From: Phillip Susi <psusi@cfl.rr.com>
To: LVM general discussion and development <linux-lvm@redhat.com>
Cc: Alan Pek <alan.pek@db.com>
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] How do I properly backup and restore / on LVM2
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:32:02 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4BC48062.6020009@cfl.rr.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <OF6877E65C.1B864A37-ON48257704.0036E072-48257704.003741D9@db.com>
On 4/13/2010 6:03 AM, Alan Pek wrote:
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> Read through the doc and tried to create a snapshot lv for rootlv by
> doing, but failed.
>
> singmrecfp1001:~ # lvcreate -L 2.5g -s -n rsnap rootvg
> Path required for Logical Volume "rootvg"
> The origin name should include the volume group.
> lvcreate: Create a logical volume
You need to specify the name of the logical volume you are trying to
snapshot but you only gave the volume group name. Try rootvg/rootlv,
assuming your root lv is named "rootlv".
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-04-13 14:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-04-12 16:14 [linux-lvm] How do I properly backup and restore / on LVM2 Alan Pek
2010-04-12 16:51 ` Phillip Susi
2010-04-12 18:50 ` Robert Mortimer
2010-04-13 4:11 ` Alan Pek
2010-04-13 17:54 ` Allen, Jack
2010-04-13 10:03 ` Alan Pek
2010-04-13 10:30 ` Sébastien Roy
2010-04-13 11:47 ` Alan Pek
2010-04-13 14:32 ` Phillip Susi [this message]
2010-04-13 19:08 ` Stuart D. Gathman
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