Checkpoints are substantially more advanced than snapshots. They are
very much worth looking into. They may require more than a basic or
standard VxFS license, however.
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Ronald S. Karr
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On Feb 25, 2008, at 12:30 PM, Ray Arachelian wrote:
> A Darren Dunham wrote:
>> On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 03:13:36PM -0700, Joshua Fielden wrote:
>>
>>> You can mount snapshots r/w.
>>>
>>
>> Does that require a particular version?
>>
>> $ mount -F vxfs -o rw,snapof=/mnt /dev/vx/dsk/testdg/test2 /mnt2
>> vxfs mount: conflicting suboptions: "ro" and "rw".
>> vxfs mount: Usage:
>> [blah...]
>> $ mount -F vxfs -o snapof=/mnt /dev/vx/dsk/testdg/test2 /mnt2
>> $ mount | grep /mnt2
>> /mnt2 on /dev/vx/dsk/testdg/test2 read only/setuid/snapof=/mnt/
>> nolargefiles/dev=1b5b969 on Sun Feb 24 22:17:11 2008
>>
>>
> We're using 4.1 on Solaris 10... the checkpoints seem interesting
> too... I'll have to test out both once I can find a non-production
> machine to play with.
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