-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jordi Moles wrote: > hi. > > i've been googleing for days with no luck about this issue. > > i've got some machines which i perform a daily backup from. > some of these machines have lvm volumes with one or more partitions. > is there any way i can mount those virtual partitions from the machines > that performs the daily backup? > Well, you could export the file system content using services like NFS or Samba, but it sounds like you're after exporting actual block devices, in which case you'll need to consider something like iSCSI, nbd (or gnbd) or some other network block device type. This is all assuming that your lvm volumes are on local storage (e.g. SATA, IDE, single initiator SCSI/SAS) - if they're on shared storage like a SAN you should just be able to present them to the backup host via the storage network. Kind regards, Bryn. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGsF5S6YSQoMYUY94RAktpAKDHY4uaWNCH28CJF4ECE0iyFjfneACfZB2m cS+kmrO8eoT2tj8Fr752o+8= =OCjg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
