Table of Contents

• Title and Copyright Information
• Preface
  • Documentation License
  • Conventions
  • Documentation Accessibility
  • Access to Oracle Support for Accessibility
  • Diversity and Inclusion
• 1 About the Btrfs File System
• 2 Installing the Btrfs Utilities
• 3 Setting Up and Administering a Btrfs File System
  • Creating and Mounting a Btrfs File System
  • Changing Btrfs File System Devices
  • Defragmenting and Compressing a Btrfs File System
  • Resizing a Btrfs File System
• 4 Managing Subvolumes and Snapshots
  • Creating Btrfs Subvolumes and Snapshots
  • Mounting Btrfs Subvolumes
  • Managing Quotas for Btrfs Subvolumes With Quota Groups
  • Automating File System Snapshots With the Snapper Utility
    • Installing Snapper
    • Creating a Snapper Configuration for a Subvolume
    • Understanding Different Types of Snapshots
    • Configuring Automatic Snapper Snapshots
      • Automating Single Backups To Create a Snapper Timeline
      • Automating Pre And Post Backups For DNF Transactions
    • Working With Btrfs Snapshots by Using Snapper
    • Mounting Snapper Snapshots
• 5 Using Data Block Sharing to Copy Files
• 6 Creating Backups and Using the Btrfs Send/Receive Feature
  • Creating a Reference Backup in Preparation for Creating an Incremental Backup
  • Creating an Incremental Backup
• 7 Working With a Btrfs root File System
  • Creating Snapshots of the root File System
  • Mounting a Snapshot as the Root File System
  • Deleting Snapshots of the root File System
• 8 Creating Swap Files on a Btrfs File System
• 9 Converting an Ext File System to a Btrfs File System
  • Converting an Ext File System to a Btrfs File System