By default, if you install OpenIndiana Operating System with server installation either USB or CD mode installation, you will never get time-slider features. So what's the beauty of time-slider.
Time Slider is one of ZFS feature that introduce for OpenSolaris Operating system which utilized the ZFS ability to do multiple snapshot. With time-slider, you can forward or backward, your file condition as easy as count 1-2-3
So, how to check whether you have it or not?
You can check it by
reski@nas2:~# svcs -a |egrep "auto-snap|slider"
disabled 4:44:46 svc:/application/time-slider:default
disabled 4:44:46 svc:/application/time-slider/plugin:rsync
disabled 4:44:46 svc:/application/time-slider/plugin:zfs-send
disabled 4:44:46 svc:/system/filesystem/zfs/auto-snapshot:monthly
disabled 4:44:46 svc:/system/filesystem/zfs/auto-snapshot:daily
disabled 4:44:46 svc:/system/filesystem/zfs/auto-snapshot:weekly
disabled 4:44:46 svc:/system/filesystem/zfs/auto-snapshot:hourly
disabled 4:44:46 svc:/system/filesystem/zfs/auto-snapshot:frequent
if you got, any messages above, it means you have it. You can use it straight away.
But if you don't, install it by using following commands
pkg set-publisher -p http://pkg.openindiana.org/sfe
pkg install time-slider
After you install it again, please make sure you check it again by do above command.
To active it via non gui a.k.a console, please check Jason Matthews blogs (http://broken.net/openindiana/how-to-configure-time-slider-without-using-the-gui)
Reference
- http://blog.allanglesit.com/2011/04/zfs-snapshot-management/
- http://borrellstudios.com/2011/07/enabling-time-slider-on-solaris-11-express/
