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shlomoid
Asked: 2011-03-31 07:06:35 +0800 CST

Automatic ZFS Snapshots on Solaris 10

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I'm trying to enable automatic ZFS snapshotting on a Solaris 10 server. From extensive googling, I've managed to understand that there are/were some automated services to do this, like:

And even locate a manual of sorts for a built in service:

Alas, on the Solaris I'm working on, I can't seem to find the "Time Slider" service, nor the auto-snapshot service other articles refer to, that is supposed to be built in, and simply enabled.

Does anyone know how I can install/enable this service?

solaris snapshot zfs

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    This service isn't available for Solaris 10, you need an OpenSolaris based distribution or Solaris 11 Express to get it. Of course, nothing prevents you to re-implement it but you will miss the Gnome file manager integration.

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  2. Could it be part of the GNOME file manager package ?

    In Solaris 11 express its listed as:

    Time Slider ZFS Snapshots management for GNOME pkg:/desktop/time- slider@...

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