Re: Snapper on Ubuntu

Michael Schuerig
2014-03-15T14:42:06Z

On Saturday 15 March 2014 15:05:22 Hendrik Friedel wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am not sure, whether this is the right place to ask this question
> -if not, please advise.
>
> Ubuntu installs on btrfs, creating subvolumes for the homes (/home),
> the root home (/root) and the root (/) named @home, @root and @
> respectively.
>
> When I install snapper I configure it like this
> snapper -c rt create-config /
> snapper -c home create-config /home
> snapper -c root create-config /root
> snapper -c Video create-config /mnt/BTRFS/Video/
>
> After executing snapper create several times, this results in
>
> #btrfs subvolume list /
> ID 258 gen 2615 top level 5 path @
> ID 259 gen 2611 top level 5 path @root
> ID 260 gen 2555 top level 5 path @home
> ID 281 gen 2555 top level 5 path @home/.snapshots
> ID 282 gen 2606 top level 5 path @root/.snapshots
> ID 283 gen 2562 top level 5 path @root/.snapshots/1/snapshot
> ID 284 gen 2563 top level 5 path @root/.snapshots/2/snapshot
> ID 285 gen 2573 top level 5 path @root/.snapshots/3/snapshot
[...]
> So, this all works for @root only, not for the other subvolumes.
>
> Do you have any suggestions, how to find the cause?

I think you may have forgotten to specify the config snapper is supposed
to use. Try

# snapper -c home create
# snapper -c Video create

Michael

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