[linux-lvm] Snapshot validity

Joe Thornber thornber at redhat.com
Mon Mar 1 08:30:13 UTC 2004


On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 02:20:47PM +0100, Heinz Mauelshagen wrote:
> 
> Sachin,
> 
> you can resize original logical volumes and their snapshots
> and they stay valid.

This scenario worries me:

- create a snapshot
- exceptions are triggered on the back half of the volume
- shrink volume to half its size
- use recovered space from back half for something else temporarily
- extend origin back to the old size

How does LVM1 deal with this ?

- Joe




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