[...] >> Mount the nfs share on osol server, inside a zpool. Do whatever is >> the correct way on zfs to create a snapshot of that mounted data >> and write it onto another directory also inside the zpool. >> >> A week later mount the same nfs share from remote linux machine and >> create a second snapshot written to the same other directory.
[...] >> So proceeding in that manner, I'd have a series of snapshots were I >> could trace any differences in files? > > Won't work. > The filesystem you mount is not a zfs filesystem. > The mountpoint can be in a zfs in a zpool, but that doesn't > make it a zfs. Gack... I was afraid of that... it sounded way to easy Thanks for the input... I guess I'll have to wait and see what is resolved in the other thread about what happens when you rsync data to a zfs filesystem and how that inter plays with zfs snapshots going on too. _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss