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Improved "changing root subvolume" section
Fixed the default subvolume ID from 0 to 5. Added some tips.pull/143/head
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@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ btrbk is designed to never alter your source subvolume. In the config
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above, the btrbk snapshots would be created *inside* the source
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subvolume, altering it.
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The same applies to **any "btrfs root" mount point** (subvolid=0). In
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The same applies to **any "btrfs root" mount point** (subvolid=5). In
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the example below, you will **not be able to backup** `/mnt/data`
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using btrbk:
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/etc/fstab:
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/dev/sda1 /mnt/data btrfs subvolid=0 [...]
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/dev/sda1 /mnt/data btrfs subvolid=5 [...]
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btrbk is designed to operate on the subvolumes *within* `/mnt/data`.
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The recommended way is to split your data into subvolumes, e.g.:
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@ -75,11 +75,11 @@ The btrbk configuration for this would be:
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### Tech Answer
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While *btrfs root* (subvolid=0) is a regular subvolume, it is still
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While *btrfs root* (subvolid=5) is a regular subvolume, it is still
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special: being the root node, it does not have a "name" inside the
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subvolume tree.
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Here, `/mnt/btr_pool` is mounted with `subvolid=0`:
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Here, `/mnt/btr_pool` is mounted with `subvolid=5`:
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# btrfs sub show /mnt/btr_pool/
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/mnt/btr_data is toplevel subvolume
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@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ a good entry point.
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If your linux root filesystem is btrfs, I recommend booting linux from
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a btrfs subvolume, and use the btrfs root only as a container for
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subvolumes (i.e. NOT booting from "subvolid=0"). This has the big
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subvolumes (i.e. NOT booting from "subvolid=5"). This has the big
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advantage that you can choose the subvolume in which to boot by simply
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switching the `rootflags=subvol=<subvolume>` kernel boot option.
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@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ have to create a run-time (rw) snapshot before booting into it:
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# btrfs subvolume snapshot /mnt/btr_pool/backup/btrbk/rootfs-20150101 /mnt/btr_pool/rootfs_testing
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How do I convert '/' (subvolid=0) into a subvolume?
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How do I convert '/' (subvolid=5) into a subvolume?
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---------------------------------------------------
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There's several ways to achieve this, the solution described below is
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@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ that it guarantees not to create new files (extents) on disk.
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### Step 1: make a snapshot of your root filesystem
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Assuming that '/' is mounted with `subvolid=0`:
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Assuming that '/' is mounted with `subvolid=5`:
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# btrfs subvolume snapshot / /rootfs
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your subvolumes within "/", it will only add some metadata.
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### Step 2: make sure that "/rootfs/etc/fstab" is ok.
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### Step 2: (OPTIONAL) make sure that "/rootfs/etc/fstab" mounts your toplevel subvolume.
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Add mount point for subvolid=0 to fstab, something like this:
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Add mount point for subvolid=5 to fstab, something like this:
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/rootfs/etc/fstab:
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/dev/sda1 /mnt/btr_pool btrfs subvolid=0,noatime 0 0
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/dev/sda1 /mnt/btr_pool btrfs subvolid=5,noatime 0 0
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> This step is not critical for a proper root change, but will save your time by preventing
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> further configurations/reboots and manually mount the toplevel subvolume.
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### Step 3: boot from the new subvolume "rootfs".
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Either add `rootflags=subvol=rootfs` to grub.cfg, or set subvolume
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"rootfs" as default:
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Either add `rootflags=subvol=rootfs` to grub.cfg , or set subvolume
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"rootfs" as default (**recommended**):
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# btrfs subvolume set-default <subvolid> /
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> You can obtain `<subvolid>` via `btrfs subvolume show /rootfs | grep "Subvolume ID"`
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> Editing grub.cfg manually may lead you some troubles if you perform some actions that will
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> fire `grub-mkconfig`.
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### Step 4: after reboot, check if everything went fine:
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First check your **system log** for btrfs errors, then:
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First check your **system log** for btrfs errors:
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cat /var/log/messages | grep btrfs | grep "error" | tail
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then check if current `/` is our new subvolume:
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# btrfs subvolume show /
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Name: rootfs
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Great, this tells us that we just booted into our new snapshot!
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# mount /mnt/btr_pool
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# btrfs subvolume show /mnt/btr_pool
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/mnt/btr_pool is btrfs root
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/mnt/btr_pool is toplevel subvolume
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This means that the root volume (subvolid=0) is correctly mounted.
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This means that the root volume (subvolid=5) is correctly mounted.
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### Step 5: delete old (duplicate) files
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Carefully delete all old files from `/mnt/btr_pool`, except "rootfs"
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and all other subvolumes within "/". You can list all these by typing:
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and any other subvolumes within "/mnt/btr_pool".
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# btrfs subvolume list -a /mnt/btr_pool
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Make sure you do NOT delete anything within the directories listed
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here!
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something like:
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In other words, relete any folders in `/mnt/btr_pool` that are
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**NOT LISTED** by `btrfs subvolume list -a /mnt/btr_pool`:
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# cd /mnt/btr_pool
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# rm -rf bin sbin usr lib var ...
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