Hello, We use LVM snapshots a lot during development in order to start the automatic process of building a Xen guest image from just after the basic OS install (CentOS, but doesn't matter for this level).
So in order to create an instance, the process include a command like: # lvcreate -s xen02/orig -n $instance_name -L 2G Now, I'd like to be able to disconnect the snapshot after the setup is done so it'll become a "stand-alone" copy of the original. According to the lvconvert manual page: "lvconvert will change a linear logical volume to a mirror logical volume or to a snapshot of linear volume and vice versa." The part I'm hanging onto is "vice versa", which I interpret as including "convert a snapshot into a regular logical volume". But the results I get are: # lvconvert -m0 xen02/instance Can't convert snapshot logical volume "instance" Do I mis-interpret this? Is there another way to achieve this short of shutting down the Xen guest and "manually" DD'ing the entire logical volume snapshot into a regular LV? Thanks, --Amos ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
