Recursively Renaming ZFS Snapshots (zfs rename -r)
Solaris 10 10/08 Release: You can recursively rename all descendent ZFS snapshots by using the zfs rename -r command. For example:
First, a snapshot of a set of ZFS file systems is created.
# zfs snapshot -r users/home@today # zfs list NAME USED AVAIL REFER MOUNTPOINT users 216K 16.5G 20K /users users/home 76K 16.5G 22K /users/home users/home@today 0 - 22K - users/home/markm 18K 16.5G 18K /users/home/markm users/home/markm@today 0 - 18K - users/home/marks 18K 16.5G 18K /users/home/marks users/home/marks@today 0 - 18K - users/home/neil 18K 16.5G 18K /users/home/neil users/home/neil@today 0 - 18K - |
Then, the snapshots are renamed the following day.
# zfs rename -r users/home@today @yesterday # zfs list NAME USED AVAIL REFER MOUNTPOINT users 216K 16.5G 20K /users users/home 76K 16.5G 22K /users/home users/home@yesterday 0 - 22K - users/home/markm 18K 16.5G 18K /users/home/markm users/home/markm@yesterday 0 - 18K - users/home/marks 18K 16.5G 18K /users/home/marks users/home/marks@yesterday 0 - 18K - users/home/neil 18K 16.5G 18K /users/home/neil users/home/neil@yesterday 0 - 18K - |
A snapshot is the only type of dataset that can be renamed recursively.
For more information about snapshots, see Overview of ZFS Snapshots and this blog entry that describes how to create rolling snapshots:
http://blogs.sun.com/mmusante/entry/rolling_snapshots_made_easy
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