Are ioCage jails 'split' into 2 partitions / datasets?

[diskdiddler]

Hi,

I'm experimenting with the new UI trying to report as many bugs as I can so this thing launches without frustration for people.
I just had a look at the snapshot menu, since I have some of these setup for my jails (daily, lasts for 3 days, really handy stuff at times)

Anyhow the jails seem split?
Ex:
POOLNAME/iocage/jails/plex/
*and*?
POOLNAME/iocage/jails/plex/root/

What is this root? Should it be visible?
What do I snapshot, in order to ensure I have a full backup of my jail?

 

[garm]

They are not split exactly, but the first dataset contains the configuration and the nested dataset is the actual jail root.

 

[diskdiddler]

They are not split exactly, but the first dataset contains the configuration and the nested dataset is the actual jail root.

This reminds me of how people outlined how docker works, allows for updates easier, if I recall?

So should I configure 1 or 2 snapshots?

 

[Ericloewe]

It's easiest to recursively snapshot both in one go (or all jails in one go). Beyond that, it's a matter of what you want to do.

 

[diskdiddler]

Eric:

So just grab this path?
"POOLNAME/iocage/jails/plex/"
which presumably will include root under it?

 

[Ericloewe]

If you do a recursive snapshot, yes.

 

[diskdiddler]

Thanks Eric, hopefully thread helps others.