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docs: update & extend replication overview wrt step holds + bookmarks
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@ -35,18 +35,23 @@ This is a big one! Headlining features:
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* **Resumable Send & Recv Support**
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No knobs required, automatically used where supported.
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* **Hold-Protected Send & Recv**
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Automatic ZFS holds to ensure that we can always resume a replication step.
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* **Encrypted Send & Recv Support** for OpenZFS native encryption.
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:ref:`Configurable <job-send-options>` at the job level, i.e., for all filesystems a job is responsible for.
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Automatic ZFS holds to ensure that we can always use resumable send&recv for a replication step.
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* **Encrypted Send & Recv Support** for OpenZFS native encryption,
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:ref:`configurable <job-send-options>` at the job level, i.e., for all filesystems a job is responsible for.
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* **Receive-side hold on last received dataset**
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The counterpart to the replication cursor bookmark on the send-side.
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Ensures that incremental replication will always be possible between a sender and receiver.
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Actual changelog:
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.. TIP::
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* |break_config| **more restrictive job names than in prior zrepl versions**
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Starting with this version, job names are going to be embedded into ZFS holds and bookmark names.
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We highly recommend studying the :ref:`overview section of the configuration chapter <overview-how-replication-works>` to understand how replication works.
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Additional changelog:
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* |break| |break_config| **more restrictive job names than in prior zrepl versions**
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Starting with this version, job names are going to be embedded into ZFS holds and bookmark names (see :ref:`here<replication-cursor-and-last-received-hold>` and :ref:`here<step-holds-and-bookmarks>`).
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Therefore you might need to adjust your job names.
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**Note that jobs** :issue:`cannot be renamed easily<327>` **once you start using zrepl 0.3.**
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* |break| |mig| replication cursor representation changed
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* zrepl now manages the :ref:`replication cursor bookmark <replication-cursor-and-last-received-hold>` per job-filesystem tuple instead of a single replication cursor per filesystem.
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@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Job Type ``push``
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* - ``type``
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- = ``push``
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* - ``name``
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- unique name of the job
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- unique name of the job :issue:`(must not change)<327>`
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* - ``connect``
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- |connect-transport|
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* - ``filesystems``
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@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Job Type ``sink``
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* - ``type``
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- = ``sink``
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* - ``name``
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- unique name of the job
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- unique name of the job :issue:`(must not change)<327>`
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* - ``serve``
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- |serve-transport|
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* - ``root_fs``
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@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Job Type ``pull``
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* - ``type``
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- = ``pull``
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* - ``name``
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- unique name of the job
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- unique name of the job :issue:`(must not change)<327>`
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* - ``connect``
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- |connect-transport|
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* - ``root_fs``
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@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ Job Type ``source``
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* - ``type``
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- = ``source``
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* - ``name``
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- unique name of the job
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- unique name of the job :issue:`(must not change)<327>`
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* - ``serve``
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- |serve-transport|
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* - ``filesystems``
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@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ Job type that only takes snapshots and performs pruning on the local machine.
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* - ``type``
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- = ``snap``
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* - ``name``
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- unique name of the job
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- unique name of the job :issue:`(must not change)<327>`
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* - ``filesystems``
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- |filter-spec| for filesystems to be snapshotted
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* - ``snapshotting``
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@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ A *job* is the unit of activity tracked by the zrepl daemon.
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The ``type`` of a job determines its role in a replication setup and in snapshot management.
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Jobs are identified by their ``name``, both in log files and the ``zrepl status`` command.
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.. NOTE::
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The job name is persisted in several places on disk and thus :issue:`cannot be changed easily<327>`.
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Replication always happens between a pair of jobs: one is the **active side**, and one the **passive side**.
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The active side connects to the passive side using a :ref:`transport <transport>` and starts executing the replication logic.
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The passive side responds to requests from the active side after checking its permissions.
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@ -99,7 +103,7 @@ One of the major design goals of the replication module is to avoid any duplicat
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As such, the code works on abstract senders and receiver **endpoints**, where typically one will be implemented by a local program object and the other is an RPC client instance.
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Regardless of push- or pull-style setup, the logic executes on the active side, i.e. in the ``push`` or ``pull`` job.
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The following steps take place during replication and can be monitored using the ``zrepl status`` subcommand:
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The following high-level steps take place during replication and can be monitored using the ``zrepl status`` subcommand:
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* Plan the replication:
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@ -107,9 +111,9 @@ The following steps take place during replication and can be monitored using the
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* Build the **replication plan**
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* Per filesystem, compute a diff between sender and receiver snapshots
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* Build a list of replication steps
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* Build a list of **replication steps**
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* If possible, use incremental and resumable sends (``zfs send -i``)
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* If possible, use incremental and resumable sends
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* Otherwise, use full send of most recent snapshot on sender
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* Retry on errors that are likely temporary (i.e. network failures).
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@ -128,16 +132,8 @@ The following steps take place during replication and can be monitored using the
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The idea behind the execution order of replication steps is that if the sender snapshots all filesystems simultaneously at fixed intervals, the receiver will have all filesystems snapshotted at time ``T1`` before the first snapshot at ``T2 = T1 + $interval`` is replicated.
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.. _replication-cursor-and-last-received-hold:
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**Replication cursor** bookmark and **last-received-hold** are managed by zrepl to ensure that future replications can always be done incrementally:
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the replication cursor is a send-side bookmark of the most recent successfully replicated snapshot,
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and the last-received-hold is a hold of that snapshot on the receiving side.
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The replication cursor has the format ``#zrepl_CUSOR_G_<GUID>_J_<JOBNAME>``.
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The last-received-hold tag has the format ``#zrepl_last_received_J_<JOBNAME>``.
