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Alasdair G Kergon schrieb:
> On Sat, Apr 14, 2007 at 03:32:19PM +0200, Daniel Schwager wrote:
>   
>> So, is it not possible to create a LVM2 snapshot on one server and use
>> it in another server ?
>>     
>  
> Not simultaneously.  Origin+Snapshot(s) can only be used on one machine
> at once.
>   
So, i want to use snapshot1 on server1, snapshot2 on server2. The 
original LV
(where the snapshot is created from) is not in use (not mounted on any 
server).

Is this possible ?
>   
>> QUESTION: Is this limitation also valid for my verion:
>>     
>  
> These are limitiations of the kernel implementation, not userspace.
>
>   
Is there a kernel-patch available ?

regards

Danny