diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index f9aed78..c0fc0de 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ ZFS autobackup is used to periodicly backup ZFS filesystems to other locations. It has the following features: * Automaticly selects filesystems to backup by looking at a simple ZFS property. +* Creates consistent snapshots. * Is able to "push" and "pull" the backups via SSH. * Also supports local backups. * Even supports pulling data from a source-host and pushing backup to target host by ssh. @@ -14,11 +15,18 @@ It has the following features: * Always creates new snapshots, even if the previous backup was aborted. * Ability to 'finish' aborted backups to see what goes wrong. * Checks everything and aborts on errors. +* Only on host needs the zfs_autobackup script. The other host just needs ssh and the zfs command. * Written in python and uses zfs-commands, no 3rd party dependencys or libraries. * Easy to debug and has a test-mode. Actual unix commands are printed. Usage ===== +Select filesystems to backup +---------------------------- + +On the source zfs system set the ```autobackup:name``` zfs property. + +For example, to backup a complete smartos host: