X-Git-Url: http://git.tuebingen.mpg.de/?p=dss.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=dss.ggo;h=e473d88446a6be1c4a2cf70d5e3e540a73d09290;hp=03ab294f65515693d325c10f388caf34834a6f04;hb=16f38a4fb3faf1dc2bee24f54457be283bf56204;hpb=e48b4261f4784f603f4409dea7d6b9061307c384 diff --git a/dss.ggo b/dss.ggo index 03ab294..e473d88 100644 --- a/dss.ggo +++ b/dss.ggo @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # package "dss" -version "0.0.3" +version "0.0.5" purpose "the dyadic snapshot scheduler dss creates hardlink-based snapshots of a given directory on a remote @@ -21,24 +21,36 @@ details=" configuration file. As usual, if an option is given both at the command line and in the configuration file, the command line option takes precedence. + + However, there is an important exception to this rule: + If the --run option was given (see below) then dss honors + SIGHUP and re-reads its configuration file whenever it + receives this signal. In this case the options in the config + file override any options that were previously given at the + command line. This allows to change the configuration of a + running dss process on the fly by sending SIGHUP. " option "daemon" d #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -"run as background daemon" +"Run as background daemon" flag off dependon="logfile" details=" Note that dss refuses to start in daemon mode if no logfile - was specified. + was specified. This option is mostly useful in conjuction + with the -R option described below. + + Note that it is not possible to change whether dss runs as + background daemon by sending SIGHUP. " option "dry-run" D #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -"only print what would be done" +"Only print what would be done" flag off details=" - This flag does not makes sense for all commands. The run + This flag does not make sense for all commands. The run command refuses to start if this option was given. The ls command silently ignores this flag. " @@ -49,17 +61,17 @@ section "Logging" option "loglevel" l #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -"set loglevel (0-6)" +"Set loglevel (0-6)" int typestr="level" default="3" optional details=" - Lower values mean less verbose logging. + Lower values mean more verbose logging. " option "logfile" - #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -"logfile for the dss daemon process" +"Logfile for the dss daemon process" string typestr="filename" optional details=" @@ -70,22 +82,24 @@ details=" defgroup "command" #================= groupdesc=" - dss supports a couple of commands each of which corresponds to a different - command line option. Exactly one of these options must be given. + dss supports a couple of commands each of which corresponds + to a different command line option. Exactly one of these + options must be given. " required groupoption "create" C #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -"create a new snapshot" +"Create a new snapshot" group="command" details=" - Execute the rsync command to create a new snapshot.Mote that this - command does not care about free disk space. + Execute the rsync command to create a new snapshot. Note that + this command does not care about free disk space. " + groupoption "prune" P #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -"remove a redundant snapshot" +"Remove a redundant snapshot" group="command" details=" A snapshot is considered redundant if it ether belongs to @@ -96,17 +110,17 @@ details=" groupoption "ls" L #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -"print a list of all snapshots" +"Print a list of all snapshots" group="command" details=" - The list will contain all snapshots not matter of their state, - i.e. incomplete snapshots and snapshots being deleted will + The list will contain all snapshots no matter of their state, + i. e. incomplete snapshots and snapshots being deleted will also be listed. " groupoption "run" R #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -"start creating and pruning snapshots" +"Start creating and pruning snapshots" group="command" details=" This is the main mode of operation. Snapshots will be created @@ -117,35 +131,35 @@ details=" section "Rsync-related options" ############################### -option "remote-user" U +option "remote-host" H #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -"remote user name (default: current user)" -string typestr="username" +"Remote host" +string typestr="hostname" +default="localhost" optional details=" - If a user is specified that differs from the user running - dss, then rsync will use ssh for taking snapshots. This will - only work if you set up a key-pair to allow rsync to proceed - without asking for passwords. + If this option is given and its value differs from the local + host, then rsync uses ssh. Make sure there is no password + needed for the ssh connection. To achieve that, use public key + authentication for ssh and, if needed, set the remote user name + by using the --remote-user option. " -option "remote-host" H +option "remote-user" U #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -"remote host" -string typestr="hostname" -default="localhost" +"Remote user name (default: current user)" +string typestr="username" optional details=" - If this option is given and its value differs from the local - host, then rsync uses ssh, so make sure the user running dss - does not need a password to connect to the remote host. + Set this if the user running dss is different from the + user at the remote host when using ssh. " option "source-dir" - #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -"the data directory" +"The data directory" string typestr="dirname" -optional +required details=" The directory on the remote host from which snapshots are taken. Of course, the user specified as --remote-user must @@ -154,9 +168,9 @@ details=" option "dest-dir" - #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -"snapshot dir" +"Snapshot dir" string typestr="dirname" -optional +required details=" The destination directory on the local host where snapshots will be written. This must be writable by the user who runs @@ -165,7 +179,7 @@ details=" option "rsync-option" O #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -"further rsync options" +"Further rsync options" string typestr="option" optional multiple @@ -174,51 +188,37 @@ details=" to that option