Oracle^® ZFS Storage Appliance Administration Guide, Release OS8.7.x

Making a Filesystem Snapshot Directory Visible (CLI)

Use the following procedure to set the .zfs/snapshot directory, which is hidden by default, to appear like any other directory in a filesystem.

The .zfs/snapshot directory contains a list of all snapshots on the filesystem. The snapshots can be accessed just like normal filesystem data, but are read-only. By default, the .zfs directory is not visible when listing directory contents. This setting prevents backup software from inadvertently backing up snapshots in addition to new data.

1. Go to and select the filesystem share.

   hostname:> shares select myproject
   hostname:shares myproject> select demo_share
   hostname:shares myproject/demo_share>

2. Use the set snapdir command to set the filesystem snapshot directory to visible.

   hostname:shares myproject/demo_share> set snapdir=visible
                   snapdir=visible(uncommitted)

3. Type commit to save the change.

   hostname:shares myproject/demo_share> commit

4. To make the directory hidden again, return to this context and use the set snapdir command to set the directory to hidden, then type commit to save the change.

   hostname:shares myproject/demo_share> set snapdir=hidden
                   snapdir=hidden(uncommitted)
   hostname:shares myproject/demo_share> commit

Related Topics

• Accessing a Hidden Filesystem Snapshot Directory (CLI)

• Making a Filesystem Snapshot Directory Visible (BUI)

• Accessing a Visible Filesystem Snapshot Directory (CLI)