how to replay a snapshot (btrfs) ?

[Lentes, Bernd]

----- On Jul 27, 2016, at 10:07 AM, Bernd Lentes bernd.lentes at helmholtz-muenchen.de wrote:

> ----- On Jul 26, 2016, at 10:30 PM, Rashkae ubuntu at tigershaunt.com wrote:
> 
>> On 16-07-26 04:09 PM, Lentes, Bernd wrote:
>>>
>>> root at ubuntu:~# btrfs sub get-default /mnt/root/
>>> ID 5 (FS_TREE)
>>> root at ubuntu:~#
>>> root at ubuntu:~# btrfs sub list /mnt/root/
>>> ID 257 gen 39426 top level 5 path @
>>> ID 258 gen 39390 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 ubuntu:~#
>>> root at ubuntu:~# ll /mnt/root/
>>> total 16
>>> drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  12 Jun  8 15:19 ./
>>> drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  60 Jul 26 20:01 ../
>>> drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 252 Jul 26 18:12 @/
>>> drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  26 Jul 19 17:51 @home/
>>> root at ubuntu:~#
>>>
>> 
>> 
>> Excellent
>> 
>> so from here:
>> 
>> cd /mnt/root
>> mv @ old
>> btrfs sub snap old/old/snapshots/root_190720162124 @
>> 
>> Try reboot
>> 
> 
> root at ubuntu:/mnt/root# ll
> total 16
> drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  16 Jul 27 07:34 ./
> drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  60 Jul 26 20:01 ../
> drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  26 Jul 19 17:51 @home/
> drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 252 Jul 26 18:12 old/
> 
> root at ubuntu:/mnt/root# btrfs sub snap old/old/snapshots/root_190720162124/ @
> Create a snapshot of 'old/old/snapshots/root_190720162124/' in './@'
> 
> root at ubuntu:/mnt/root# btrfs sub list .
> ID 257 gen 39434 top level 5 path old
> ID 258 gen 39390 top level 5 path @home
> ID 285 gen 39435 top level 257 path old/old/snapshots/root_190720162124
> ID 300 gen 39222 top level 257 path old/@
> ID 301 gen 39435 top level 5 path @
> 
> question:
> in /mnt/root i see the snapshots which are located under the default volume (5)
> ?
> But i just see them if my default volume is 5 ?
> 
> Bernd
> 
> P.S. No you didn't wreck it :-)). It was just late yesterday and i stopped.

now, what is generally the best way to create and restore snapshots ?
I'd like to create manually snapshots from / before changing the configuration.
Would it be a good idea to create the snapshot directly under the default subvolume (ID 5) ?
How can i achieve that ? 
When i create a subvolume for the snapshots, it's always situated under the id of / :

root at PC65472:/# btrfs sub create @snapshot
Create subvolume './@snapshot'

root at PC65472:/# btrfs sub list /
ID 257 gen 39434 top level 5 path old
ID 258 gen 39390 top level 5 path @home
ID 285 gen 39435 top level 257 path old/old/snapshots/root_190720162124
ID 300 gen 39222 top level 257 path old/@
ID 301 gen 39756 top level 5 path @
ID 304 gen 39756 top level 301 path @snapshot

root at PC65472:/# btrfs sub set-default 5 @snapshot

root at PC65472:/# btrfs sub list /
ID 257 gen 39434 top level 5 path old
ID 258 gen 39390 top level 5 path @home
ID 285 gen 39435 top level 257 path old/old/snapshots/root_190720162124
ID 300 gen 39222 top level 257 path old/@
ID 301 gen 39759 top level 5 path @
ID 304 gen 39756 top level 301 path @snapshot

Changing the default does not help.

I mounted the device and created a directory directly below it, but that does not automatically
create a snapshot:

root at PC65472:/# mount /dev/vg1/lv_root /mnt/root
root at PC65472:/# ll /mnt/root
total 16
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  18 Jul 27 09:36 ./
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  18 Jul 27 13:14 ../
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 262 Jul 27 13:07 @/
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  26 Jul 19 19:51 @home/
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 252 Jul 26 20:12 old/

root at PC65472:/# mkdir /mnt/root/@snapshot

root at PC65472:/# ll /mnt/root
total 16
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  36 Jul 27 13:16 ./
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  18 Jul 27 13:14 ../
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 244 Jul 27 13:15 @/
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  26 Jul 19 19:51 @home/
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 252 Jul 26 20:12 old/
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root   0 Jul 27 13:16 @snapshot/

root at PC65472:/# btrfs sub list /
ID 257 gen 39434 top level 5 path old
ID 258 gen 39390 top level 5 path @home
ID 285 gen 39435 top level 257 path old/old/snapshots/root_190720162124
ID 300 gen 39222 top level 257 path old/@
ID 301 gen 39765 top level 5 path @


Suse creates additionally subvolumes for some directories like /var/lib, /var/log.
That means that the content of these subvolumes is not included if i make a snapshot of / ?
That would be a good idea, because you don't want to restore the log files or the databases from
some days ago.


Bernd
 

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