Index: head/sysutils/zfs-periodic/pkg-message =================================================================== --- head/sysutils/zfs-periodic/pkg-message (revision 343865) +++ head/sysutils/zfs-periodic/pkg-message (revision 343866) @@ -1,22 +1,25 @@ - - In order to enable periodic snapshots you need - to add these lines to your /etc/periodic.conf - hourly_output="root" - hourly_show_success="NO" - hourly_show_info="YES" - hourly_show_badconfig="NO" - hourly_zfs_snapshot_enable="YES" - hourly_zfs_snapshot_pools="tank" - hourly_zfs_snapshot_keep=6 - daily_zfs_snapshot_enable="YES" - daily_zfs_snapshot_pools="tank" - daily_zfs_snapshot_keep=7 - weekly_zfs_snapshot_enable="YES" - weekly_zfs_snapshot_pools="tank" - weekly_zfs_snapshot_keep=5 - monthly_zfs_snapshot_enable="YES" - monthly_zfs_scrub_enable="YES" - monthly_zfs_scrub_pools="tank" - monthly_zfs_snapshot_pools="tank" - monthly_zfs_snapshot_keep=2 +In order to enable periodic snapshots you need +to add these lines to your /etc/periodic.conf + +hourly_output="root" +hourly_show_success="NO" +hourly_show_info="YES" +hourly_show_badconfig="NO" +hourly_zfs_snapshot_enable="YES" +hourly_zfs_snapshot_pools="tank" +hourly_zfs_snapshot_keep=6 +daily_zfs_snapshot_enable="YES" +daily_zfs_snapshot_pools="tank" +daily_zfs_snapshot_keep=7 +weekly_zfs_snapshot_enable="YES" +weekly_zfs_snapshot_pools="tank" +weekly_zfs_snapshot_keep=5 +monthly_zfs_snapshot_enable="YES" +monthly_zfs_snapshot_pools="tank" +monthly_zfs_snapshot_keep=2 + +To get hourly snapshots you also need to add +something like this to /etc/crontab: + +2 * * * * root periodic hourly