On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 1:23 PM, J <[email protected]> wrote: > In a related question. Is it possible to take a snapshot of the secondary > volume while the drbd is active? I can't find the exact link, but the user's > guide mentioned not accessing the secondary AT ALL while the primary was > active. I assumed that would include taking snapshots of the secondary?
A DRBD device in secondary mode will not be accessible in anyway. IIRC, the /dev/drbdX device won't even exist at this point. If you're using protocol C and have the DRBD resource on top of LV, you can still snapshot it and the snapshot should be consistent for a point-in-time. -JR
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