From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [10.33.0.40] (breeves.fab.redhat.com [10.33.0.40]) by pobox.fab.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l71AMD1J000863 for ; Wed, 1 Aug 2007 06:22:13 -0400 Message-ID: <46B05E52.1050000@redhat.com> Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 11:20:02 +0100 From: "Bryn M. Reeves" MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] mounting a lvm volume from an external machine? References: <46B05A7E.7020001@cdmon.com> In-Reply-To: <46B05A7E.7020001@cdmon.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: LVM general discussion and development -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jordi Moles wrote: > hi. > > i've been googleing for days with no luck about this issue. > > i've got some machines which i perform a daily backup from. > some of these machines have lvm volumes with one or more partitions. > is there any way i can mount those virtual partitions from the machines > that performs the daily backup? > Well, you could export the file system content using services like NFS or Samba, but it sounds like you're after exporting actual block devices, in which case you'll need to consider something like iSCSI, nbd (or gnbd) or some other network block device type. This is all assuming that your lvm volumes are on local storage (e.g. SATA, IDE, single initiator SCSI/SAS) - if they're on shared storage like a SAN you should just be able to present them to the backup host via the storage network. Kind regards, Bryn. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGsF5S6YSQoMYUY94RAktpAKDHY4uaWNCH28CJF4ECE0iyFjfneACfZB2m cS+kmrO8eoT2tj8Fr752o+8= =OCjg -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----