Re: LVM snapshots are not backups (was: Re: Virtualization - what do You recommend?)

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Subject: Re: LVM snapshots are not backups (was: Re: Virtualization - what do You recommend?)
From: Andrew Malcolmson <andmalc@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 09:50:06 -0500
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I believe the point of the LVM Snapshot is to make an unchanging
version of your LV that can be backed up without risk of changes
occurring to the volume during the backup process.  You still have to
do the actual backup as usual.

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References:
- Virtualization - what do You recommend?
  - From: Rafał Radecki <radecki.rafal@gmail.com>
- Re: Virtualization - what do You recommend?
  - From: Jon Dowland <jmtd@debian.org>
- LVM snapshots are not backups (was: Re: Virtualization - what do You recommend?)
  - From: "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <bss@iguanasuicide.net>
- Re: LVM snapshots are not backups (was: Re: Virtualization - what do You recommend?)
  - From: Jon Dowland <jmtd@debian.org>

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