2009/11/12 Veli-Pekka Kestilä <fedora(a)guagua.fi>
Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) wrote:
> Thank you for your advice!
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> Is it called LVM snapshot?
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Yes. That's what it's called for.
-vpk
PS. And please don't top post. It breaks the 'flow' of the post and makes
it hard to read from the archives. Plus is against the list rules in some of
the lists you are cross posting this (which is also bad). It would have been
better to ask the question separatedly on different lists instead.
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> Problem is that everything else than using dd can have it fair
> share of problems. If the domU can't be offline too long, you
> could allocate more space and use the lvm:s instant cloning
> features (can't remember the name just now. ) and then use dd with
> gzip or bzip to make the backup from this clone to keep the space
> requirements minimum for the stored copies. And have minimum
> disruption for the DomU.
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> -vpk
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Thank you vpk.
I will keep that in mind when I have a new question to ask.
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