apt-get snapshot on Nexenta
I just started to think about implementing…
# apt-get snapshot
Cloning the root file system
to syspool/backup-2007-06-26:17:50
Please use /sbin/update-grub to refresh
the list of available boot environments
…when I found the post about playing with the ZFS boot on NexentaCP envisioning the very same idea.
Guys, we are actually very close to implementing this on Nexenta Operating System. Allmost all the bits and pieces are in place.
The only thing that is missing for me is the ability to override the bootfs property from the GRUB bootloader, so that you don’t need to specify where to boot from as the pool’s property:
zpool set bootfs=syspool/myrootfs syspool
Anyways, this is going to be very exciting, because it will solve the non-existence of the backout option that I have been hearing about many times as being the major drawback of the Debian’s package management system.
June 26, 2007 EN, Nexenta, OpenSolaris