Re: backing up LVM volumes
Johannes Wiedersich <johannes@physik.blm.tu-muenchen.de> wrote:
> rsync -a /mounted/partition /directory/on/mounted/backup
> backs up all I need. Read man rsync for its options.
> Why not just copy the data off the mounted partition. Even more simple
> and faster.
That's great for you. It might not be so useful for the OP, because
their filesystem is fast-changing and/or contains large files (or
groups of files) that are updated but need to maintain their internal
integrity. Consider MySQL database files as one simple example of such.
Chris
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