At 2002-06-13T21:26:22Z, Ragnar Kj�rstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The easiest way to snapshot the filesystem is to use a logical volume > manager (LVM or EVMS on linux) and then do: > 1. take database offline > 2. take snapshot > 3. take database online > 4. backup from snapshot > 5. remove snapshot I'm on FreeBSD-STABLE right now, so that's unfortunately not an option at the moment. I'm interested that you include steps #1 and #3, though. On FreeBSD-CURRENT, the snapshot is atomic. There wouldn't be a need to stop or restart any services. Is it different on Linux? -- Kirk Strauser The Strauser Group - http://www.strausergroup.com/
