<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[You can prevent the removal of a ZFS snapshot by using the hold subcommand]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>You can prevent the removal of a ZFS snapshot by using the hold subcommand.<br />For example, to prevent the snapshot called milestone from deletion, run the<br />following command:</p><p># zfs hold milestone_hold mypool/projects@my_milestone</p><p>The "zfs holds" command will list all current snapshots that are protected<br />this way (-r for a recursive list):</p><p># zfs holds -r mypool</p><p>The TIMESTAMP column in the output of the above command is from when the<br />hold was created, not the snapshot it holds. The "zfs destroy" command will<br />echo a "dataset is busy" message on the console when it encounters a hold.<br />Use "zfs release" to release the hold on the snapshot:</p><p># zfs release milestone_hold mypool/projects@my_milestone</p><p>		-- Benedict Reuschling &lt;bcr@FreeBSD.org&gt;</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/cea77538-7c0e-4d36-9048-51ce0ac9aa9d/you-can-prevent-the-removal-of-a-zfs-snapshot-by-using-the-hold-subcommand</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 20:01:12 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/cea77538-7c0e-4d36-9048-51ce0ac9aa9d.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 17:00:01 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl></channel></rss>