Il 2020-11-21 04:10 Sreyan Chakravarty ha scritto:
I mean what is the point of creating a snapshot if I can't change my
original volume ?
Is there some sort of resolution ?
External thin snapshot are useful to share a common, read-only base (ie:
a "gold-master" image) with different writable thin lvm overlay volumes.
They can not be merged into external origin; otherwise, a single merge
operation would invalidate *all* other thin snapshot relying on the same
origin.
Classical LVM snapshots are good for temporary, short-lived snapshots -
basically taken for backup purpose only (and immediately removed after
the backup completed). You should not use them for long-lived snapshots
(otherwise you can see much lower performance and delayed boot).
If you want to have long-lived snapshot you should use LVM thin
snapshots. For root volumes, you have two choices:
- use a thin lvm volume for root, which is a supported use case (but it
will probably require a system reinstallation);
- continue using your classical LVM as a immutable base and use a thin
lvm with external snapshot to store all new writes.
Regards.
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