MichaelHoy wrote: > I’ve posted a query regarding the visibility of snapshots via CIFS here > (http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=130577&tstart=0) > however, I’m beginning to suspect that it may be a more fundamental ZFS > question so I’m asking the same question here. > > At what level does the “zfs” directory exist? > > If the “.zfs” subdirectory only exists as the direct child of the mount > point then can someone suggest how I can make it visible lower down without > requiring me (even if it were possible for 50k users) to make each users’ > home folder a file system? > > By way of a background, I’m looking at the possibility of hosting our > students personal file space on OpenSolaris since the capacities required go > well beyond my budget to keep investing in our NetApp kit. > So far I’ve managed to implement the same functionality however, the > visibility of the snapshots to allow self-service file restores is a real > issue which may prevent me for going forward on this platform. > > I’d appreciate any suggestions.
Do you only want to share the filesystem via CIFS? Have you had a look at the shadow_copy2 extension for samba? It maps the snapshots so windows can access them via "previous versions" from the explorers context menu. --Arne > > Thanks > Michael. _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
