NAME

       zfs-promote — promote clone dataset to no longer depend on origin snapshot

SYNOPSIS

       zfs promote clone

DESCRIPTION

       The  zfs  promote  command makes it possible to destroy the dataset that the clone was created from.  The
       clone parent-child dependency relationship is reversed, so that the origin dataset becomes a clone of the
       specified dataset.

       The snapshot that was cloned, and any snapshots previous to this snapshot, are now owned by the  promoted
       clone.   The  space they use moves from the origin dataset to the promoted clone, so enough space must be
       available to accommodate these snapshots.  No new space is consumed by  this  operation,  but  the  space
       accounting is adjusted.  The promoted clone must not have any conflicting snapshot names of its own.  The
       zfs rename subcommand can be used to rename any conflicting snapshots.

SEE ALSO

       zfs-clone(8), zfs-rename(8)

OpenZFS                                           June 30, 2019                                   ZFS-PROMOTE(8)