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		sandreas on Aug 23, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I only lost 10 minutes of data, thanks to ZFS For every ZFS fan, I can recommend zfs-auto-snapshot[1]. I use it on my proxmox server[2] to auto manage snapshots incl throwing away old ones. [1]: https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs-auto-snapshot [2]: https://pilabor.com/series/proxmox/restore-virtual-machine-v...

nicman23 on Aug 23, 2023 [–]

i actually made 2 scripts to automate the sending and deletion of old snapshots along with one that calls auto snapshot on a vm rebooting / shutting down. I was thinking that they might be useful to other people.

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