On 01/07 07:47 , Les Mikesell wrote: > Since it works at the > partition image level it shouldn't have the usual problems with > hardlinks and it might be possible to use the underlying tool against an > lvm snapshot without having to shut down.
if you make an image of an LVM snapshot, you might just get the snapshotted blocks of data; not the whole filesystem. I don't know how clonezilla ties into the kernel tho. For those who aren't familiar with it; the way snapshots work is that whenever a write operation takes place on the real filesystem; the original block of data is copied over to the snapshot partition. More and more blocks accumulate in the snapshot partition, until the partition is removed, or it fills up (at which point it exits). When looking at the snapshot partition; what you're seeing is a view of the old data blocks overlaid on the real partition. -- Carl Soderstrom Systems Administrator Real-Time Enterprises www.real-time.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
