By default, Time Slider is disabled. You can enable it using the steps mentioned in the following sections. When enabled, Time Slider uses the following SMF services:
svc:/system/filesystem/zfs/auto-snapshot:frequent: Takes one snapshot every 15 minutes
svc:/system/filesystem/zfs/auto-snapshot:hourly: Takes one snapshot every hour
svc:/system/filesystem/zfs/auto-snapshot:daily: Takes one snapshot every day
svc:/system/filesystem/zfs/auto-snapshot:weekly: Takes one snapshot every week
svc:/system/filesystem/zfs/auto-snapshot:monthly: Takes one snapshot every month
svc:/application/time-slider:default: Manages automatic deletion of snapshots
svc:/application/time-slider/plugin:rsync: Replicates each snapshot automatically to a specified external storage device
Time Slider is enabled for all available ZFS file systems. To exclude one or more ZFS file systems, see How to Choose a Specific ZFS File System to Snapshot.
Time Slider is disabled for all available ZFS file systems.