Zfs

List pools and status:

zpool status

ZPool Properties:

zpool get all Z5000LUKS_zfs

List all commands run:

zpool history Z5000LUKS_zfs

Create a new zfs disk

https://serverfault.com/questions/736805/zfs-on-a-single-external-hdd-drive-setup-tutorial-and-workflow

Find/view drive:

fdisk -l or $ mount

Create pool:

# zpool create -f YOURPOOLNAME /dev/sdX 
zpool create -f Z5000LUKS_zfs /dev/mapper/Z5000LUKS

Create filesystem

# zfs create YOURPOOLNAME/YOURNAME
zfs create Z5000LUKS_zfs/fs

Set features

zfs set mountpoint=/media/Z5000LUKS_zfs Z5000LUKS_zfs/fs
# zfs set compression=off YOURPOOLNAME/YOURNAME
# zfs set copies=2 YOURPOOLNAME/YOURNAME

Auto snapshots

For Ubuntu 16.04:

https://romaco.ca/blog/2016/09/04/install-zfs-auto-snapshot-on-ubuntu-16-04-lts/ You can download the Ubuntu 16.04 package here, and install it by running:

wget https://furneaux.ca/w4ca8cqmwx234io/zfs-auto-snapshot-trustyport.deb
dpkg -i zfs-auto-snapshot-trustyport.deb

To avoid too frequently

rm /etc/cron.d/zfs-auto-snapshot
rm /etc/cron.hourly/zfs-auto-snapshot

Or configure frequency for the individual pools https://askubuntu.com/questions/322541/activate-zfs-snapshots

sudo zfs set com.sun:auto-snapshot=true tank/backup
sudo zfs set com.sun:auto-snapshot:monthly=false tank/backup
sudo zfs set com.sun:auto-snapshot:weekly=false tank/backup
sudo zfs set com.sun:auto-snapshot:daily=true tank/backup
sudo zfs set com.sun:auto-snapshot:hourly=false tank/backup
sudo zfs set com.sun:auto-snapshot:frequent=false tank/backup

or disable

sudo zfs set com.sun:auto-snapshot=false tank/tmp

Alternatives:

http://wiki.complete.org/ZFSAutoSnapshots

• simplesnap - a simple and powerful cron-based network snapshot transfer tool by John Goerzen.
  • Has a simple and secure wrapper so unfettered root access isn't needed.
  • Designed to work with zfSnap or other snapshot-making tools on this page.
  • Supports multiple backup sources, targets, and target sets (such as offsite media rotation)
• zfs-auto-snapshot - a simple cron-based service. Different names for different snapshots, with a simple count of how many to retain. Can exclude based on property.
• snapxfer, a wrapper around:
  • zfSnap - a flexible snapshot-creation system. Can embed an expiry age in snapshot name, or override from command line.
  • zxfer - a flexible snapshot-transfer system. Can use rsync or zfs snapshots. Used together with another snapshotting system. For remote transfers, requires root ssh authorized_keys or sudo access.
• zfs-snapshot-rotation-and-backup, a Python library and example scripts that use it. Expects ssh root access to remote.
• zsnap -- looks flexible and powerful, last commit 5 years ago. Requires Ruby.
• Suggested on ZFS on Linux mailing list:
  • zetaback - feature-packed. Has a server-side agent to run on systems being backed up. Buggy config parser without sufficient validation on client.
  • zrep - for zfs based replication (possibly remote) of filesystems. Can also be used just for backups. License prohibits public redistribution. Does failover too. Doesn't work on nested datasets. Designed to run once per minute. Same snapshot retention on both sides.
  • zfs-auto-snapshot - as above, for snapshotting