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NAME
cephfs-snap - create CephFS snapshots periodically
SYNOPSIS
cephfs-snap cephfs-snap [hourly|daily|weekly|monthly]
DESCRIPTION
CephFS supports creating snapshots of the filesystem as a simple means of backups. The cephfs-snap program is a simple tool to do this periodically.
CONFIGURATION
cephfs-snap is configured in /etc/default/storage-tools. The following variables are used: CEPHFS_SNAP Boolean, either true or false. If set to false (default), cephfs will do nothing. CEPHFS_SNAP_DIRECTORIES List of one or more space separated directories. If no directory is specified, cephfs-snap will do nothing. CEPHFS_SNAP_HOURLY Integer, number of how many most recent hourly snapshots are to be kept at any given time. Any older snapshots will be removed. Note: specify one more than you wan to keep, e.g. 25 for one day of hourly snapshots alongside the most current one. CEPHFS_SNAP_DAILY Integer, number of how many most recent daily snapshots are to be kept at any given time. CEPHFS_SNAP_WEEKLY Integer, number of how many most recent weekly snapshots are to be kept at any given time. CEPHFS_SNAP_MONTHLY Integer, number of how many most recent monthly snapshots are to be kept at any given time. CEPHFS_SNAP_YEARLY Integer, number of how many most recent yearly snapshots are to be kept at any given time. IRK_TARGETS List of space separated IRC channels to send notifications to, e.g.: irc://irc.oftc.net:6668/open-infrastructure
FILES
The following files are used: /etc/cron.d/cephfs-snap Cron file. /etc/open-infrastructure/ceph-tools.conf Configuration file. /var/log/storage-tools/cephfs-snap Log files.
SEE ALSO
storage-tools(7).
HOMEPAGE
More information about storage-tools and the Open Infrastructure project can be found on the homepage at https://open-infrastructure.net.
CONTACT
Bug reports, feature requests, help, patches, support and everything else are welcome on the Open Infrastructure Software Mailing List <software@lists.open-infrastructure.net>. Debian specific bugs can also be reported in the Debian Bug Tracking System at https://bugs.debian.org.
AUTHORS
storage-tools was written by Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@open-infrastructure.net>.