* Is it possible to use send & receive features to clone the btrfs partition efficiently (including all snapshots inside)?
@ 2013-02-03 13:33 Adam Ryczkowski
2013-02-04 1:12 ` Chen Yang
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From: Adam Ryczkowski @ 2013-02-03 13:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-btrfs
It is very difficult for me to find any good documentation on send &
receive commands. Event the most recent btrfs progs man page (accessed
from git today) says nothing.
I want to migrate data (including numerous read only snaphots) from
linux-raid - based storage into a native raid btrfs.
I think that cloning via send & receive is a viable option.
Can anyone help me please? I've posted my question also on
stackexchange:
http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/63528/how-to-clone-btrfs-filesystem-into-different-medium-preserving-snapshots-sharin
. I will post the answer there, so everyone can benefit from it.
Thank you,
Adam Ryczkowski
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* Re: Is it possible to use send & receive features to clone the btrfs partition efficiently (including all snapshots inside)?
2013-02-03 13:33 Is it possible to use send & receive features to clone the btrfs partition efficiently (including all snapshots inside)? Adam Ryczkowski
@ 2013-02-04 1:12 ` Chen Yang
2013-02-16 22:07 ` Why does "btrfs send /mnt/btrfs-root" fail with "ERROR: /mnt/btrfs-root is not read-only." even when mounted with option "ro"? Adam Ryczkowski
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From: Chen Yang @ 2013-02-04 1:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Adam Ryczkowski; +Cc: linux-btrfs
> It is very difficult for me to find any good documentation on send & receive commands. Event the most recent btrfs progs man page (accessed from git today) says nothing.
>
> I want to migrate data (including numerous read only snaphots) from linux-raid - based storage into a native raid btrfs.
>
> I think that cloning via send & receive is a viable option.
>
> Can anyone help me please? I've posted my question also on stackexchange: http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/63528/how-to-clone-btrfs-filesystem-into-different-medium-preserving-snapshots-sharin . I will post the answer there, so everyone can benefit from it.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Adam Ryczkowski
> +48505919892 <callto:+48505919892>
> Skype:sisteczko <skype:sisteczko>
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usage: btrfs send [-v] [-i <subvol>] [-p <parent>] [-f <outfile>] <subvol>
Send the subvolume to stdout.
Sends the subvolume specified by <subvol> to stdout.
By default, this will send the whole subvolume. To do
an incremental send, one or multiple '-i <clone_source>'
arguments have to be specified. A 'clone source' is
a subvolume that is known to exist on the receiving
side in exactly the same state as on the sending side.
Normally, a good snapshot parent is searched automatically
in the list of 'clone sources'. To override this, use
'-p <parent>' to manually specify a snapshot parent.
A manually specified snapshot parent is also regarded
as 'clone source'.
-v Enable verbose debug output. Each
occurrence of this option increases the
verbose level more.
-i <subvol> Informs btrfs send that this subvolume,
can be taken as 'clone source'. This can
be used for incremental sends.
-p <subvol> Disable automatic snapshot parent
determination and use <subvol> as parent.
This subvolume is also added to the list
of 'clone sources' (see -i).
-f <outfile> Output is normally written to stdout.
To write to a file, use this option.
An alternative would be to use pipes.
usage: btrfs receive [-v] [-f <infile>] <mount>
Receive subvolumes from stdin.
Receives one or more subvolumes that were previously
sent with btrfs send. The received subvolumes are stored
into <mount>.
btrfs receive will fail in case a receiving subvolume
already exists. It will also fail in case a previously
received subvolume was changed after it was received.
After receiving a subvolume, it is immediately set to
read only.
-v Enable verbose debug output. Each
occurrence of this option increases the
verbose level more.
-f <infile> By default, btrfs receive uses stdin
to receive the subvolumes. Use this
option to specify a file to use instead.
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread* Why does "btrfs send /mnt/btrfs-root" fail with "ERROR: /mnt/btrfs-root is not read-only." even when mounted with option "ro"?
2013-02-04 1:12 ` Chen Yang
@ 2013-02-16 22:07 ` Adam Ryczkowski
2013-02-16 22:17 ` Hugo Mills
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Adam Ryczkowski @ 2013-02-16 22:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-btrfs
Question as in title.
