SANOID

NAME

sanoid - a policy-driven snapshot management tool for ZFS filesystems.

DESCRIPTION

Usage:

sanoid [options]

Assumes --cron --verbose if no other arguments (other than configdir) are specified

Options:

--configdir=DIR

Specify a directory to find config file sanoid.conf

--cache-dir=DIR

Specify a directory to store the zfs snapshot cache

--run-dir=DIR

Specify a directory for temporary files such as lock files

--cron

Creates snapshots and purges expired snapshots

--verbose

Prints out additional information during a sanoid run

--readonly

Simulates creation/deletion of snapshots

--quiet

Suppresses non-error output

--force-update

Clears out sanoid’s zfs snapshot cache

--monitor-health

Reports on zpool "health", in a Nagios compatible format

--monitor-capacity

Reports on zpool capacity, in a Nagios compatible format

--monitor-snapshots

Reports on snapshot "health", in a Nagios compatible format

--take-snapshots

Creates snapshots as specified in sanoid.conf

--prune-snapshots

Purges expired snapshots as specified in sanoid.conf

--force-prune

Purges expired snapshots even if a send/recv is in progress

--help

Prints this helptext

--version

Prints the version number

--debug

Prints out a lot of additional information during a sanoid run