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authorAvra Sengupta <asengupt@redhat.com>2015-06-15 15:59:21 +0530
committerKaleb KEITHLEY <kkeithle@redhat.com>2015-06-19 10:47:32 -0700
commit7a6423bacdcefaedc4645e8c4d70674aaf9a63c4 (patch)
treecbdf0c6ae2d0bff8c69823925868d3e7fc4c56f0 /doc
parent7aaa414c67be460aca3c1c5eed047e3db17bd435 (diff)
snapshot: man page modifications
Modified man page to correct snap-max-hard-limit and snap-max-soft-limit entries. Change-Id: Ide3405fc94ea5cf6e19504e6dc158938c1bf135b BUG: 1205037 Signed-off-by: Avra Sengupta <asengupt@redhat.com> Reviewed-on: http://review.gluster.org/11229 Reviewed-by: Rajesh Joseph <rjoseph@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Humble Devassy Chirammal <humble.devassy@gmail.com> Tested-by: NetBSD Build System <jenkins@build.gluster.org>
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@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ If snapname is specified then mentioned snapshot is deleted. If volname is speci
Lists all snapshots taken. If volname is provided, then only the snapshots belonging to that particular volume is listed.
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\fB\ snapshot info [snapname | (volume <volname>)] \fR
-This command gives information such as snapshot name, snapshot UUID, time at which snapshot was created, and it lists down the snap-volume-name, number of snapshots already taken and number of snapshots still available for that particular volume, and the state of the snapshot. If snapname is specified then info of the mentioned snapshot is displayed. If volname is specified then info of all snap-shots belonging to that volume is displayed. If both snapname and volname is not specified then info of all the snapshots present in the system are displayed.
+This command gives information such as snapshot name, snapshot UUID, time at which snapshot was created, and it lists down the snap-volume-name, number of snapshots already taken and number of snapshots still available for that particular volume, and the state of the snapshot. If snapname is specified then info of the mentioned snapshot is displayed. If volname is specified then info of all snapshots belonging to that volume is displayed. If both snapname and volname is not specified then info of all the snapshots present in the system are displayed.
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\fB\ snapshot status [snapname | (volume <volname>)] \fR
This command gives status of the snapshot. The details included are snapshot brick path, volume group(LVM details), status of the snapshot bricks, PID of the bricks, data percentage filled for that particular volume group to which the snapshots belong to, and total size of the logical volume.
@@ -151,15 +151,18 @@ snapshot config without any keywords displays the snapshot config values of all
Snapshot config command along with keywords can be used to change the existing config values. If volname is provided then config value of that volume is changed, else it will set/change the system limit.
-snap-max-hard-limit, snap-max-soft-limit and auto-delete are global options, that will be inherited by all volumes in the system and cannot be set to individual volumes.
+snap-max-soft-limit and auto-delete are global options, that will be inherited by all volumes in the system and cannot be set to individual volumes.
-The system limit takes precedence over the volume specific limit.
+snap-max-hard-limit can be set globally, as well as per volume. The lowest limit between the global system limit and the volume specific limit, becomes the
+"Effective snap-max-hard-limit" for a volume.
-When auto-delete feature is enabled, then upon reaching the soft-limit, with every successful snapshot creation, the oldest snapshot will be deleted.
+snap-max-soft-limit is a percentage value, which is applied on the "Effective snap-max-hard-limit" to get the "Effective snap-max-soft-limit".
-When auto-delete feature is disabled, then upon reaching the soft-limit, the user gets a warning with every successful snapshot creation.
+When auto-delete feature is enabled, then upon reaching the "Effective snap-max-soft-limit", with every successful snapshot creation, the oldest snapshot will be deleted.
-When auto-delete feature is disabled, then upon reaching the hard-limit, further snapshot creations will not be allowed.
+When auto-delete feature is disabled, then upon reaching the "Effective snap-max-soft-limit", the user gets a warning with every successful snapshot creation.
+
+When auto-delete feature is disabled, then upon reaching the "Effective snap-max-hard-limit", further snapshot creations will not be allowed.
activate-on-create is disabled by default. If you enable activate-on-create, then further snapshot will be activated during the time of snapshot creation.
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