backing up LVM volumes
Hi to Everyone !
On my previous systems, I used to create overall backups of partitions,
using 'SystemRescueCD'. This is no longer possible ever since 2007 that
I have a RAID1 mirroring system on my Debian. SystemRescueCD does not
backup LVM volumes, or, if it does, that must be a very new feature, and
I have not found any doc on this.
So, what should I do so as to backup my system ? I once tried 'dd', but
I think I remember it took forever, and I don't really know whether I
would have been able to use the resulting file to successfully restore
the partitions if needed.
Could someone suggest something that has been successfully tried ? Even
'dd' could do, if it is OK with LVM and if I get some details. I
understand that I would have to unmount the partitions, but this is not
a problem. I have two IDE mirrored disks of 200 GB each.
Thanks in advance for your insights.
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