Rolling back a snapshot
Use the rollback option in the SLE Btrfs Snapshot Management dashboard to restore endpoints to a previous system state. The rollback feature allows you to reset system files of an endpoint that were not configured correctly by rolling back to a different snapshot.
Before you begin
- Use BigFix server and console version 9.0 or later.
- Use BigFix client version 9.2.1 or later.
- Use SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 or later.
- Subscribe to the Patching Support site.
- Exclude /var/opt/BESClient/* directories from the snapshots. To exclude data directories when taking snapshots, run the Exclude Client Directories From Snapshots task. This task creates the necessary directories and files to exclude the /var/opt/BESClient/* directories when taking snapshots.
About this task
- Configuration changes in the directory on the bootloader cannot be rolled back.
- Kernel installations require manual deletion of the boot entry for a Kernel. Hence, complete rollback is not possible for Kernel installations.
- Excluded mount points and ext3 file systems cannot be rolled back.
Procedure
- From the Patch Management domain, click .
- Select the endpoint whose snapshot history you want to view.
- Select the snapshot that you want to roll back and click Rollback.
Note: Completely reverting to the pre-snapshot affects the changes made by processes other than YaST or Zypper. Therefore, review the changes between the current system state and a snapshot before starting the rollback.The Rollback Up To Snapshot window opens.
- Optional: You can specify file names as additional
parameters for the rollback. Click Apply.
Note: If you do not specify any file names, all changed files are restored.
- From the Take Action window, select the computer and click OK to run the action.
What to do next
snapper_rollback.log file
located at /var/opt/BESClient/EDRDeployData.