----- Original Message ----- > From: "Miloš Kozák" <milos.kozak@xxxxxxxxx> > To: gluster-users@xxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 3:01:01 AM > Subject: Snapshot and backups > > Hi, > > I am planing to use snapshots for backups of virtual machines which are > stored in a gluster volume. I managed to get snapshots working, but I > have a small dilemma how to backups files. > > My motivation is to do a full backup onto a different harddrive in case > of brick hdd failure. > > The problem is, when I create a snapshot of a volume which contains 4 > bricks in replica 2 mode. Each snapshosts mounts on each server, but my > backup hdd is installed in only one server. The most convenient way > would be to mount a specific snapshot as a gluster volume, but I could > not find how to achieve this in manuals. > You can try the following command to mount the snapshot on a single node. mount -t glusterfs <hostname>:/snaps/<snap-name>/<parent-volname> /mount_point The latest document has the detail: https://github.com/rajeshjoseph/glusterfs/blob/master/doc/admin-guide/en-US/markdown/admin_managing_snapshots.md blog: http://rajesh-joseph.blogspot.in/p/gluster-volume-snapshot-howto.html > Is there other way than play around with rsync at each node? > > Thank you, Milos > _______________________________________________ > Gluster-users mailing list > Gluster-users@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users > _______________________________________________ Gluster-users mailing list Gluster-users@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users
