I have created two jails on separate ZFS filesystems using ezjail. I created one snapshot for each jail, but when I list ZFS snapshots I get three snapshots. Two belong to the jails that were created and a third one to the basejail which is shared among the created jails. I was expecting only two snapshots.
The fact that a third snapshot was created automatically of the filesystem where the links point to, made me think if there is a mother-daughter relationship between the jail snapshot and the basejail snapshot. However when I delete the jail snapshots the basejail snapshot is not removed automatically.
So is the third snapshot (basejail) linked to the other two or is it completely independent? If it is independent why did it get created? Basically, if I were to roll-back to the jail snapshot will the roll-over happen automatically even with the basejail snapshot, or will that stay untouched?
The fact that a third snapshot was created automatically of the filesystem where the links point to, made me think if there is a mother-daughter relationship between the jail snapshot and the basejail snapshot. However when I delete the jail snapshots the basejail snapshot is not removed automatically.
So is the third snapshot (basejail) linked to the other two or is it completely independent? If it is independent why did it get created? Basically, if I were to roll-back to the jail snapshot will the roll-over happen automatically even with the basejail snapshot, or will that stay untouched?