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Document ZFS snapshotting exclusion of "canmount=off" datasets (#1001).

Dan Helfman 9 months ago
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@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ If you have multiple borgmatic configuration files with ZFS enabled, and you'd
 like particular datasets to be backed up only for particular configuration
 like particular datasets to be backed up only for particular configuration
 files, use the `source_directories` option instead of the user property.
 files, use the `source_directories` option instead of the user property.
 
 
+<span class="minilink minilink-addedin">New in version 1.9.11</span> borgmatic
+won't snapshot datasets with the `canmount=off` property, which is often set on
+datasets that only serve as a container for other datasets. Use `zfs get
+canmount datasetname` to see the `canmount` value for a dataset.
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 During a backup, borgmatic automatically snapshots these discovered datasets
 During a backup, borgmatic automatically snapshots these discovered datasets
 (non-recursively), temporarily mounts the snapshots within its [runtime
 (non-recursively), temporarily mounts the snapshots within its [runtime
 directory](https://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/how-to/backup-your-databases/#runtime-directory),
 directory](https://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/how-to/backup-your-databases/#runtime-directory),