-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yohoo! >> My way to backup the backup ;-) is LVM >> The pool is on a LVM as a LV. To backup the pool while backuppc is >> running I can take a snapshot of the pool's LV and I rsync this one. So >> there are no filesystem issues and backuppc can stay running while the >> rsync is running. >> Works like a champ! > Except your filesystem is not in a stable state. You're partially right. AFAIK with journaling filesystem (like the ext3) this shouldn't be an issue. I'm not dumping the partition with dd, istead I mount the snapshot read-only. I'm using rsync- so it reads the filesystem. Files not been written totally should not be seen in the snapshot.
Greetings Christian -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJIpCQ0XNIYlAXmzsRAmYGAJwLpoxwu/xsl3OLo+vAG2MtklPEQwCfXeZj zCTUTPFhB7dQ+a+0Muv0xAU= =mWCf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
