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Automatic ZFS Snapshot Rotation
#!/bin/bash
##
# original code: http://andyleonard.com/2010/04/07/automatic-zfs-snapshot-rotation-on-freebsd/
# 07/17/2011 - ertug: made it compatible with zfs-fuse which doesn't have .zfs directories
##
# Path to ZFS executable:
ZFS=/usr/local/sbin/zfs
# Parse arguments:
TARGET=$1
SNAP=$2
COUNT=$3
# Function to display usage:
usage() {
scriptname=`/usr/bin/basename $0`
echo "$scriptname: Take and rotate snapshots on a ZFS file system"
echo
echo " Usage:"
echo " $scriptname target snap_name count"
echo
echo " target: ZFS file system to act on"
echo " snap_name: Base name for snapshots, to be followed by a '.' and"
echo " an integer indicating relative age of the snapshot"
echo " count: Number of snapshots in the snap_name.number format to"
echo " keep at one time. Newest snapshot ends in '.0'."
echo
exit
}
# Basic argument checks:
if [ -z $COUNT ] ; then
usage
fi
if [ ! -z $4 ] ; then
usage
fi
# Snapshots are number starting at 0; $max_snap is the highest numbered
# snapshot that will be kept.
max_snap=$(($COUNT -1))
# Clean up oldest snapshot:
$ZFS list -t snapshot | grep -q ^${TARGET}@${SNAP}\.${max_snap}
if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
$ZFS destroy -r ${TARGET}@${SNAP}.${max_snap}
fi
# Rename existing snapshots:
dest=$max_snap
while [ $dest -gt 0 ] ; do
src=$(($dest - 1))
$ZFS list -t snapshot | grep -q ^${TARGET}@${SNAP}\.${src}
if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
$ZFS rename -r ${TARGET}@${SNAP}.${src} ${TARGET}@${SNAP}.${dest}
fi
dest=$(($dest - 1))
done
# Create new snapshot:
$ZFS snapshot -r ${TARGET}@${SNAP}.0
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LVLAaron commented Feb 7, 2012

Just wanted to say that this also works on www.zfsonlinux.org since it lacks the .zfs directory structure.

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