April 2021

I have found this bizarre situation where a FreeBSD 12.2 snapshot cannot be destroyed. This is the simple example, which works: [dan@pkg01:~] $ sudo zfs snapshot tank_fast/poudriere@snapshot-for-backup [dan@pkg01:~] $ sudo zfs destroy tank_fast/poudriere@snapshot-for-backup [dan@pkg01:~] $ This is the simple example, which fails: [dan@pkg01:~] $ sudo zfs snapshot tank_fast/poudriere@snapshot-for-backup [dan@pkg01:~] $ ls /usr/local/poudriere/.zfs/snapshot/snapshot-for-backup cache data jails ports [dan@pkg01:~] $ sudo zfs destroy tank_fast/poudriere@snapshot-for-backup cannot destroy snapshot tank_fast/poudriere@snapshot-for-backup: dataset is busy [dan@pkg01:~] $ EDIT: we […]