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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd July 24, 2018
.Dt BECTL 8
.Os FreeBSD
.Sh NAME
.Nm bectl
.Nd Utility to manage Boot Environments on ZFS
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
activate
.Op Fl t
.Ao Ar beName Ac
.Nm
create
.Op Fl r
.Op Fl e Ar nonActiveBe | Fl e Ar beName@snapshot
.Ao Ar beName Ac
.Nm
create
.Op Fl r
.Ao Ar beName@snapshot Ac
.Nm
destroy
.Op Fl F
.Ao Ar beName | beName@snapshot Ac
.Nm
jail
.Ao Ar jailID | jailName Ac
.Ao Ar bootenv Ac
.Nm
list
.Op Fl a
.Op Fl D
.Op Fl H
.Op Fl s
.Nm
mount
.Ao Ar beName Ac
.Op mountpoint
.Nm
rename
.Ao Ar origBeName Ac
.Ao Ar newBeName Ac
.Nm
{ ujail | unjail }
.Ao Ar jailID | jailName Ac
.Ao Ar bootenv Ac
.Nm
{ umount | unmount }
.Op Fl f
.Ao Ar beName Ac
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
command is used to setup and interact with ZFS boot environments, which are bootable clones of datasets.
.Pp
.Em Boot Environments
allows the system to be upgraded, while preserving the old system environment in a separate ZFS dataset.
.Pp
.Sh COMMANDS
The following commands are supported by
.Nm :
.Bl -tag -width activate
.It Ic activate
.Op Fl t
.Ar <beName>
.Pp
Activate the given
.Ar beName
as the default boot filesystem. If the
.Op Fl t
flag is given, this takes effect only for the next boot.
.Pp
.It Ic create
.Op Fl r
.Op Fl e Ar nonActiveBe | Fl e Ar beName@snapshot
.Ao Ar beName Ac
.Pp
Creates a new boot environment named
.Ar beName .
If the -e param is specified, the new environment will be cloned from the given
.Ar nonActiveBe | Ar beName@snapshot .
If the
.Op Fl r
flag is given, a recursive boot environment will be made.
.Pp
.It Ic create
.Op Fl r
.Ao Ar beName@snapshot Ac
.Pp
Creates a snapshot of the existing boot environment named
.Ar beName .
If the
.Op Fl r
flag is given, a recursive boot environment will be made.
.Pp
.It Ic destroy
.Op Fl F
.Ao Ar beName | beName@snapshot Ac
.Pp
Destroys the given
.Ar beName
boot environment or
.Ar beName@snapshot
snapshot.
Specifying
.Fl F
will automatically unmount without confirmation.
.Pp
.It Ic jail
.Ao Ar jailID | jailName Ac
.Ao Ar bootenv Ac
.Pp
Creates a jail of the given boot environment.
.Pp
.It Ic list
.Op Fl a
.Op Fl D
.Op Fl H
.Op Fl s
.Pp
Displays all boot environments.
The Active field indicates whether the boot environment is active now (N); active on reboot (R); or both (NR).
.Pp
If
.Fl a
is used, display all datasets.
If
.Fl D
is used, display the full space usage for each boot environment, assuming all other boot environments were destroyed.
The
.Fl H
option is used for scripting. It does not print headers and separate fields by a single tab instead of arbitrary white space.
If
.Fl s
is used, display all snapshots as well.
.Pp
.It Ic mount
.Ao Ar beName Ac
.Op mountpoint
.Pp
Temporarily mount the boot environment.
Mount at the specified
.Ar mountpoint
if provided.
.Pp
.It Ic rename Ao Ar origBeName Ac Ao Ar newBeName Ac
.Pp
Renames the given nonactive
.Ar origBeName
to the given
.Ar newBeName
.Pp
.It Ic unmount
.Op Fl f
.Ao Ar beName Ac
.Pp
Unmount the given boot environment, if it is mounted.
Specifying
.Fl f
will force the unmount if busy.
.Pp
.It Ic unjail
.Ao Ar beName Ac
.Pp
Destroys the jail created from the given boot environment.
.Pp
.El
.Sh EXAMPLES
.Bl -bullet
.It
To fill in with jail upgrade example when behavior is firm.
.Pp
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr jail 8 ,
.Xr zfs 8 ,
.Xr zpool 8
.Sh HISTORY
.Nm
is based on
.Xr beadm 1
and was implemented as a project for the 2017 Summer of Code, along with
.Xr libbe 3 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.Bl -bullet
.It
Kyle Kneitinger (kneitinger)
.Ar kyle@kneit.in
.Pp
Creator of
.Nm .
.It
Slawomir Wojciech Wojtczak (vermaden)
.Ar vermaden@interia.pl
.Pp
Creator and maintainer of
.Xr beadm 1 .
.It
Bryan Drewery (bdrewery)
.Ar bryan@shatow.net
.Pp
Wrote the original
.Xr beadm 1
manual page that this one is derived from.
.El