VFS_SHADOW_COPY2(8) System Administration tools VFS_SHADOW_COPY2(8) (NAME) vfs_shadow_copy2 - (shadow copies) (SYNOPSIS) vfs objects = shadow_copy2 (DESCRIPTION) VFS samba(7) . VFS vfs_shadow_copy2 Shadow Copy . " " . shadow copy ( shadow_copy(8)) : 1. (symlinks) . . [homes] . 2. . ( GPFS) . 3. : str[fp]time . 4. UTC (localtime) . 5. inode . 'restore' (sharing violation) GPFS ( inode ) . 6. shadow copy . ( ) . . (stackable) . (CONFIGURATION) vfs_shadow_copy2 . . vfs_shadow_copy2 . . . shadow:format @GMT-YYYY.MM.DD-hh.mm.ss : o YYYY o MM o DD o hh o mm o ss . vfs_shadow_copy2 date(1) : TZ=GMT date +@GMT-%Y.%m.%d-%H.%M.%S (OPTIONS) shadow:mountpoint = MOUNTPOINT . . : shadow:mountpoint = /path/to/filesystem : shadow:mountpoint = NOT SPECIFIED shadow:snapdir = SNAPDIR . . ( shadow:mountpoint ). shadow:snapdirseverywhere . shadow:snapdirseverywhere . shadow:crossmountpoints snapdir . shadow:crossmountpoints . : shadow:snapdir = /some/absolute/path : shadow:snapdir = .snapshots shadow:basedir = BASEDIR basedir . : o basedir = mountpoint/rel_basedir o share_root = basedir/rel_share_root o snapshot_path = mountpoint/snapdir snapshot_path = snapdir snapdir file = mountpoint/rel_basedir/rel_share_root/rel_file TIME snapshot_path/FS_GMT_TOKEN(TIME)/rel_share_root/rel_file FS_GMT_TOKEN(TIME) TIME ( shadow:format ). basedir ( shadow:mountpoint ). shadow:snapdirseverywhere shadow:crossmountpoints shadow:basedir basedir . shadow:snapsharepath = SNAPSHAREPATH . shadow:basedir . path/to/share/ shadow:snapsharepath path/to/share . . : o share1/ o share2/ o .../ shadow:snapdirseverywhere shadow:basedir shadow:snapsharepath shadow:snapsharepath . : shadow:snapsharepath = path/to/share : shadow:snapsharepath = NOT SPECIFIED shadow:sort = asc/desc shadow copy . . desc ( ) asc (). . : shadow:sort = asc : shadow:sort = none : shadow:sort = desc shadow:localtime = yes/no UTC/GMT . UTC/GMT . shadow:localtime = no shadow:format = . str[fp]time . : shadow:format = "@GMT-%Y.%m.%d-%H.%M.%S" shadow:sscanf = yes/no (%lu) strptime() . unix time_t . : shadow:sscanf = no shadow:fixinodes = yes/no shadow:fixinodes inode . device:inode ( GPFS ). 'restore' shadow copy (sharing violation) . : shadow:fixinodes = no shadow:snapdirseverywhere = yes/no shadow:snapdirseverywhere . shadow:crossmountpoints . fileset IBM GPFS . shadow:snapdirseverywhere shadow:snapdir . snapdir shadow:snapdirseverywhere . shadow:basedir shadow:basedir . : shadow:snapdirseverywhere = yes : shadow:snapdirseverywhere = no shadow:crossmountpoints = yes/no shadow:snapdirseverywhere = yes . snapdir . fileset IBM GPFS . shadow:crossmountpoints shadow:snapdir . snapdir shadow:crossmountpoints . shadow:basedir shadow:basedir . : shadow:crossmountpoints = yes : shadow:crossmountpoints = no shadow:snapprefix ( ) . . shadow:format . . shadow:format shadow:delimiter . (BRE) . shadow:delimiter shadow:snapprefix shadow:format . shadow:snapprefix . : shadow:delimiter = "_GMT" (EXAMPLES) shadow copy : [homes] vfs objects = shadow_copy2 shadow:snapdir = /data/snapshots shadow:basedir = /data/home shadow:sort = desc (CAVEATS) . vfs_shadow_copy2 . . . (VERSION) 4.24.6 Samba . (AUTHORS) Samba Andrew Tridgell . Samba Samba . Samba 4.24.6 08/16/2026 VFS_SHADOW_COPY2(8)