are passed verbatim to the rsync command. " -option "exclude-patterns" e -#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -"rsync exclude patterns" -string typestr="path" -optional - ################### section "Intervals" ################### option "unit-interval" u #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -"the duration of a unit interval" +"The duration of a unit interval" int typestr="days" default="4" optional details=" - dss snapshot aging is implemented in terms of intervals. There are - two command line options related to intervals: the duration of a - \"unit\" interval and the number of those unit intervals. - - dss removes any snapshots older than the given number of intervals - times the duration of an unit interval and tries to keep the following - number of snapshots per interval: - - interval number number of snapshots - =============================================== - 0 2 ^ (num-intervals - 1) - 1 2 ^ (num-intervals - 2) - 2 2 ^ (num-intervals - 3) - ... - num-intervals - 2 2 - num-intervals - 1 1 - num-intervals 0 - - In other words, the oldest snapshot will at most be unit_interval * - num_intervals old (= 5 days * 4 = 20 days if default values are used). - Moreover, there are at most 2^num_intervals - 1 snapshots in total - (i.e. 31 by default). Observe that you have to create at least - 2 ^ (num_intervals - 1) snapshots each interval for this to work out. + dss snapshot aging is implemented in terms of intervals. There + are two command line options related to intervals: the + duration u of a \"unit\" interval and the number n of those + unit intervals. + + dss removes any snapshots older than n times u and tries to + keep 2^(k-1) snapshots in interval k, where the interval number + k counts from zero, zero being the most recent unit interval. + + In other words, the oldest snapshot will at most be u * n days + (= 20 days if default values are used) old. Moreover, there + are at most 2^n - 1 snapshots in total (i. e. 31 by default). + Observe that you have to create at least 2 ^ (n - 1) snapshots + each interval for this to work out because that is the number + of snapshots in interval zero. " option "num-intervals" n #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -"the number of unit intervals" +"The number of unit intervals" int typestr="num" default="5" optional @@ -231,61 +231,85 @@ option "pre-create-hook" r #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Executed before snapshot creation" string typestr="command" -default="/bin/true" optional details=" Execute this command before trying to create a new snapshot. - If this command returns with a non-zero exit status, do not - perform the backup. One possible application of this is to - return non-zero during office hours in order to not slow down - the file systems by taking snapshots. -" + If this command returns with a non-zero exit status, no + snapshot is being created and the operation is retried later. + + For example, one might want to execute a script that checks + whether all snapshot-related file systems are properly mounted. + Another possible application of this is to return non-zero + during office hours in order to not slow down the file systems + by taking snapshots. +" option "post-create-hook" o #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Executed after snapshot creation" string typestr="command" -default="/bin/true" optional details=" - Execute this after a snapshot has successfully been created - The return value on the command is ignored. For instance one - could count the number of files per user and/or the disk - usage patterns in order to store them in a database for - further treatment. + Execute this after a snapshot has successfully been + created. The full path of the newly created snapshot is passed + to the hook as the first argument. The return value of that + hook is ignored. + + For instance this hook can be used to count the number of + files per user and/or the disk usage patterns in order to + store them in a database for further treatment. " ############################### -section "disk space monitoring" +section "Disk space monitoring" ############################### option "min-free-mb" m #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -"minimal amount of free disk space" +"Minimal amount of free disk space" int typestr="megabytes" default="100" optional details=" - If less that this many megabytes of space is available on - the file system containing the destination directory, \"dss - --run\" will stop the currently running rsync process and will - start to remove snapshots, starting from the oldest snapshot, - until the free disk space exceeds this value. See also the - --min_free_percent option. + If disk space on the file system containing the destination + directory gets low, \"dss --run\" will suspend the currently + running rsync process and will start to remove snapshots in + order to free disk space. This option specifies the minimal + amount of free disk space. If less than the given number of + megabytes is available, snapshots are being deleted. See also + the --min_free_percent and the min-free-percent-inodes options. A value of zero deactivates this check. - " option "min-free-percent" p #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -"minimal percent of free disk space" +"Minimal percent of free disk space" int typestr="percent" default="2" optional details=" - See --min_free. Note that it is not recommended to set both - --min_fre_mb and --min_free_percent to zero as this will + See --min-free-mb. Note that it is not recommended to set both + --min-free-mb and --min-free-percent to zero as this will cause your file system to fill up quickly. " +option "min-free-percent-inodes" i +#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +"Minimal percent of free inodes" +int typestr="percent" +default="0" +optional +details=" + Specify the minimum amount of free inodes on the file system + containing the destination dir. If less than that many inodes + are free, snatshot removal kicks in just as in case of low + disk space. + + Note that not every file system supports the concept of inodes. + Moreover it is not possible to reliably detect whether this is + the case. Therefore this feature is disabled by default. It's + safe to enable it for ext3 file systems on linux though. + + A value of zero (the default) deactivates this check. +"