From d2522c58364d07af320c97055fe3495ce0e32057 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Axel Burri Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2021 17:15:32 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] documentation: mention preserve all snapshots on errors --- doc/btrbk.1.asciidoc | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/btrbk.1.asciidoc b/doc/btrbk.1.asciidoc index 9f805e3..ff56f78 100644 --- a/doc/btrbk.1.asciidoc +++ b/doc/btrbk.1.asciidoc @@ -210,8 +210,9 @@ configuring the retention policy. snapshots that are not preserved by their configured retention policy will be deleted. Note that the latest snapshot (the one created in step 1) as well as the latest snapshot/backup pair are - always preserved, regardless of the retention policy. - + always preserved, regardless of the retention policy. If any + target is unreachable or has errors, all snapshots are preserved + in order not to break the incremental chain. *dryrun* [filter...]:: Don't run any btrfs commands that would alter the filesystem, just