snapper : open failed path://.snapshots/XXXX (No such file..

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server SLES Configure-Administer
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Hi List,

every hour the following error bounce in /var/log/snapper.log
…
2017-08-25 14:45:01 ERR libsnapper(60241) FileUtils.cc(SDir):75 - open failed path://.snapshots/XXXXX (No such file or directory)
…
the snapshot (XXXXX) number is directly linked to the last (hourly) just created snapshot.

This is a sles 11sp3

and config look like this :
SUBVOLUME="/"

filesystem type

FSTYPE=“btrfs”

run daily number cleanup

NUMBER_CLEANUP=“yes”

limit for number cleanup

NUMBER_MIN_AGE=“1800”
NUMBER_LIMIT=“100”

create hourly snapshots

TIMELINE_CREATE=“yes”

cleanup hourly snapshots after some time

TIMELINE_CLEANUP=“yes”

limits for timeline cleanup

TIMELINE_MIN_AGE=“1800”
TIMELINE_LIMIT_HOURLY=“10”
TIMELINE_LIMIT_DAILY=“10”
TIMELINE_LIMIT_MONTHLY=“10”
TIMELINE_LIMIT_YEARLY=“10”

cleanup empty pre-post-pairs

EMPTY_PRE_POST_CLEANUP=“yes”

limits for empty pre-post-pair cleanup

EMPTY_PRE_POST_MIN_AGE=“1800”

Thanks,
Regards,
Pascal

2

Have you tried patching to SLES 11 SP4, pluswhatever applicable fixes, to
see if this is an old and resolved issue?

While SLES 11 had Btrfs, I never used it fully until SLES 12 when the
integration was considered completely built in from the start, so this may
be something just out of alignment prior to that time. If the system
otherwise works with regard to snapshots then this could be cosmetic.

Do you see the snapshots mentioned in the error message? Perhaps this is
just a check to ensure the snapshot about-to-be created (hourly) does not
exist prior to its creation.

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Good luck.

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