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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//Samba-Team//DTD DocBook V4.2-Based Variant V1.0//EN" "http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
+<refentry id="vfs_btrfs.8">
+
+<refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>vfs_btrfs</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ <refmiscinfo class="source">Samba</refmiscinfo>
+ <refmiscinfo class="manual">System Administration tools</refmiscinfo>
+ <refmiscinfo class="version">&doc.version;</refmiscinfo>
+</refmeta>
+
+
+<refnamediv>
+ <refname>vfs_btrfs</refname>
+ <refpurpose>
+ Utilize features provided by the Btrfs filesystem
+ </refpurpose>
+</refnamediv>
+
+<refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>vfs objects = btrfs</command>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+</refsynopsisdiv>
+
+<refsect1>
+ <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
+
+ <para>This VFS module is part of the
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>samba</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> suite.</para>
+
+ <para>
+ The <command>vfs_btrfs</command> VFS module exposes Btrfs
+ specific features for use by Samba.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Btrfs allows for multiple files to share the same on-disk data
+ through the use cloned ranges. When an SMB client issues a
+ request to copy duplicate data (via FSCTL_SRV_COPYCHUNK), this
+ module maps the request to a Btrfs clone range IOCTL, instead
+ of performing reads and writes required by a traditional copy.
+ Doing so saves storage capacity and greatly reduces disk IO.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This module also exposes Btrfs per-file compression support to
+ SMB clients via the get/set compression fsctls.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Btrfs snapshots can be manipulated by Samba's FSRVP server.
+ Snapshot manipulation using this module is currently considered
+ experimental, and is therefore disabled by default. The
+ <command>vfs_snapper</command> module is instead recommended for
+ this purpose.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This module is stackable.
+ </para>
+</refsect1>
+
+<refsect1>
+ <title>OPTIONS</title>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>btrfs: manipulate snapshots = [yes|no]</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ When set to <emphasis>yes</emphasis>, experimental support for
+ the creation and deletion of snapshots via corresponding Btrfs
+ IOCTLs will be enabled. The default is <emphasis>no</emphasis>,
+ which means that such requests are passed through to any
+ underlying VFS module.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+</refsect1>
+
+<refsect1>
+ <title>CONFIGURATION</title>
+
+ <para>
+ <command>vfs_btrfs</command> requires that the underlying share
+ path is a Btrfs subvolume.
+ </para>
+ <programlisting>
+ <smbconfsection name="[share]"/>
+ <smbconfoption name="vfs objects">btrfs</smbconfoption>
+ <smbconfoption name="btrfs: manipulate snapshots">no</smbconfoption>
+ </programlisting>
+ <para>
+ To use the experimental snapshot manipulation functionality
+ provided by this module, it must be explicitly enabled, and
+ Samba's FSRVP server must be running.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The <command>vfs_shadow_copy</command> module can be used to
+ expose snapshots created by <command>vfs_btrfs</command> to
+ Windows Explorer as file / directory "previous versions".
+ </para>
+
+ <programlisting>
+ <smbconfsection name="[global]"/>
+ <smbconfoption name="registry shares">yes</smbconfoption>
+ <smbconfoption name="include">registry</smbconfoption>
+
+ <smbconfsection name="[share]"/>
+ <smbconfoption name="vfs objects">btrfs shadow_copy</smbconfoption>
+ <smbconfoption name="btrfs: manipulate snapshots">yes</smbconfoption>
+ </programlisting>
+</refsect1>
+
+<refsect1>
+ <title>VERSION</title>
+
+ <para>
+ This man page is part of version &doc.version; of the Samba suite.
+ </para>
+</refsect1>
+
+<refsect1>
+ <title>AUTHOR</title>
+
+ <para>The original Samba software and related utilities
+ were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed
+ by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar
+ to the way the Linux kernel is developed.</para>
+
+</refsect1>
+
+</refentry>