On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 12:24:08PM -0400, S Scharf wrote: [...] > > For each backup cycle (in a script called from cron), mount it and use > > rsync to only change what needs changing, then unmount it and create an LVM > > snapshot. Create the snapshots with names that include the date. To avoid > > running out of space, you'll probably want to cull older snapshots from > > time to time. For example, you might back up nightly, but you only want to > > keep the last three days, the first of the month for a year, and the first > > of the year from the previous year. You can automate this in the backup > > script as well. > > > > You should also create a script that will mount the available backups > > (i.e. LVM snapshots) readonly in well-named directories (i.e. including the > > backup date), and another to unmount them all. > > I did something like that for a while, but the mount time to recognize all > of the LVM internal pointers for the snapshots was extreme (1/2 hour!). [...]
I have never had such a problem. Were you unmounting before snapshotting? Maybe your snapshots were in an inconsistent state. > Stuart --Greg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100823171356.gh4...@anthropohedron.net
