Re: snapshot issues

[Jim <jim@webstarts.com>]

Thank you for that info Anthony, I just wanted to know the expected 
behavior.  In that same vein, when I use btrfs sub list it lists all 
subvols regardless of whether or not it is given a path argument.  Is 
this current behavior as well.  Thanks again.
Jim

On 10/14/2011 02:17 PM, C Anthony Risinger wrote:
> On 10/14/2011 12:13 PM, Jim wrote:
>> Good afternoon btrfs,
>> I have been having issues with snapshots not reading the whole file 
>> tree below them.  I have installed new btrfs-progs from
>>
>> git://git.darksatanic.net/repo/btrfs-progs-unstable.git
>>
>> made and installed them.  My tree is:  /Btrfs |
>>                                               |__ nfs1 |
>>                                                        |__ data |
>>                                                                 |__ 
>> sites |
>>                                                                           
>> |__ 00xx |
>>                                                                                    
>> |__ email@address
>>
>> If I use btrfsctl -s (btrfs sub snapshot isn't working) snappath-name 
>> /btrfs/nfs1  I get a mountable snapshot of nfs1
>> but data is all that I can see below it.  If I btrfsctl -s 
>> snappath-name /btrfs/nfs1/data/sites/0000 I can mount /0000 and
>> get a full list of email@address accounts but none of the files below 
>> them.  I should have stated earlier, everything down
>> to and including /email@address are subvolumes.  Below /email@address 
>> directories and files were rsync'd into the subvol from
>> an nfs mount.  Finally if I snapshot /email@address I have access to 
>> all directories and files below them.  Because of this I
>> believe that the issue is with snapshots of subvolumes.  I thought I 
>> just couldn't see subvols above the snapshot level and was able to 
>> see subvols below.  Am I confused or is this a real problem.  I am 
>> using kernel 3.1.0-rc4 and will be happy to trace anything you need 
>> if you can tell me how to get what you need.  Thanks for your help.
>> Jim
>>
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>
> yaarg -- resend w/list included -- changed clients recently (tbird) 
> and cant figure out how to default to replay-all ...
>
> i believe this is expected behavior as of now -- there are a couple 
> threads mentioning `recursive snapshotting`, check those out.  AFAIK a 
> snapshot will not traverse beyond it's own boundaries.
>