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From: "Stuart D. Gathman" <stuart@bmsi.com>
To: LVM general discussion and development <linux-lvm@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] How do I properly backup and restore / on LVM2
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:08:24 -0400 (EDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.1004131507430.4562@bmsred.bmsi.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <OF6877E65C.1B864A37-ON48257704.0036E072-48257704.003741D9@db.com>

On Tue, 13 Apr 2010, Alan Pek wrote:

> 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.

You forgot the LV name.  E.g.

singmrecfp1001:~ # lvcreate -L 2.5g -s -n rsnap rootvg/myroot

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	      Stuart D. Gathman <stuart@bmsi.com>
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      parent reply	other threads:[~2010-04-13 19:08 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
2010-04-13 19:08     ` Stuart D. Gathman [this message]

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