From 061ea1226c4f605f4ed35983371073a3f4271602 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Buetow root@f0:~ # cat <<END >>/etc/periodic.conf
daily_zfs_snapshot_enable="YES"
-daily_zfs_snapshot_pools="zroot"
+daily_zfs_snapshot_pools="zroot,zdata"
daily_zfs_snapshot_keep="7"
weekly_zfs_snapshot_enable="YES"
-weekly_zfs_snapshot_pools="zroot"
+weekly_zfs_snapshot_pools="zroot,zdata"
weekly_zfs_snapshot_keep="5"
monthly_zfs_snapshot_enable="YES"
-monthly_zfs_snapshot_pools="zroot"
+monthly_zfs_snapshot_pools="zroot,zdata"
monthly_zfs_snapshot_keep="6"
END
https://github.com/ross/zfs-periodic
+Note: We have also added zdata to the list of snapshot pools. Currently, this pool does not exist yet, but it will be created later in this blog series.
+
Uptime tracking
uptimed? I like to track my uptimes. This is how I configured the daemon:
diff --git a/gemfeed/2025-07-14-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-6.html b/gemfeed/2025-07-14-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-6.html
index 5663f6ed..dfd1242c 100644
--- a/gemfeed/2025-07-14-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-6.html
+++ b/gemfeed/2025-07-14-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-6.html
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
root@f0:~ # cat <<END >>/etc/periodic.conf daily_zfs_snapshot_enable="YES" -daily_zfs_snapshot_pools="zroot" +daily_zfs_snapshot_pools="zroot,zdata" daily_zfs_snapshot_keep="7" weekly_zfs_snapshot_enable="YES" -weekly_zfs_snapshot_pools="zroot" +weekly_zfs_snapshot_pools="zroot,zdata" weekly_zfs_snapshot_keep="5" monthly_zfs_snapshot_enable="YES" -monthly_zfs_snapshot_pools="zroot" +monthly_zfs_snapshot_pools="zroot,zdata" monthly_zfs_snapshot_keep="6" END