On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 04:59:18PM -0500, Greg Freemyer wrote: > Queisce application (databases, etc. have utils to do this.) > > Queisce filesystem (xfs_freeze -f can be done from userspace. is there > a ext4 util?) > > issue raid array command to create snapshot. > > release filesystem (xfs_freeze -u) > > release the app (util provided by app). > > Mount the snapshot readonly (true readonly with zero writes to the > block device). > > Backup the readonly snapshot (to tape, etc.). This works today using ext4. The freeze ioctl quiesces the filesystem and leaves the journal in clean state, so there is no need for a journal replay. I take snapshots using LVM all the time. It's slightly more work if you are using a hardware raid array since you can't use a single integrated "lvcreate --snapshot" command, but should Just Work today. - Ted -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
