-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 7/18/10 16:47 , Andrew Deason wrote: > On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:00:39 -0400 > Brandon S Allbery KF8NH <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> It occurs to me... is it possible to "vos clone" a backup volume? >>> >>> No, you can only clone RW volumes. Clones are also always RO (and >>> backup volumes are clones), so I'm not sure I would see the point... >> >> I was thinking simulated tiered backup volumes by snapshotting an >> existing (presumed daily) backup volume every month or so. It would >> have to be managed manually/by custom scripting, of course, but it's >> safer on the user end than trying to snapshot with "vos release". > > So every month 'vos clone' to a "monthly" backup volume in addition to > the daily. Does that do what you're thinking, or am I missing something?
That was actually what I was trying to ask about, except I thought using the backup volume would avoid locking the R/W while it was potentially in use. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkxJKmEACgkQIn7hlCsL25VXYwCgkicD6BZdiouu5lGArE9qwkpk 83QAnRTF84inN4qefiY2azANEp8S0PkV =tQql -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ OpenAFS-info mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info
