Backup plugin - problem with size due to snapshots created with snapper

On the HC2 I use snapper to create snapshots of the OS filesystem (btrfs) before and after an update. Snapshots are created automatically by apt-get. Seems to work fine, though I have not tested a roll back, yet.

Problem comes with the backup plugin. In the backup of fsarchiver all snapshots are included. Each of them with the size of the complete OS.
Any chance to exclude the snapshots from the backup?

In case of a dead SD-card I would use the latest backup from the plugin.

In case of an update going wrong I would use the last "pre" snapshot. So I think I do not need a backup of the snapshot history.

Zitat von ryecoaaron

Would that just mean excluding the /.snapshots directory

Yes, I think that would be great for the moment.

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Otherwise, i guess I could look at an option for using btrfs send to send a snapshot to a compressed file.

Making use of btrfs send would be a nice option. Especially when more installations are going to use btrfs like the SBC images.

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Would that just mean excluding the /.snapshots directory?

--exclude=/.snapshots is working fine with version 4.0.6