Solaris 8 System Administration Supplement

How to Display UFS Snapshot Information

You can display the current snapshots on the system by using the fssnap -i option. If you specify a file system, you see detailed information about that snapshot. If you don't specify a file system, you see information about all of the current file system snapshots and their corresponding virtual devices.

  1. Become superuser.

  2. List current snapshots.


    # fssnap -i
       0    /
       1    /usr

    To display detailed information about a specific snapshot, use the following:


    # fssnap -i /usr
    Snapshot number               : 1
    Block Device                  : /dev/fssnap/1
    Raw Device                    : /dev/rfssnap/1
    Mount point                   : /usr
    Device state                  : idle
    Backing store path            : /scratch/usr.back.file
    Backing store size            : 480 KB
    Maximum backing store size    : Unlimited
    Snapshot create time          : Tue Aug 08 09:57:07 2000
    Copy-on-write granularity     : 32 KB