<refentry id='snapper8' xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
<refentryinfo>
- <date>2023-11-28</date>
+ <date>2024-04-18</date>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>snapper</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
- <refmiscinfo class='date'>2023-11-28</refmiscinfo>
+ <refmiscinfo class='date'>2024-04-18</refmiscinfo>
<refmiscinfo class='version'>@VERSION@</refmiscinfo>
<refmiscinfo class='manual'>Filesystem Snapshot Management</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
the filesystem above a limit. For the first condition quota must be
setup, see command setup-quota. Additional the NUMBER_LIMIT and
TIMELINE_LIMIT variables in the config file must have ranges (min- and
- max-value). The algorithms will then make two passes:
+ max-value). The algorithms will then make two passes:</para>
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
- The limit for the used space can be configured via the
+ <para>The limit for the used space can be configured via the
SPACE_LIMIT variable. Note: Only snapshots that have a cleanup
algorithm set are taken into account when calculating the space
- used by snapshots.
+ used by snapshots.</para>
- The limit for the free space can be configured via the
- FREE_LIMIT variable.
+ <para>The limit for the free space can be configured via the
+ FREE_LIMIT variable.</para>
- </para>
+ <para>Note: Since the cleanup is performed asynchronous from
+ creating snapshots the observed snapshots can differ from the
+ expected snapshots according to the limits. Also btrfs stale
+ qgroups can exist temporarily.</para>
</refsect2>