From c43728a2306a263f0263b39ae8d96b9883e52c2b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Giorgos Keramidas Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 07:25:54 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Note that a UFS filesystem can have up to 20 active snapshots. PR: docs/151104 Submitted by: Aldis Berjoza MFC after: 3 days --- sbin/mksnap_ffs/mksnap_ffs.8 | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/sbin/mksnap_ffs/mksnap_ffs.8 b/sbin/mksnap_ffs/mksnap_ffs.8 index f9558df0dd12..df4bbf95dae0 100644 --- a/sbin/mksnap_ffs/mksnap_ffs.8 +++ b/sbin/mksnap_ffs/mksnap_ffs.8 @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd May 29, 2009 +.Dd February 14, 2011 .Dt MKSNAP_FFS 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -79,3 +79,12 @@ utility first appeared in .Sh CAVEATS The disk full situation is not handled gracefully and may lead to a system panic when no free blocks are found. +.Pp +Every filesystem can have only up to 20 active snapshots. +When this limit is reached, attempting to create more snapshots +fails with +.Er ENOSPC , +and +.Nm +reports that it is +.Dq out of space .