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Encoding the job name in the names ensures that multiple sending jobs can replicate the same filesystem to different receivers without interference.
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The ``zrepl holds list`` provides a listing of all bookmarks and holds managed by zrepl.
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Placeholder Filesystems
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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.. _replication-placeholder-property:
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**Placeholder filesystems** on the receiving side are regular ZFS filesystems with the placeholder property ``zrepl:placeholder=on``.
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@ -148,16 +144,83 @@ Thus, zrepl creates the parent filesystems as placeholders on the receiving side
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If at some point ``S/H`` and ``S`` shall be replicated, the receiving side invalidates the placeholder flag automatically.
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The ``zrepl test placeholder`` command can be used to check whether a filesystem is a placeholder.
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ZFS Background Knowledge
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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This section gives some background knowledge about ZFS features that zrepl uses to guarantee that
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**incremental replication is always possible and that started replication steps can always be resumed if they are interrupted.**
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**ZFS Send Modes & Bookmarks**
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ZFS supports full sends (``zfs send fs@to``) and incremental sends (``zfs send -i @from fs@to``).
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Full sends are used to create a new filesystem on the receiver with the send-side state of ``fs@to``.
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Incremental sends only transfer the delta between ``@from`` and ``@to``.
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Incremental sends require that ``@from`` be present on the receiving side when receiving the incremental stream.
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Incremental sends can also use a ZFS bookmark as *from* on the sending side (``zfs send -i #bm_from fs@to``), where ``#bm_from`` was created using ``zfs bookmark fs@from fs#bm_from``.
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The receiving side must always have the actual snapshot ``@from``, regardless of whether the sending side uses ``@from`` or a bookmark of it.
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**Resumable Send & Recv**
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The ``-s`` flag for ``zfs recv`` tells zfs to save the partially received send stream in case it is interrupted.
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To resume the replication, the receiving side filesystem's ``receive_resume_token`` must be passed to a new ``zfs send -t <value> | zfs recv`` command.
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A full send can only be resumed if ``@to`` still exists.
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An incremental send can only be resumed if ``@to`` still exists *and* either ``@from`` still exists *or* a bookmark ``#fbm`` of ``@from`` still exists.
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**ZFS Holds**
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ZFS holds prevent a snapshot from being deleted through ``zfs destroy``, letting the destroy fail with a ``datset is busy`` error.
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Holds are created and referred to by a user-defined *tag*. They can be thought of as a named, persistent lock on the snapshot.
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.. _replication-cursor-and-last-received-hold:
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Guaranteeing That Incremental Sends Are Always Possible
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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**Replication cursor** bookmark and **last-received-hold** are managed by zrepl to ensure that future replications can always be done incrementally.
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The replication cursor is a send-side bookmark of the most recent successfully replicated snapshot,
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and the last-received-hold is a hold of that snapshot on the receiving side.
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Both are moved aomically after the receiving side has confirmed that a replication step is complete.
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The replication cursor has the format ``#zrepl_CUSOR_G_<GUID>_J_<JOBNAME>``.
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The last-received-hold tag has the format ``zrepl_last_received_J_<JOBNAME>``.
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Encoding the job name in the names ensures that multiple sending jobs can replicate the same filesystem to different receivers without interference.
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The ``zrepl zfs-abstraction list`` command provides a listing of all bookmarks and holds managed by zrepl.
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.. _step-holds-and-bookmarks:
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Guaranteeing That Sends Are Always Resumable
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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**Step holds** are zfs holds managed by zrepl to ensure that a replication step can always be resumed if it is interrupted, e.g., due to network outage.
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zrepl creates step holds before it attempts a replication step and releases them after the receiver confirms that the replication step is complete.
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For an initial replication ``full @initial_snap``, zrepl puts a zfs hold on ``@initial_snap``.
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For an incremental send ``@from -> @to``, zrepl puts a zfs hold on both ``@from`` and ``@to``.
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Note that ``@from`` is not strictly necessary for resumability -- a bookmark on the sending side would be sufficient --, but size-estimation in currently used OpenZFS versions only works if ``@from`` is a snapshot.
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The hold tag has the format ``zrepl_STEP_J_<JOBNAME>``.
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A job only ever has one active send per filesystem.
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Thus, there are never more than two step holds for a given pair of ``(job,filesystem)``.
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**Step bookmarks** are zrepl's equivalent for holds on bookmarks (ZFS does not support putting holds on bookmarks).
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They are intended for a situation where a replication step uses a bookmark ``#bm`` as incremental ``from`` that is not managed by zrepl.
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To ensure resumability, zrepl copies ``#bm`` to step bookmark ``#zrepl_STEP_G_<GUID>_J_<JOBNAME>``.
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If the replication is interrupted and ``#bm`` is deleted by the user, the step bookmark remains as an incremental source for the resumable send.
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Note that zrepl does not yet support creating step bookmarks because the `corresponding ZFS feature for copying bookmarks <https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/pull/9571>`_ is not yet widely available .
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Subscribe to zrepl :issue:`326` for details.
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The ``zrepl zfs-abstraction list`` command provides a listing of all bookmarks and holds managed by zrepl.
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.. NOTE::
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More details can be found in the design document :repomasterlink:`replication/design.md`.
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Limitations
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^^^^^^^^^^^
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.. ATTENTION::
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Currently, zrepl does not replicate filesystem properties.
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When receiving a filesystem, it is never mounted (`-u` flag) and `mountpoint=none` is set.
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This is temporary and being worked on :issue:`24`.
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.. NOTE::
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More details can be found in the design document :repomasterlink:`replication/design.md`.
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.. _jobs-multiple-jobs:
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