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advfs_clonefset(3)					    advfs_clonefset(3)

NAME
       advfs_clonefset - Creates a read-only copy of an active fileset

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/advfs_syscalls.h>

       int advfs_clonefset(
	       char *domain,
	       char *fileset,
	       char *clonename );

LIBRARY
       AdvFS Library (libadvfs)

PARAMETERS
       Specifies  the  name  of	 an existing AdvFS file domain.	 Specifies the
       name of original fileset.  Specifies the name of	 the  read-only	 clone
       fileset of the original fileset.

DESCRIPTION
       This function makes a read-only copy (clone) of an active fileset with‐
       out taking the fileset off line.

       When you create a clone fileset, it is a read-only snapshot of  fileset
       data structures (metadata).  That is, when you clone a fileset only the
       structure of the original fileset is copied, not	 its  data.   As  time
       goes by and as the files in the original fileset are modified, the file
       system copies the original pages to the clone fileset. In this way, the
       clone fileset preserves the contents of files as they were in the orig‐
       inal fileset at the time you created the clone.

       You can form a fileset backup strategy by managing clone filesets with‐
       out  ever needing to take the original filesets off line.  For example,
       you can determine when to unmount a clone, mount the clone  on  another
       mount point, and then use the vdump command to back it up.

       You  can	 create	 new versions of a clone fileset, but you can maintain
       only one clone per fileset at a time. You can remove an existing	 clone
       fileset by using the advfs_rmfset function.

NOTES
       This  function  has  features  identical	 to  the  utility described in
       clonefset(8).

RESTRICTIONS
       This function only clones AdvFS filesets; it does not  clone  UFS  file
       systems.

       The  program  that calls this function must be running with root privi‐
       lege.

       A fileset must have a unique name of up to 31 characters.   All	white‐
       space  characters  (tab,	 new line, space, and so on) and the / # : * ?
       characters are invalid for fileset names.

       Do not create a clone fileset if the available disk space for the  file
       domain is less than 5 percent of the total. When a file domain runs out
       of disk space, the file system loses its ability to maintain  the  con‐
       sistency	 of  files  within clone filesets. When the file system can no
       longer maintain consistency, it displays warning	 messages  similar  to
       the following on the user's terminal and to the console: WARNING: advfs
       cannot copy-on-write data to a clone file.   WARNING:  encountered  the
       following  error:  ENO_MORE_BLKS (-1040) WARNING: do not continue using
       the   clone   fileset.	 WARNING:   original   file   set:   name=mnt,
       id=2c06a73f.00027192.00000001.8001 WARNING: clone file set: name=clone,
       id=2c06a73f.00027192.00000002.8002 WARNING: file id = 0000000a.8002

       This   message	also   appears	 in   the   /var/adm/syslog.dated/lat‐
       est_boot_date/kern.log file.

RETURN VALUES
       The function returns a value of 0 (zero) on successful completion.  The
       function returns a value of -1 on failure and sets the value  of	 errno
       to the specific error.

ERRORS
       The function sets errno to the specified errors for the following fail‐
       ure conditions:	A  valid  AdvFS	 Advanced  Utilities  license  is  not
       installed.

	      The  calling  program  is not running with root privileges.  The
	      AdvFS lock for domain could not be acquired because one  of  the
	      following operations was already running on the domain: balance,
	      defragment, rmfset, or rmvol.  The fileset  you  want  to	 clone
	      already  has  an existing clone.	The name of the clone contains
	      an invalid character or any of the parameters are NULL or set to
	      .	 An I/O error occurred on one of the disks in the file domain.
	      The name of the clone is longer than 31  characters.   The  file
	      domain specified by the domain parameter does not exist.

	      The fileset specified by the fileset parameter does not exist in
	      the file domain specified by the domain parameter.  There is not
	      enough  memory available for the operation.  There is not enough
	      available space in the file domain to create a clone fileset.

SEE ALSO
       Commands: clonefset(8), mkfset(8), rmfset(8), showfsets(8)

       Functions: advfs_rmfset(3)

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