[pbs-devel] [PATCH v7 proxmox-backup 07/10] docs: mention GC atime update check for tuning options

Christian Ebner c.ebner at proxmox.com
Thu Mar 20 14:17:08 CET 2025


Document the gc-atime-check flag and describe the behavior it
controls, by adding it as additional bullet point to the documented
datastore tuning options.

This also fixes the intendation for the cli example how to set the
sync level, to make it clear that still belongs to the previous
bullet point.

Signed-off-by: Christian Ebner <c.ebner at proxmox.com>
---
changes since version 6:
- no changes

 docs/storage.rst | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/storage.rst b/docs/storage.rst
index 490302955..db61ca58f 100644
--- a/docs/storage.rst
+++ b/docs/storage.rst
@@ -435,9 +435,16 @@ There are some tuning related options for the datastore that are more advanced:
 
   This can be set with:
 
-.. code-block:: console
+  .. code-block:: console
+
+    # proxmox-backup-manager datastore update <storename> --tuning 'sync-level=filesystem'
 
-  # proxmox-backup-manager datastore update <storename> --tuning 'sync-level=filesystem'
+* ``gc-atime-safety-check``: Datastore GC atime update safety check:
+  You can explicitly `enable` or `disable` the atime update safety check
+  performed on datastore creation and garbage collection. This checks if atime
+  updates are handled as expected by garbage collection and therefore avoids the
+  risk of data loss by unexpected filesystem behavior. It is recommended to set
+  this to enabled, which is also the default value.
 
 If you want to set multiple tuning options simultaneously, you can separate them
 with a comma, like this:
-- 
2.39.5





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