[linux-lvm] Re: LVM ext3 support

[Jan-Benedict Glaw]

On Fri, 2003-10-17 11:47:33 -0700, Kevin P. Fleming <kpfleming at backtobasicsmgmt.com>
wrote in message <3F903945.6090109 at backtobasicsmgmt.com>:
> What is the recommended procedure for doing snapshots of journalling 
> filesystems? Do the filesystems have to support snapshots directly and 
> "quiesce" themselves while the snapshot is being created?

Either mount the filesystem read-only (or unmounted at all) or patch
your kernel to tell the fs driver when a snapshot is taken...

MfG, JBG

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