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 **CAVEAT : WORK IN PROGRESS**
+==== preface ====
+I'm using ''rsnapshot-backup'' which is basically a wrapper around rsnapshot.
+It uses one setup per system to backup with one config, exclude and script file.
+There are also individual backup and logging directories.
+There is a scheduler which parallelizes backup runs and a configuration frontend
+using template files to create the backup jobs.
+There is also an enabling mechnism using symlinks.
+A typical backup job configuration (created with ''rsnapshot-backup-conf'') consists of:
+<code>
+/etc/rsnapshot-backup.d/conf.<BACKUP-CLIENT>
+/etc/rsnapshot-backup.d/exclude.<BACKUP-CLIENT>
+/etc/rsnapshot-backup.d/script.<BACKUP-CLIENT>    # optional
+/etc/rsnapshot-backup.d/enabled/conf.<BACKUP-CLIENT> -> ../conf.<BACKUP-CLIENT>
+/backup/hosts/<BACKUP-CLIENT>/daily.0/
+/backup/hosts/<BACKUP-CLIENT>/zfs-snapshots -> daily.0/.zfs/snapshot
+/var/log/rsnapshot-backup/<BACKUP-CLIENT>/
+<ZPOOL>/backup/hosts/<BACKUP-CLIENT> # ZFS filesystem mounted on /backup/hosts/<BACKUP-CLIENT>/daily.0/
+</code>
 This example has been created using Debian 9.3 .
+==== Setup ====
+Inside ''/etc/rsnapshot-backup.d/conf.template'':
 <code>
+cmd_cp        /bin/true
+cmd_preexec   /usr/sbin/rsnapshot-zfs-helper /etc/rsnapshot-backup.d/enabled/conf.<HOST> preexec
+cmd_postexec  /usr/sbin/rsnapshot-zfs-helper /etc/rsnapshot-backup.d/enabled/conf.<HOST> postexec
 </code>
+**Do NOT replace '''<HOST>''' in the section above!** (It's a placeholder used by the template engine.)
+Inside ''/etc/rsnapshot-backup.d/conf'':
+<code>
+storage_backend=zfs_snapshots
+zfs_helper=/usr/sbin/rsnapshot-zfs-helper
+zfs_zpool=<ZPOOL>
+zfs_dataset_prefix=backup/hosts/
+</code>
+** No leading slash - but a trailing one! **
+To create a backup job run:
+<code>
+rsnapshot-backup-conf <HOSTNAME> <IP>
+ssh-copy-id <IP>
+rsnasphot-backup-enable <HOSTNAME>
+</code>
+==== Details ====
+This is what ''rsnapshot-backup-conf'' takes care of:
+The template mechanism creates:
+<code>
+/etc/rsnapshot-backup.d/conf.<BACKUP-CLIENT>
+/etc/rsnapshot-backup.d/exclude.<BACKUP-CLIENT>
+/etc/rsnapshot-backup.d/script.<BACKUP-CLIENT>    # optional
+/etc/rsnapshot-backup.d/enabled/conf.<BACKUP-CLIENT> -> ../conf.<BACKUP-CLIENT>
+/backup/hosts/<BACKUP-CLIENT>/daily.0/
+/backup/hosts/<BACKUP-CLIENT>/zfs-snapshots -> daily.0/.zfs/snapshot
+/var/log/rsnapshot-backup/<BACKUP-CLIENT>/
+<ZPOOL>/backup/hosts/<BACKUP-CLIENT> # ZFS filesystem mounted on /backup/hosts/<BACKUP-CLIENT>/daily.0/
+</code>
+The zfs filesystem dataset is created:
+<code>
+zfs create <ZPOOL>/backup/hosts/<BACKUP-CLIENT> -o compression=lz4 -o snapdir=hidden -o xattr=sa -o acltype=posixacl -o mountpoint=/backup/hosts/<BACKUP-CLIENT>/daily.0
+</code>
+rsnapshot-zfs-helper is to be configured inside rsnapshot's configuration files. i.e. '''/etc/rsnapshot-backup.d/conf.<BACKUP-CLIENT>'''
+Additionally, '''cmd_cp''' has to be set to '''/bin/true''' - so the "cp -al ..." is rendered harmless:
+<code>
+cmd_cp        /bin/true
+cmd_preexec   /usr/sbin/rsnapshot-zfs-helper /etc/rsnapshot-backup.d/enabled/conf.<BACKUP-CLIENT> preexec
+cmd_postexec  /usr/sbin/rsnapshot-zfs-helper /etc/rsnapshot-backup.d/enabled/conf.<BACKUP-CLIENT> postexec
+</code>
+''rsnapshot-backup'' itself handles the promotion of the backup's rotation to the subsequent
+rotation levels.