I did remount my btrfs partition as read-only
(i.e. I did "sudo mount /dev/sda9 /mnt/btrfs-root -o ro")
And when I did
btrfs send /mnt/btrfs-root >/dev/null
I received "ERROR: /mnt/adama-docs is not read-only."
Although, when I
sudo touch /mnt/btrfs-root/foo
I get "touch: cannot touch `/mnt/btrfs-root/foo': Read-only file system"
My btrfs --version reads
Btrfs v0.20-rc1-56-g6cd836d
And uname -r
3.7.8-030708-generic
Do I miss something obvious? Or should I wait until next kernel version?
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* Re: Why does "btrfs send /mnt/btrfs-root" fail with "ERROR: /mnt/btrfs-root is not read-only." even when mounted with option "ro"?
2013-02-16 22:07 ` Why does "btrfs send /mnt/btrfs-root" fail with "ERROR: /mnt/btrfs-root is not read-only." even when mounted with option "ro"? Adam Ryczkowski
@ 2013-02-16 22:17 ` Hugo Mills
2013-02-16 23:14 ` How to clone btrfs partition? Adam Ryczkowski
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From: Hugo Mills @ 2013-02-16 22:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Adam Ryczkowski; +Cc: linux-btrfs
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On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 11:07:28PM +0100, Adam Ryczkowski wrote:
> Question as in title.
>
> I did remount my btrfs partition as read-only
>
> (i.e. I did "sudo mount /dev/sda9 /mnt/btrfs-root -o ro")
>
> And when I did
> btrfs send /mnt/btrfs-root >/dev/null
> I received "ERROR: /mnt/adama-docs is not read-only."
>
> Although, when I
> sudo touch /mnt/btrfs-root/foo
> I get "touch: cannot touch `/mnt/btrfs-root/foo': Read-only file system"
>
>
> My btrfs --version reads
> Btrfs v0.20-rc1-56-g6cd836d
>
> And uname -r
> 3.7.8-030708-generic
>
> Do I miss something obvious? Or should I wait until next kernel version?
You need to make a read-only snapshot with the -r option to btrfs
sub snap. This is independent of the mount options, and prevents the
resulting subvolume from being modified during the send operation.
The error message isn't obvious, and should probably be improved.
Hugo.
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2013-02-16 22:17 ` Hugo Mills
@ 2013-02-16 23:14 ` Adam Ryczkowski
2013-02-16 23:13 ` Hugo Mills
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From: Adam Ryczkowski @ 2013-02-16 23:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-btrfs
Welcome,
I need to clone btrfs partition. Not a single snapshot, but the whole
lot of snapshots.
I thought that send & receive can help me. Can it? When I try to use
btrfs send /mnt/btrfs-root >/dev/null
I get "ERROR: /mnt/adama-docs is not read-only.", and I was explained that I need to use snaphot (created with the "-r" switch).
So does it mean that I need to make a recursive search for each read&write subvolume on the file system in order to make a read-only snapshot, so I can clone the whole partition? Or is there a more simple approach?
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* Re: How to clone btrfs partition?
2013-02-16 23:14 ` How to clone btrfs partition? Adam Ryczkowski
@ 2013-02-16 23:13 ` Hugo Mills
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From: Hugo Mills @ 2013-02-16 23:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Adam Ryczkowski; +Cc: linux-btrfs
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On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 12:14:30AM +0100, Adam Ryczkowski wrote:
> Welcome,
>
> I need to clone btrfs partition. Not a single snapshot, but the
> whole lot of snapshots.
>
> I thought that send & receive can help me. Can it? When I try to use
>
> btrfs send /mnt/btrfs-root >/dev/null
>
> I get "ERROR: /mnt/adama-docs is not read-only.", and I was
> explained that I need to use snaphot (created with the "-r" switch).
>
> So does it mean that I need to make a recursive search for each
> read&write subvolume on the file system in order to make a read-only
> snapshot, so I can clone the whole partition? Or is there a more
> simple approach?
Right now, yes, that's what you'll have to do. Note that the set of
snapshots won't be atomic, although each snapshot itself is atomic.
Recursive snapshots aren't implemented yet, but are on the list of
things to do.
Hugo.
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