> ls /mnt/device should show sow a @ and @home directories.
>> 
>> yes
>> 
>>> 2. optional: move your snapshot folder out of the root.  mv
>>> /mnt/device/@/snapshots /mnt/device/
>> 
>> didn't
>> 
>>> 3. rename your old root:  mv @ delete_me
>> 
>> 
>> mv /mnt/root/ /mnt/root/old
>> 
>>> 4. create a new snapshot of your snapshot for use.
>>> btrfs subvolume snapshot /mnt/device/snapshots/root_190720162124
>>> /mnt/device/@
>>> 
>> 
>> btrfs sub snapshot /mnt/root/snapshots/root_190720162124 /mnt/root/@
>> 
>> suceeded.
>> 
>>> Reboot
>> 
>>> You should now be rolled back.
>> 
>> No. Ran into busybox.
>> 
>> Rebooted again with a live cd.
>> 
>> mount /dev/vg1/lv_root /mnt/root
>> 
>> root at ubuntu:~# ll /mnt/root/
>> insgesamt 0
>> drwxr-xr-x 1 root root   8 Jul 26 17:35 ./
>> drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  60 Jul 26 17:57 ../
>> drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 244 Jul 19 20:19 @/
>> drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 322 Jul 26 11:53 old/
>> 
>> root at ubuntu:~# ll /mnt/root/@
>> insgesamt 16
>> drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  244 Jul 19 20:19 ./
>> drwxr-xr-x 1 root root    8 Jul 26 17:35 ../
>> drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2558 Jul 19 11:48 bin/
>> drwxrwxr-x 1 root root    0 Jun  8 15:19 boot/
>> drwxrwxr-x 1 root root    0 Jun  8 15:25 cdrom/
>> drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  894 Apr 20 22:15 dev/
>> drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4636 Jul 19 19:28 etc/
>> drwxrwxr-x 1 root root    0 Jun  8 15:19 home/
>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   32 Jul 15 11:26 initrd.img ->
>> boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-31-generic
>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   32 Jun 28 01:18 initrd.img.old ->
>> boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-28-generic
>> drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  464 Jul 19 19:27 lib/
>> drwxr-xr-x 1 root root   40 Apr 20 22:07 lib64/
>> drwxr-xr-x 1 root root    0 Apr 20 22:07 media/
>> drwxr-xr-x 1 root root   10 Jul 19 11:46 mnt/
>> drwxr-xr-x 1 root root   28 Jun 24 13:59 opt/
>> drwxr-xr-x 1 root root    0 Apr 12 20:14 proc/
>> drwx------ 1 root root  434 Jul 19 19:24 root/
>> drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  252 Apr 20 22:17 run/
>> drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4288 Jul 19 19:27 sbin/
>> drwxr-xr-x 1 root root    0 Jul 19 20:19 snapshots/
>> drwxr-xr-x 1 root root    0 Apr 20 22:07 srv/
>> ...
>> 
>> That's the root i need.
>> 
>> root at ubuntu:~# btrfs sub list /mnt/root/
>> ID 257 gen 39220 top level 5 path @
>> ID 258 gen 38903 top level 5 path @home
>> ID 285 gen 39218 top level 257 path old/snapshots/root_190720162124
>> ID 300 gen 39218 top level 257 path @
>> Two subvolumes @ ? Can i delete ID 257 ?
>> 
>> root at ubuntu:~# mv /mnt/root/@/* /mnt/root/
>> root at ubuntu:~# ll /mnt/root/
>> insgesamt 16
>> drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  252 Jul 26 18:12 ./
>> drwxr-xr-x 1 root root   60 Jul 26 17:57 ../
>> drwxr-xr-x 1 root root    0 Jul 26 18:12 @/
>> drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2558 Jul 19 11:48 bin/
>> drwxrwxr-x 1 root root    0 Jun  8 15:19 boot/
>> drwxrwxr-x 1 root root    0 Jun  8 15:25 cdrom/
>> drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  894 Apr 20 22:15 dev/
>> drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4636 Jul 19 19:28 etc/
>> drwxrwxr-x 1 root root    0 Jun  8 15:19 home/
>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   32 Jul 15 11:26 initrd.img ->
>> boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-31-generic
>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   32 Jun 28 01:18 initrd.img.old ->
>> boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-28-generic
>> drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  464 Jul 19 19:27 lib/
>> drwxr-xr-x 1 root root   40 Apr 20 22:07 lib64/
>> drwxr-xr-x 1 root root    0 Apr 20 22:07 media/
>> drwxr-xr-x 1 root root   10 Jul 19 11:46 mnt/
>> ...
>> 
>> That looks good.
>> 
>> root at ubuntu:~# rm -rfv /mnt/root/@
>> rm: das Entfernen von '/mnt/root/@' ist nicht möglich: Vorgang nicht zulässig
>> 
>> Live cd is Ubuntu 16.04 desktop and i choose german. Message means "operation
>> not permitted".
>> Because a subvolume is mounted there ? I will leave @
>> 
>> I will reboot now again and keep you informed.
>> 
> 
> I booted into the desired system which is fine. The system itself is not running
> fine, but that's someting else.
> 
> But how can i have tow "@"-subvolumes ?
> 
> root at PC65472:~# btrfs sub list /
> ID 257 gen 39247 top level 5 path @
> ID 258 gen 38903 top level 5 path @home
> ID 285 gen 39218 top level 257 path old/snapshots/root_190720162124
> ID 300 gen 39222 top level 257 path @
> 
> Btw: is there a way to create e.g. a subvolume for /var/log/ AFTER a successfull
> installation ?
> 

I'm not sure if i am really on my snapshot. Some files i created are missing, which
would confirm that it is the snapshot.
But that irritates me:

root at PC65472:~# btrfs sub list -ap /
ID 257 gen 39373 parent 5 top level 5 path <FS_TREE>/@
ID 258 gen 38903 parent 5 top level 5 path <FS_TREE>/@home
ID 285 gen 39218 parent 257 top level 257 path @/old/snapshots/root_190720162124
ID 300 gen 39222 parent 257 top level 257 path @/@
root at PC65472:~# btrfs sub list /
ID 257 gen 39373 top level 5 path @
ID 258 gen 38903 top level 5 path @home
ID 285 gen 39218 top level 257 path old/snapshots/root_190720162124
ID 300 gen 39222 top level 257 path @

root at PC65472:~# mount|grep -i btrfs
/dev/mapper/vg1-lv_root on / type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space_cache,subvolid=257,subvol=/@)
/dev/mapper/vg1-lv_root on /home type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space_cache,subvolid=258,subvol=/@home)

ID 257 ? That's my old /, not the snapshot.

Bernd
 

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