[Fedora-xen] How to Backup and Restore MBR within Logical Volumes?

[Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)]

2009/11/12 Veli-Pekka Kestilä <fedora at guagua.fi>

> Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) wrote:
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>> 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.
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> -vpk
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> 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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