From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i87IQT309049 for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 14:26:29 -0400 Received: from linux.interlinx.bc.ca (linux.interlinx.bc.ca [66.11.173.224]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i87IQNS0009853 for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 14:26:28 -0400 Received: from pc.interlinx.bc.ca (pc [10.75.22.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by linux.interlinx.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D35A81CFB for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 14:26:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pc.interlinx.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC2F4C466 for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 14:26:04 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] LVM2 snapshots on root fs From: "Brian J. Murrell" In-Reply-To: <20040907181748.GD6264@agk.surrey.redhat.com> References: <20040907110330.GE2689@server.klaube.net> <20040907181748.GD6264@agk.surrey.redhat.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-OKR4q1+3uNzsE5+c4zwx" Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 14:26:03 -0400 Message-Id: <1094581563.9586.98.camel@pc> Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: LVM general discussion and development List-Id: LVM general discussion and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: To: linux-lvm@redhat.com --=-OKR4q1+3uNzsE5+c4zwx Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 2004-09-07 at 19:17 +0100, Alasdair G Kergon wrote: >=20 > We don't support pvmove or snapshots of volumes used by the tools themsel= ves. That seems rather limiting. Is this something that should change in the future? > It is possible to snapshot the root volume, but the method is probably=20 > distribution-specific. Like what? Using a copy of the /sbin/lvm2 binary not living in the rootfs when you want to snapshot it? What about /lib/libdevmapper.so.*? Does it have the same problem? b. --=-OKR4q1+3uNzsE5+c4zwx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBBPf07l3EQlGLyuXARArLOAJ4vBUW79RGS9vf1oBChDqmA0YCHoQCdE6HZ E68hBS9vd5GyEp/2IBqZvq4= =9PSS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-OKR4q1+3uNzsE5+c4zwx--