Hi there! Im new here. Im trying to install Centos 8 on my laptop. I also want to have a contingency plan in case something brakes. My first thoughts were to use LVM. The idea is that i would take multiple snapshots of the system during the day/week and will keep them for a short time. I read RHEL documentation about how lvm works and pretty much understand how to manage the above scenario with LVM snapshots and encryption. If i understood lvm snapshots will cause delay the system after multiple snapshots. The best way to avoid it is using thin snapshots. At rhel documentation it says that is possible for a non thin volume to get a thin snapshots. [Correct me if my above assumptions are wrong or if there is a better solution for my purpose.] So i created a group with 3 volumes groups and one thin pool. Im trying to take a snapshot and i get the message. "Cannot use writable LV as the external origin." I read somewhere that i should change it to read only and then take a snapshot. Although that would be a problem i just try it to see if it works. Then i got the message "Cannot use active LV for the external origin" Any ideas??? Thanks in advance Georgios _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos